About this episode
First Segment (0 - 37 mins) In this episode of the PCCI-pod, the board members are joined by a special guest, @KarachiKhatmal Ahmer Naqvi, a cricket writer, pop culture commentator and a lot more. In a freewheeling chat, we discuss Ahmer's writing process and how his social identity shapes his writing style. We discuss the manner in which the relationship between the fan and the game evolves over time. We also discuss how being the experience of watching the sport differs upon professional association with the sport, as opposed to that of a far-away partisan fan. Second Segment (37 mins to 1.5 hrs) In the second segment, we discuss the sport being used as a platform to exhibit jingoism, and how it alters our relationship with the game. In the final bit of the discussion, we move on to discussing the evolving nature of sports broadcasting, and the democratization of cricket analysis through YouTube channels. In particular, we delve into the phenomenon of YT channels being run by former-Pakistani cricketers and TV anchors, of all kinds. The conversation then moves to the extremely partisan and uninformed garbage that gets sold to us as cricket commentary. All in all, an episode where we look at South Asian society through the prism of cricket.