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[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

Don't know about playing, but #desis definitely owning 😁

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

#BusinessOfBasketball

2026: Sheel Tyle & Family (minority owner)
2025: Aditya Mittal (minority owner)
2013: Vivek Ranadive (majority owner)

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#NBA #IndianDiaspora

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#EkCourtSurvey | Scan the QR Code | #SaveLives

#IndiaBasketball #CourtsofIndia #CourtsofIndia🏀

🎵: Lifestream | Dream Machine

[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

Honest question: How closely are we, as a sports ecosystem, paying attention to the district level?

'coz that’s where the system is often made, or constrained.

While conversations around AI, sports tech, and high performance continue to grow, real change starts at the districts

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

36th UP (U19) State C'ship ➡️ Pratapgad. BUT...this 👇🏾 team is not allowed to play 😳

Court proceedings underway in Allahabad HC

Boys may not receive relief in time, but order could benefit GBN girls – ♀️ division begins ➡️ Apr 11

𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 @EkBballIndia ⏪ more updates

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

EK Take Episode 1. 🇮🇳🏀

Youth alone ❌
Youth + structure ✅

#IndiaBasketball #3x3 #3x3Asia #EkTake

🗣️ @gopal1204

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

Explaining #IndiaBasketball 🇮🇳🏀 players to corporate crowd

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[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

The #IndiaBasketball team were finally able to return 🏠 safe and sound, after being stranded in📍Doha, Qatar for more than a week.

#MiddleEastWar #IranWar‌

Here's how they managed to find their way back...

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[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

#DidYouKnow Before BAM there was India's own RTV

#Bam #HeatNation #NBA

THREAD 🧵(1/3)

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Here’s a question absolutely NO ONE’S asking..A big #EkSawaal…

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

#RepublicDay = 🇮🇳 + 🇮🇳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 Constitution!

Share this #EKxplainer with your friends!

#IndiaBasketball #DidYouKnow?

Music: A day In India
Musician: Ramolmusic

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

🏀 Senior Nationals format 👉🏾#EKxplained! | 🔖Save for future reference

#IndiaBasketball #EKxplainer

[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

A powerful reminder: perspective is everything!

I saw this video again today.
Created by the Guardian in 1986.
Still the smartest lesson in human perception.

It hits me every time:
We don’t see reality. We see our angle.
And a small shift can flip the whole story.

In the age of AI, this truth becomes brutal.
Two people can look at the same data, the same model, the same output —
and walk away with opposite conclusions.

Perspective isn’t a soft skill.
It’s a survival skill.

The leaders who win are the ones who can zoom in, zoom out, and question their own certainty.

This old Guardian ad reminds us of a timeless truth:
Change the view. Change the meaning. Change everything.

#perception #biases

[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

Looking forward to an in-depth investigation & a progressive, far-reaching final order that could help throw open the #IndiaBasketball space to free, fair and widespread private sector participation.

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[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

Basketball Federation of India finally brought before Competition Commission of India - to investigate whether its actions are 'anti-competitive'.

This has been a long time coming, and glad it's being looked into.

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[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

EPBL alleges BFI blocked their 🏀 league. CCI steps in 🔎 @BFI_basketball

🔗 full report 👇🏾

https://t.co/3qD0wf0A5M

[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

For far too long, National Sports Federations of #India have operated as if they 'owned' or 'controlled' their respective sports, rather than being welcoming, encouraging and proactive 'facilitators'.

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[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

Clearly articulated. Important Read ⬇️

[Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav @vanyavaidehi]

My piece in @the_hindu on what India’s opposition can learn from @ZohranKMamdani.

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

🪔🇮🇳🏀 | Unlike modern-day influencer-led ‘campaigns’, #CourtsofDiwali seems to be a completely organic phenomenon

👉🏾 https://t.co/FSHZBs94Sy

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

#EkNumber🔥| @LethalShooter__ , one of the world’s most followed #basketball creators, attempts an unthinkable 🏀 shot from a moving #Maruti800 inside the Maut Ka Kua (Well of Death!).

@redbullindia pushing human limits = global talent x authentic Indian playgrounds 💯👏🏾

[Gopalakrishnan R @gopal1204]

#India’s challenge isn’t the absence of tall individuals, but their distribution.

Excited to announce the #TallPeopleProject

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

For decades, a convenient myth has followed Indian basketball: “We just don’t have tall people.”

The Tall People Project – India is out to bust that perception wide open.

KNOW MORE 👇🏾
https://t.co/r5wtCkPjUc

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

As the raging hit Tamil dance track #Monica from #Rajinikanth starrer Coolie blared inside Karisma Arena, 🇮🇳🏀 Coach Anitha Pauldurai couldn’t help but shake a leg.

After all, her wards were doing everything she was expecting of them, and then some. 🔽
https://t.co/ImZp8kNAWL

[Ekalavyas (Basketball_India) @EkBballIndia]

Indian Women's Basketball: A thread 🧵 ⬇️