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National Squash Circuit: In the small village of Attawa on the outskirts of Chandigarh, a revolution seems to be brewing. Attawa may be just like any other village in the vicinity of a city – broken roads, encroachments, open drains, and populated by those who ‘drive’ cities -- electricians, janitors, migrant workers, and those who cannot afford the sky-high Chandigarh rentals.

But there is one exception -- it boasts ‘Khelshala’, a world-class squash facility run by the former Director of Harvard University’s Squash Programme, Satinder Bajwa, who has also mentored eight-time world champion, Pakistani squash player, Jansher Khan.

When Bajwa returned to India in 2010, he knew he wanted to make champs out of the underprivileged, and spent Rs two crore from his savings to build Khelshala, which imparts coaching to the children of the economically backward section at Rs 100 a month (well, a squash ball costs more than that).