Game Play Sport with Rahul, Arvind, and Kailash
Radio Azim Premji University
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From gully cricket to gym bros, fan meltdowns to vanishing playgrounds—Game Play Sport unpacks how India plays, pauses, and powers through.
Hosted by Rahul De and Arvind Bharathi BN from Azim Premji University, and Kailash Koushik from Christ University, this new series explores how our ideas of game, play, and sport are evolving. What do they mean in today’s India? Who gets to participate, and how do trends in fitness, infrastructure, and fandom shape our everyday relationship with movement?
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3 Sports Hosts vs 10 Students: Is India Chasing the Wrong Sports Goals? | Surrounded
Is India chasing the right dream when it comes to sports — or have we lost our way? In this explosive finale of Game Play Sport on Radio Azim Premji University, our 3 sports hosts Rahul De, Arvind…
S1E12 Olympics & India: What’s Holding Our Athletes Back? | Game Play Sport
India competes across the world — at the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and countless individual tournaments — with delegations far smaller than its population and talent pool suggest.…
S1E11 Can India Become a Global Esports Powerhouse?
India is home to over half a billion gamers — from PUBG to Valorant, from mobile cricket to FIFA — yet still struggles to find its footing in the global esports arena. In this episode of Game Play…
S1E10 Harsh Reality of India’s Gambling Crisis | The Future of Real Money Gaming Explained
Dream11’s fall has reignited a major debate in India’s gaming world — is it skill or gambling?With the new Online Gaming Act 2025 being passed, the government is redrawing boundaries around real…
S1E9 Why Indian Kids Are Burning Out In Sports And How To Fix It | Sports Education In India
Are We Killing the Joy of Play? Are we pushing kids too hard, too soon? In this episode of Game Play Sport, Arvind, Kailash and Rahul talk with Chelston Pinto about why India’s sports education…
S1E8 From Kasparov to Gukesh: India, Chess, and the Rise of AI | Game Play Sport
From Brute Force to AI Models: How Chess Learned to Play SmarterIn 1997, the chess world shook when Garry Kasparov lost to IBM’s Deep Blue — a brute-force machine built to calculate millions of moves…
S1E7 India’s Vanishing Playgrounds: Public vs Private Sports Spaces | Game Play Sport Podcast
Where Will Children Play? The Future of Indian Sport Across Indian cities, children are running out of places to play. Grounds are being built over, parks restrict ball games, and schools often skip…
S1E6 Is India’s Sports Pay Gap Finally Closing? | Game Play Sport
In this episode of Game Play Sport, we dive into the evolving story of India’s sports pay gap—how the difference in salaries and prize money between male and female athletes is finally starting to…
S1E5 Sports Are the New Reality TV — And OTT Made It Happen | Game Play Sport
In this episode of Game Play Sport, we dive into how OTT platforms have changed the way Indians experience sports — shifting the focus from just scores and stats to drama, storylines, and spectacle.…
Fan Anger in Sports: Why Do Emotions Run So High? | Game Play Sport Episode 3
In this episode of Game Play Sport, Rahul De, Kailash Kaushik, and Arvind Bharathi BN dive into fan anger in sports and the emotional core of Indian sports fandom. From Angry Rant Man’s YouTube…
Indian Fitness Influencer On Fitness Revolution, Gym Culture & Future of Gyms | Shwetambari Shetty
In this bonus episode of Game Play Sport, we take a closer look at gym culture—who it was built for, and how it has changed.Our conversation with Shwetambari Shetty, founder of My Third Space, traces…
From Desi Gyms To Fitness Booms: India's Gym Culture Explained (1990s-2025) | Game Play Sport Episode 2
In this episode of Game Play Sport, we explore how India’s gym culture has shifted—from basement weight rooms and bodybuilding ideals to wellness-focused routines and group classes. Shwetambari…
Game Play Sport Episode 1
Why did we stop playing? Somewhere between growing up, sitting for exams, and cheering from the sidelines, most of us swapped the playground for the couch. In this opening episode of Game Play Sport,…
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Game Play Sport with Rahul, Arvind, and Kailash has published 13 episodes since June 2025, covering topics in Society & Culture, Sports.
Game Play Sport with Rahul, Arvind, and Kailash is currently sporadic with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 26m.
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