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1 March 2026

Hosting Ambition, Economic Reality: What It Will Take for India’s Olympic Dream to Pay Off

India’s Olympic aspiration can succeed when ambition is matched by institutional design, fiscal discipline, and public trust

Vaibhav Lalwani is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the XLRI Xavier School of Management, Delhi-NCR campus. 

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