TURBANED TORNADO
- Category Biographies & Memoirs
- Format Paperback
- Imprint Rupa
- Price 250
- ISBN: 9788129118424
- Pages: 128 pages
- Date: 2011
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Turbaned Tornado is the biography of Fauja Singh (born on 1 April 1911), a centenarian British Sikh. He is a marathon runner of Indian descent and a world record holder in his age bracket. Adidas’s poster boy once, Fauja Singh became the world’s oldest half marathon runner when he completed the 2010 Luxembourg Inter Faith Marathon at the age of 99. Turbaned Tornado captures Fauja Singh’s zest for life and his invincible spirit. It traces the runner’s roots and tries to capture his life’s journey, understanding the impact of Fauja on the world around him. For Fauja ‘Impossible is Nothing’ as he wishes to run a marathon at 100.
