India at Commonwealth Games: Sports governance needs to change – The Indian Express

by sanjana | Jul 29, 2022

(This article first appeared in The Indian Express on July 28, 2022)  As the strong Indian contingent for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) serially lands, sport by sport, player by player, in the UK, they carry the immense expectations of a medal-starved nation. The...

Let’s celebrate wins at Commonwealth Games, but developing a sporting culture requires more heavylifting – The Indian Express

by sanjana | Aug 4, 2022

(This article first appeared in The Indian Express on August 3, 2022) Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, who has won the gold medal in the 49 kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, rightly said that her competition is with herself. And as she indicated,...

India’s love affair with chess – The Hindu

by sanjana | Aug 9, 2022

(This article first appeared in The Hindu on August 4, 2022)  There are reasons India’s chess profile has gone stratospheric and the youth parade at this Olympiad is testimony to how many prodigies the country has churned...

The era of the megalopolis: how the world’s cities are merging

by anilkumar | Dec 24, 2022

This Article First Appeared In The conversation On Nov 22, 2022 On November 15 2022, a baby girl named Vinice Mabansag, born at Dr Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippines, became – symbolically – the eight billionth person in the world. Of those 8...

2022 was the year we learned to move on

by anilkumar | Dec 29, 2022

This Article First Appeared In The Print On Dec 28, 2022 You thought 88,966 fans rooting for their teams and gods—Messi and Mbappe—on 18 December 2022 was a celebration of the world’s most popular sporting extravaganza. It was more than that. The nerve-jangling epic...