Cricketers, Refugees and Resistance: A Critique of Media Representation in ICC 2023 ODI World Cup

Cricket lives in the lives of many people in South Asia. It is not just a sport, rather it is deeply embedded within the socio-economic and political repertoire of a country. According to Ashis Nandy, “cricket is an Indian game accidentally discovered by the British.” This statement recognizes that this sport has gone through tremendous transformations and transitions in order to achieve prime importance in the area of sports across the region. As a sport which constantly appeals to the collective consciousness of nations, it has been associated with the building of national identity. Unlike any other sport, cricket in the twenty first century embodies the growing power of South Asia in several ways. Sayan Kandar writes.

“Reporting at Risk: Conflict, Disaster and Journalism Today” – A Report

Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group, in collaboration with DW Akademie, organised an online discussion by South Asia Network for Communication, Displacement and Migration (SAN-CDM) on “Reporting at Risk: Conflict, Disaster and Journalism Today” on 29th December, 2023. Supratik Sinha reports on the proceedings of this roundtable discussion.