IN A DIFFERENT LEAGUE
hen a 21-year-old Sumer Verma first dived into the Laccadive Sea from the Bangaram island of Lakshadweep in 1997, there was only one dive school in the country. But he was so hooked that he kept returning for advanced courses to eventually), in 2000. Today, he says, there are 25 dive centres along the coastline, and many pool training facilities in metro cities.
