Mahendra Karki- Graceful in Life and Football
Mahendra Karki was an exceptional talent. He was a born sportsman and was a wonderful footballer. He played in half a dozen Santosh Trophy tournaments representing Sikkim along with many other national level tournaments, but unfortunately his life was cut short when he met with an accident on 2nd of January 2011 in Gangtok. He was just 31 years old when he left this world. Born to Mr Hari Kumar Karki and Mrs Purnima Karki on 30th January 1981 at Gangtok. Mahendra started playing football from an early age. He was admitted to Tashi Namgyal Academy in 1986 where his football skills started to sharpen even more. He was inducted into the Sports Authority of India in 1995. During thosedays TNA was one of the SAI centers. Lt. Mr Manas Chakraborty was the SAI appointed football coach and under him Mahendra started to flourish. He was a regular member of the school football team and participated in number of tournaments both at the state and the national level. In the All India Inter Pub