News Capsule For The Month of March 2025

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  Following are the top news for the month.   If you wish to follow and get notifications of future articles, you can sign up using the email on the left sidebar.  Article of the month Kerala  Kerala state budget presented in the state assembly.  CPIM's state meeting ends in Kollam with a strict change of ideology.  An elephant goes on a rampage in a temple festival.  CASA says it will enter electoral politics in Kerala.  Six were arrested in an Aluva drug bust. Kochi Metro has yet to fix the Kaloor Stadium glitch. A Kerala cop was caught red-handed while taking a bribe for passport verification.  Rites Ltd emerges as the sole bidder for Phase III Kochi metro line.  Director of Empuraan film 📽 Prithviraj says he'll be making 17 voluntary edits to the film after the backlash.  BJP has nominated former minister and technocrat Rajeev Chandrashekhar for the post of State President ahead of local elections this year and State elect...
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Sports and Politics- Convergences and Divergences- A Podcast

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Greetings to all listeners and readers!!

Sports has always been an exciting topic for everyone to talk about. It doesn't merely represent entertainment; rather, it has transcended beyond external influences and power politics. Countries, governments, corporations, etc., aim to use it primarily as a lucrative avenue and a means to project power. Furthermore, while sports has historically had a Eurocentric origin, it has evolved into more than just a pastime for many, including countries in the Global South. Beyond being a source of entertainment and a lifestyle choice, sports has emerged as a significant career option. Undoubtedly, it has the transformative power to shape and change people's lives. Through, this podcast episode will dive through all these topics directly from the expert on all these topics. 

About The Guest 

Alan Bince is a Neuroscience PhD candidate working at Maastricht University, Netherlands. Growing up in the UAE, his passion for sports started at a very young age watching the Indian Cricket Team and Manchester United. During his time as an engineering student, he worked part-time for various independent news outlets covering spectator sports. Through this journey, he made significant contributions to a sports aggregator page on X named United Journal. His drive to learn more about the history and political movements involved in the evolution of sports helped him to visit important sporting institutions in England as he was completing his Master's degree at UCL. You can follow him on X and Instagram. 

Read the Newscapsule of the Month 

Summary of the podcast 

Generally, these topics aren’t much available in the mainstream media, because they are believed hard to crack and don't address the basics. But, through our podcast, we disprove this misconception that these cannot be understood by common people. We explain in simple terms various subtopics under this vast topic in the form of conversational and discussion styles. Everything is easy to follow and understandable in the episode. 

For talking about sports and politics, we need to dissect the topics into multiple strands and discuss them separately. hence, overall this podcast episode is an issue-based discussion on several contemporary issues. Moderator Jairam introduced the topic of the day followed by the Guest Alan Bince who did his self-introduction and how he started to have his interest in sports. The main topical discussion started with the premise- whether sports and politics have a correlation or not. The next of the list discussed was the Eurocentric nature of sports where the role of Western countries in the origin and propagation of sports across the world. The main takeaway here also was the role of colonial powers in popularising sports as we know it today. 

The discussion went on to the politics in FIFA, and UEFA and how clubs were in the hands of oligarchs. In continuation, the panellist talked elaborately Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on European Football, the Russian Olympic team and beyond. In World Cups and Premier leagues, controversies regarding Qatar 2022, the Saudi PL etc. were talked about. Lastly, the podcast ended with a discussion on the future of EU and European politics. Followed by which, Cricket primarily Indian Cricket, IPL, BCCI etc. was the centre of conversation. Lastly, the discussion ended with the burning issue of protests by Indian Wrestlers. The guest talked about important sources that would be helpful for the audience's reference. This is just a tiny glimpse please listen to get the full picture and how the discussion went. 

We cover in detail the following topics-

1. Introduction to the topic and panellist By Jairam (Give a brief intro of yours to the listeners)
2. Connections between Sports and Politics 
3. Eurocentric Nature of sports 
4. Football- Qatar WC, Saudi PL, Russia-Ukraine War
5. Cricket- BCCI, IPL, Tickets, WC, Media partners, Sponsorship etc. 
6. Major sports scandals across the world 
7. Materials, references, and resources for audience 
8. Closing remarks and conclusion
9. Give your personalized feedback on my podcast. 

Where can you find the podcast?

If you are a regular consumer of a podcast you will be very well aware of the various platforms used to hear them. Some platforms allow you to listen without logging in while others require compulsory logging in. 

As you know the most popular app is Spotify. Here is the Spotify frame. 

Also, feel free to listen to previous episodes and follow us there as well.

If you have any preference on where to listen to the podcast, then choose any platform from those given below and listen at your convenience. 

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