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Fanwars, Inceldom & Packaging of Cricket with Sarthak Dev

Fanwars, Inceldom & Packaging of Cricket with Sarthak Dev

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Sarthak is a writer and music composer. He writes a Substack called Lines on The Grass, and you can find some of his other written work at IndianExpress and EuroSport. He uploads his music on Instagram and YouTube, but only when his morning coffee hits the right spot.


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Listen to Sarthak's music here & you can follow him on Twitter as well.


In this episode, we have both the Adityas, Raj & MV.


We discuss -


- The Hero Worshipping of Dhoni, Kohli & Rohit

- Twitter Fanwars as an extension of how Cricket is packaged

- Inceldom and the violent nature of Cricket discourse

- The Loss of Tenderness in sport

- No room for the stories of 7/10 cricketers (The Hanuma Viharis & Mayank Agarwals)

- Sexualisation of Women in & associated with Sport with Cameramen & how society reacts to 5 second clips of Women in stadia

- Lack of Narrative & History in Cricket Commentary

- BCCI's lack of interest in Women's Cricket


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