Sports

Why is Magnus Carlsen Frustrated?

Memorisation with powerful chess engines is making high-level chess classical less interesting. There are frequent draws and lower player motivation, as even expressed by the World No 1. Chess needs…
▶23-Jun-2025
Abhyuday Joshi

A New Era for Women’s Cricket or a Poor Sequel?

The ongoing Women’s Premier League shows that creating a tournament with a high standard of competition has taken a backseat as gimmickry takes over cricket. Much like the IPL was pitched as an “…
▶22-Mar-2023
Priyansh

Hockey World Cup 2023: An Enthusiastic Novice at Bhubaneshwar

If you know little of hockey and you watch an international game with a group of spectators who know just as little, it is a special experience especially when you are rooting for an Indian…
▶24-Jan-2023
Kalyani Raghunathan

The Indian Chess Spring and the Sagar Shah Phenomenon

A YouTube channel with more than a million followers is participating in the current surge in competitiveness of Indian chess. Chessbase India has a host, Sagar Shah, who carries his audience with…
▶12-Dec-2022
Arvind Subramanian
Essay

The Nation State and Modern Sport

'National feeling is not something that has been injected into sport by swaggering players, corrupt politicians, and a scheming media looking to boost ratings; it is native to modern sport,…
▶08-Jul-2021
Mukul Kesavan