In Bengeri in Hubballi, far from the fanfare of parades and speeches, the Indian tricolour is born. Here stands the Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyukta Sangha (KKGSS) — founded on November 1, 1957 by Venkatesh Magadi and Leelavati Magadi. It is the only place in the country which manufactures the national flag according to the flag code.

Game Play Sport is a show that explores how India understands game, play, and sport—and what those distinctions reveal about our culture, priorities, and access to movement. Play is spontaneous, creative, and unstructured. A game has rules. Sport brings competition, performance, and often prestige. But in real life, these lines blur — and where they do, they expose deeper questions about who gets to participate, and why so many are left out.

In the second episode of our Kannada series Noorakke Nooru Karnataka [100 / 100 Karnataka], Shraddha has an absorbing conversation with Umashanker Periodi on the rich tradition of Bhoota Kola in Dakshina Kannada’s coastal region of Tulunadu. Periodi explains that Bhootas — ancestral spirits — are often a symbolic manifestation of entities or powers feared or revered by communities that worship them. Listen on your favourite podcast platforms.

In the first episode of our series Samvidhaani Pitaara, we present a playlist for celebrating our diversity. The sounds of India represent our pluralism. The music of this unique Indianness finds resonance in the Constitution of India, a document foundational to our democracy, a tapestry tailored from disparate elements that make us Indian — our shared values, our history, and our diversity. Listen to Hindustan Ki Nayi Geetmala with Vineet KKN Panchhi.