Does every Indian office – in the public sector, or private, need a CFiO – a Chief Fitness Officer for its employees? And is badminton best suited to be the chosen sport that blends recreation and fitness for India’s office population? In a week when India’s national coach Pullela Gopichand went fairly bonkers giving middle class athletes a dose of realism, asking them to keep academics as back-up, if you wanted to secure a better lifestyle than your mother or father did, the former All England champion, was the first to spell out the nuance: he was extremely passionate, militant even, about universal physical literacy for Indians. He prized the health benefits of sport for a billion, more than the tunnel visioned goal of churning out a handful of sporting stars, while pursuing the very niche, elite goal of increasing 6 Olympic medals to 60. Gopichand has been mulling over these ideas since 2017, stewing almost in the helplessness of bringing about this large-scale change. How athletes at the bottom of the pyramid get treated …