Perhaps inspired by the recent spate of sporting events organized by the wildlife contingent in NCBS, some of the badminton regulars felt the time was right for our approximately annual badminton tournament. An email was drafted and entries invited for the standard playing categories i.e. men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. A flurry of excitement followed with players gunning for the best doubles partners and aspiring champions religiously practicing everyday. A schedule was chalked out, not once or twice, but multiple times, as the entries trickled in and players oscillated between playing and not doing so, or having the odd person request a playing spot after having finally convinced someone to play as a partner. As a result, unless you’d seen the daily schedule update in time, you may be in for a surprise!