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Edgbaston Defeat Over, Condolence for Indian Cricket Fans
Condolence (n.): An expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of the death of a person’s relative or close friend. – Oxford Dictionary The young girl who handles the Obituary… Read more
Selectors Say Hi, Dravid Says Bye: A Few Questions for Indian Cricket’s Wise Men
So we are back to what we are good at: arguing and squabbling over what the wise men thought were wisest, sorry fittest, available members to form an Indian team…. Read more
Indian Cricket Team Selection: Fielding at Silly Point
Murali Kartik is hailed amongst the best in the business all around the globe, but unfortunately that sentiment isn’t shared by one man in this country, and hence isn’t shared… Read more
Is there a Tihar Connection to Dope Dead Gorgeous Performance of Indian Athletes?
One is, well, the Manmohan Singh we know — the blue-turbaned, bespectacled, upright and honest head of the Cabinet who is now helplessly faced with stories of unprecedented corruption involving… Read more
Lord of the Stands at LORD’S
Any fan of cricket would know what Lord’s means to the lovers of the game all across the globe — for many like me, it is nothing short of a… Read more
Third Man: Netagiri Zindabad, World Cup Zindabad
Cup in bag, how politicians would react (read with tongue firmly behind cheek). Laloo Prasad: India won because the Wankhede Stadium is so close to the railway tracks. The tracks… Read more
World Cup in London — Live Streaming, Drums and Biriyani
It’s difficult to pen down feelings, specially if it is so overwhelming that the heart has no place for anything else. Specially when I am putting pen to paper after… Read more
This World Cup is Mine Too
I’m a fan — someone who loves her team, both in defeat and, of course, in victory. I have never played the game, but I remember the times I was… Read more
Third Man: Pakistan Blown, Bring on the Lankans
For all practical purposes, the heat was on. Almost everyone I know in Dhaka wanted a Pakistan-India (in that order; Pakistan and India!) semifinal. And just after Mahendra Singh Dhoni… Read more
Third Man: Liberated from Cup Trauma, Rooting for Ex-occupiers
Around 1 pm, a colleague who stays near Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka, called up. The cliché that had made a nest in Dhaka media before every match at the stadium —… Read more
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