Making India Play Again: What’s the Big Deal About the Khelo India Scheme?
Movies like Chak De! India, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Dangal continue to capture the collective imagination of Indians well past their release dates. Most...
The Power of Sport in Khadija Moin’s Transformation
A 30-minute car ride, westward of the busy Bhubaneswar airport leads to the Dumduma slum area, which houses hundreds of families. One of its...
How Lawn Tennis Can be Programmed to Teach 21st Century Life Skills
Dr. Rajender Jaiswal observed a fresh ounce of energy in the tennis program he had been running in the early months of 2020 for...
Feminism in India x The Bastion: #TheSportsEdit
Being the long-standing readers of The Bastion that you are, you probably already know that 'sport for development' is a core aspect of our coverage....
Jayanti Behera is Running Against All Odds
If there were any reason for people to visit Sakhigopal, a quaint town on the coast of Odisha, it would probably be to pay...
#Dialogues: Reforming Sports Quotas in India With Nandan Kamath
In the first part of our #Dialogues series on sports quotas, Nandan Kamath from GoSports Foundation, The Sports Law & Policy Centre and LawNK...
#Dialogues: Understanding Sports Quotas With Nandan Kamath
In a nutshell, sports quota reservations in universities and colleges provide budding athletes with a platform to excel in their respective sport and to...
A Palette of Perspectives for Indian Football’s Canvas
Curated by Adarsh Singh | Featured illustration by Shreya Bhatia for The Bastion
Understanding the Context
Our recently published analysis on How the AFC is Painting...
Breaking Down University Sports Quotas
Researched by Ajith Kidambi
Presented & edited by Sumit Krishna Yadav
University sports quotas provide budding athletes with the opportunity to receive a decent...
No Place to Shine: What the Absence of the IPL Means for Unheralded Talent
It is the summer of 2015. The Eden Gardens is rife with anticipation. The Kolkata Knight Riders’ “mystery weapon” is a 20-year-old leg spinner...
