Grim Days for Ground(ed) Staff
This pandemic has brought all human activity and most industries across the world to a standstill. The IPL’s jam-packed stadiums, kids’ summer training camps...
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...
#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...
Catch 22: Serena Williams’ “Open” Dilemma
Tennis, a white gentleman’s game for centuries, was revolutionized from the late 1990s by an innocuous debutant, Serena Williams. She entered professional courts in...
The Damage is Already Done: An Aesthetic Argument Against the European Super League
The ESL is only the latest instalment in making football a repetitive, formulaic, and homogenous enterprise that flattens the game towards a singular aesthetic outlook.
COVID-19 vs 2020’s Sports Calendar: Checking Our Priorities
The Bastion Shorts—Episode 8
The world is at a standstill. As the novel Coronavirus spreads further, the world seems to be locking-down. Earlier this month...
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...
Making India Play Again: Loose Ends in the Khelo India Scheme Restrain Talent
The atmosphere was just something else. The stadiums were decorated and there was a big hype around us. We were all really excited.
This is...
The Indian Grand Prix: Where Has It Gone?
Researched by Yash Budhwar
Written by Tanay Gokhale
Between 2011 and 2013, India hosted three editions of the Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit...
A Host of Complications: Of International Sporting Events and Diplomacy
Written by Kartik Sundar
3.6 billion. That figure represents almost half the world’s total population. It is also the estimated number of people who tuned...
