India, June 13 -- The Indian shooting fraternity woke up on Friday to the shocking news of Jaspal Rana's demise. As his peers, friends, shooters and officials struggled to come to terms with the cruel and unexpected development, each one of them had a piece of Jaspal to share.

Memories that captured the exceptional career of a teenage prodigy who became a giant of Indian shooting, whose exploits on the international stage made the sport popular and gave shooters belief. But Jaspal was more than just a talent and a performer. He was an outspoken voice, a bundle of ideas, a provocateur, a prankster with a zest for life, and a mentor who dared others to dream big. It was difficult to box Jaspal Rana.

They would miss him. At the ranges, he ...