your mind that maybe i should do something elseno that leaving skiing has never crossed my mind my dad comes from a skiing background and thats why we both me and my brother got hooked on to it my father always tells us that whatever maybe the circumstances at least we are getting a chance to represent india and that is best feeling and the biggest thing for usif manali gets ski village the project that is stalled currently what difference will it makethe ski village is of utmost importance for skiers it would be a huge boost for local players we go abroad where we shell out huge money for training if manali gets a ski village we would get 6 months of training and directly compete in an fis event rather than going abroad and training there firsthow do you respond to the environmental objections against a ski village in manaliski village doesnt affect the environment except india there are ski villages in almost all the snow clad mountainous cities in europewhat are your hobbiesi like painting photo shoots and acting as well i also love dancingwhat would you have been had you not been a skierhad i not been in himachal pradesh i would have been a painter i sketch lord shiva and lord buddha on acrylichave you ever given a thought to actingi have never thought about acting but recently i shot for a punjabi music video in a song by singer surjit singh the video has not released yetthere is a trend of biopics these days would you like to star in your own biopicno i have never given a thought to it with a gentle laughwhat if you get sponsorsi will train harder currently i train for three months in a year but i would like to extend it to six months but this would depend on how much support i get from my sponsorswhat is the overall cost of your trainingfor two months it costs me rs 50 lakh and if i want to train for 6 months it will cost rs 15 crorewhat is the speed of top athletes and what is yoursthe speed of top players is 140 kmph and mine is 70 kmph