Gyms open after six months but the road to recovery looks painful

Sunil Kumar Taank’s phone has been ringing incessantly since Sunday night. With gyms being allowed to open in Delhi, many of Taank’s students, all aspiring bodybuilders, and members of his Black’s Gym chain have been calling to ask what working out in the Covid era might look like. He doesn’t mind all the queries; he’s just elated that gyms can operate again.

For months, gym owners in Delhi had been urging the Centre to allow them to resume business. They got the green light on August 3, but the Delhi Disaster Management Authority, headed by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, overruled