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Episode 405 August 24, 2025
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Game Time: How China’s taste for pork sparked a shuttlecock crisis in India

 

This week, The Indian Express’ badminton correspondent Shivani Naik joins hosts Mihir Vasavda and Amit Kamath to talk about why a change in taste palette in China is making badminton academy owners in India sweat. Come for Shivani’s insights and stay for Mihir’s impassioned plea to Indians to eat more duck meat in “national interest”.

Further reading: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/shuttlecock-prices-increase-spiral-india-stocks-china-pork-duck-10180007/

Produced by Shashank Bhargava
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

Game Time: How China’s taste for pork sparked a shuttlecock crisis in India  This week, The Indian Express' badminton correspondent Shivani Naik joins hosts Mihir Vasavda and Amit Kamath to talk about why a change in taste palette in China is making badminton academy owners in India sweat. Come for Shivani's insights and stay for Mihir's impassioned plea to Indians to eat more duck meat in "national interest". Further reading: https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/badminton/shuttlecock-prices-increase-spiral-india-stocks-china-pork-duck-10180007/ Produced by Shashank Bhargava Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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