Tag: Sports Development
Building India’s Sports Stack – a Systems Approach to Using Sport...
The Sports and Society Accelerator’s seven-layer ‘Sports Stack’ is a starting point to deliver on the social potential of sport and address issues of inclusion, empowerment and community.
Re-Introducing Sports and Physical Education in Schools: Overcoming the COVID Hangover
It has been a little over two years since the first lockdown was announced in India aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 pandemic....
What Happens to Olympians After the Olympics?
The monetary and in-kind rewards offered to the current set of Olympians must translate into supporting them towards 2024, along with creating a sustainable pool of talent for future editions of the Games.
Riding the Wave of Sports for Development in India’s Coastal Communities
Dakshin’s findings from the Andaman Islands highlight the potential of the burgeoning sports-for-development sector in India, as well as its challenges.
The Damage is Already Done: An Aesthetic Argument Against the European...
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.
Creating Future Olympians for India the Arunachal Pradesh Way
The northeastern states have produced some of India's most iconic athletes. Legends like Baichung Bhutia, MC Mary Kom, Dipa Karmakar, Anshu Jamsenpa, to name...
O-disha: Showing the Way as a Model State for Adopting Sports
States and political parties going to polls can take a leaf out of the Naveen Patnaik government's ability to deliver sports as an electoral promise towards development.
Of Medals and Morals: What Kind of Athlete ‘Deserves’ the Khel...
“I was misquoted as saying I didn't deserve it, but certainly at nineteen, while I was young and shooting well, I only had a...
From Rio to Tokyo: Unlocking India’s Paralympic Potential with Deepthi Bopaiah...
Hosted by Chirag Chinnappa
Edited by Nidhi Rejithlal
In the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Indian para-athletes brought in more podium finishes (2 Golds, 1 Silver and 1...
Surfing Towards Conservation Education in Chennai
This is the first article of a three-part series on how surf schools on India's coasts are pivoting around sports education to bolster conservation...
