Fly High - Learn from Aditi Deshpande India's Aerial Art Trailblazer
Aditi on Mallakhamb rope Aditi Deshpande is the daughter of Padmashree Uday Deshpande Sir, the person who I have already presented on my blog The joy of discovering Mallakhamb at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Dadar, Mumbai as being instrumental in making 'Mallakhamb' an officially recognised sport in India. We know that it has been a lifelong mission for him to get this sport known to as many people around the world and within India. baby Aditi So, obviously, Aditi and her brother had a childhood and youth spent almost growing up at the Shree Samartha Vyayam Mandir, Shivaji Park learning the sport. Aditi says, her mother who is a classical singer would have preferred to have at least one of her children have the love of singing. But Aditi loved going and playing in the atmosphere of the SSVM. She was just three when she started following her father to where he spent all his evenings after his job. She even jokingly says she learnt to fly on the rope before she could wal...
