Tag: Women in Sports
Making Light of Numbers: Indian Paralympic Athletes Defying Age
Having the right support system and entourage can take Indian athletes to world-beating levels.
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.
How Lawn Tennis Can be Programmed to Teach 21st Century Life...
Dr. Rajender Jaiswal observed a fresh ounce of energy in the tennis program he had been running in the early months of 2020 for...
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...
A Slippery Undersole: Nike and its Faux-Feminist Culture
It has been a tumultuous year for Nike Inc. While the Oregon-based corporation’s stock surged to an all-time high in September 2019, it has...
Bridging Sport’s Gender Wage Gaps: “Work” or “Worth”?
Understanding the Context
Sports were a pretty big deal in Ancient Greece, especially in the city of Olympia. Some 50,000 spectators would pour into the...
Checkmate: Why is there a World Women’s Chess Championship?
Written by Parkhee Rattan
At various levels in almost every sport, tournaments are conducted as platforms where the best athletes compete against each other for...
#MeToo? Silent Screams of Sexual Abuse in Competitive Sport
Co-authored by Kartik Sundar and Aditya Vikram
The revelation that the USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar abused over 250 young women briefly drew global attention...
Mixed-Gender Tournaments and Women Coaches: How Sport Is Becoming a Breeding...
Co-authored by Chirag Chinnappa, Sreeradh Radhakrishnan and Siddhant Sachdeva
The movement for gender equality within India’s sports industry reached a major milestone in 2017 when...
