What’s your ism? Nandan Kamath on sports, governing bodies, nation building

From India’s sporting culture to the bodies governing it and the ways to make it more accessible, what role does sports have in nation-building? Can it be treated as a public good or an essential commodity? And how can sports accommodate differences of gender, class, and identity?  

In this episode of What’s Your Ism, Sudipto Mondal speaks to Nandan Kamath, a sports administrator and lawyer, about everything related to sports in India.  

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