High performers, country's Paralympians barely on India Inc radar

Five days into the Games, the Paralympians have already matched Tokyo Olympics medal tally

The last Monday of August. An incredibly august Monday. Having kicked off a silver rush over the weekend, India’s Paralympians had — much before many of their countrymen woke up — swiftly tripled the medal count in Tokyo. And it didn’t end there. The conveyor rolled on. By the time everyone got to work, two silvers had become four, a bronze was added and in the best #MondayMotivation moment, there was a gold — rifle shooter Avani Lekhara winning the first by a woman in India’s Paralympic history. Eight hours later, at the end of the work day, Sumit Antil added another, and for