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Shanky Singh (second from left) and Super Khalsa (far right) with Khali during training at Continental Wrestling Entertainment Academy in Jalandhar, Punjab. Photo: Ajay Mohanty
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Shanky Singh (second from left) and Super Khalsa (far right) with Khali during training at Continental Wrestling Entertainment Academy in Jalandhar, Punjab. Photo: Ajay Mohanty

Dhruv Munjal
The green marble flooring looks unremarkable. The vast room is brightened only by rays of sunlight glancing in through the rolled-up shutter at the entrance. The chairs — not more than seven or eight of them — are wobbly, the type without which a thrifty wedding party would seem incomplete. Outside, the exterior walls are in dire need of a fresh coat of paint; the colours that make up the mustard-pink theme seem to be well past their expiry date.  

It is here, in a structure that mirrors a smallish airplane hangar, far away from the razzmatazz that made him

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