India, Jan. 22 -- Marathon is not for a city like Mumbai which is humid and polluted

Yet another runner collapsed and died at Sunday's run sponsored by the Tata group and two others battling for their life in the ICU's of a city hospital. I distinctly remember my friend collapsing in the 2014 edition when 38-year old Amit Kasat who was so very passionate about running marathons that he died in tragic circumstances after collapsing near to the finish line.

Running long distance like a marathon should be done after undergoing strenuous training and a proper diet. Organisers too should put stringent conditions like mandatory health checks before the race to avoid deaths which has become fairly routine in the annual Mumbai marathon which ha...