Talking of City Profiles…

The title refers to buddy’s beautiful prose on city profiles. A city as lovable as Bombay.
This is not a city that I’ve loved right from the word go. It’s not the city I grew up in. The more appropriate statement would be that the city grew upon me. Like buddy articulates, the je ne sais [...]

Where The Spirit Stays Alive…

Staying with Slumdog Millionaire, the movie starts with a multiple choice question. One of the options is – “It is written. It’s destiny”.
What happened at M.A Chidambaram stadium, Chepauk, Madras turned out to be quite like it.
The cricket fans of Madras are often referred to as the most sportive and the most intelligent of the [...]

The Departure of the Prince

If there was ever an Indian cricketer who could associate with himself the words passion, fight, aggression and desire, it had to be Sourav Ganguly.
There are millions of Indians who would not admit that they love Dada. And there are millions who would. There was a time when the debate between Ganguly haters and Ganguly [...]

Oh, But We Don’t Know Football!

Aah, yes! You know, it is that cliched visit to the college football game that every desi grad student checks on his list. And one year late at that.
All the tickets reserved, claimed and printed out, then making sure we own a red T shirt (NCSU Wolfpack is red), there was just one thing left [...]

Thoughts on IPL

There was a time when the excitement of a cricket match was natural. People drove around on the roads of Bombay with the Indian flag draped around them, their cars etc. This was even before a victory. It was around 2003 and it was the World Cup. It must have either been India vs Pak [...]

Sachin for Bharat Ratna??

CNN-IBN kicked off a debate. Are there personalities that are worthy of being awarded the Bharat Ratna? India’s highest award has eluded an Indian’s grasp for the past seven years.
One of the names that cropped up was Sachin Tendulkar. Is Sachin worthy of Bharat Ratna? Though the awards, in the past have been conferred on [...]