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Promoting parkour

"Most people catch sight of me either scaling walls or lecturing about scientific principles,” says 21-year-old Cyrus Khan, an avid practitioner of parkour, a physical discipline that he is keen to promote in India. "Even though it may look like a daredevil, thrill seeking activity to some, it is actually a very meditative, mindful practice where practitioners train to improve themselves both physically and mentally by facing challenges in the environment,” explains Khan before giving the official definition of parkour as a discipline "using movement that developed from military obstacle course training, aiming to get from one point to another......



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