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Ep 238: The State of Indian Sport

Ep 238: The State of Indian Sport

FromThe Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma


Ep 238: The State of Indian Sport

FromThe Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma

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Length:
198 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Indian sport has never been healthier. Joy Bhattacharjya and Nandan Kamath join Amit Varma in episode 238 of The Seen and the Unseen to share their inside view on what has happened behind the scenes to bring us here. Also check out:1. GoSports Foundation. 2. Building Sports Ecosystems -- Episode 126 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Joy Bhattacharjya). 3. Go!: India's Sporting Transformation -- Edited by Nandan Kamath & Aparna Ravichandran. 4. Great sporting nations are built on collaborative efforts -- Nandan Kamath. 5. Some print interviews of Nandan Kamath, in reverse chronological order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6. Nandan Kamath on sports governance (YouTube talk). 7. 87.58 for 1.3 bn: Will Neeraj Chopra's javelin hurl spearhead a turn in India's Olympic medal-hauling capabilities? -- Joy Bhattacharjya. 8. Winning medals wasn’t always so serious, whisky-swilling shooters and café-stopping runners were once Olympians too -- Joy Bhattacharjya. 9. The Importance of the 1991 Reforms -- Episode 237 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Shruti Rajagopalan & Ajay Shah). 10. A Shot At History: My Obsessive Journey to Olympic Gold -- Abhinav Bindra and Rohit Brijnath. 11. A Cricket Tragic Celebrates the Game -- Episode 201 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ramachandra Guha). 12. The Tamilian gentleman who took on the world -- Amit Varma. 13. The Girl From Haryana -- Amit Varma. 14. Relative Age Effect (Wikipedia). 15. Outliers: The Story of Success -- Malcolm Gladwell. 16. The Psychological Impact of the Partition of India -- Edited by Sanjeev Jain and Alok Sarin. Do follow Joy Bhattacharjya and Nandan Kamath on Twitter. Please subscribe to The India Uncut Newsletter. It’s free! And check out Amit’s online course, The Art of Clear Writing.
Released:
Aug 16, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

All public policies -- indeed, all actions by humans -- have two kinds of effects: the effects that are intended, and visible; and unintended consequences, which are invisible. The Seen and the Unseen is a podcast that aims to examine both the seen and the unseen effects of our actions. Presented by Amit Varma (a journalist for a decade-and-a-half, and winner of the prestigious Bastiat Prize for journalism in 2007 and 2015 -- the only person to win it twice), the show takes on a specific public policy in every episode, and dissects its seen and unseen effects. For example: the ban on surge pricing by Uber in Delhi. What is seen is that Uber no longer costs so much; what is unseen is that you cannot get an Uber at all, because of the scarcity that is a direct result of the price control. The host explains the economic reasoning at work, and talks to an expert who breaks it down further. The host will have a panel of experts at his disposal, from a variety of disciplines, and will speak to a relevant expert in every episode. Subjects covered will range from broad ones like the state of education in India, to narrower ones like the banning of 'victimless crimes' like prostitution and gambling.