India, Jan. 29 -- Ask Divyanshi Bhowmick, 15, if she aspires to be where India's two former top-25 women paddlers, Manika Batra and Sreeja Akula, have gone, and she affirmatively nods before promptly adding: "Why just there.maybe even better than that."

Ask Ankur Bhattacharjee, 19, if his larger goal is to be in the world's top 30, like Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan were, and pat comes the reply: "My aim is to go higher. If we think of just the top 20, we will remain in 50."

Indian TT, as its foreign coach Massimo Costantini had put it, is going through somewhat of a transition. And Ankur and Divyanshi are among the most promising young talents to walk the path charted by the likes of Sharath, Manika, Sathiyan and Sreeja. Except a retire...