At the height of the pseudo-nationalism of the Lalchand Kishinchand Advani kind, a key crib pumped-up Hindus held against Muslims was that they (Muslims) cheered for Pakistan in India-Pakistan matches. …
Indian cricket journalism rarely rises above hagiography. Rarely does one hear a new bit of information or a startling insight into the game and its practitioners. But Vedam Jaishankar had …
Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy‘s flying “private” visit to Mangalore on Tuesday has kicked off all manner of rumours. The juiciest one, which nobody in the JDS is even bothering …
A television grab, courtesyof NDTV 24X7, of Anil Radhakrishna Kumble announcing his retirement from one-day international cricket at the Karnataka State Cricket Association today. As usual, “Jumbo” was gracefulness personified. …
Despite India’s (and Pakistan’s) early exit, the 2007 World Cup has been decidedly exciting. Great knocks (Hayden, McCullum), great individual achievements (Gibbs, Malinga), etc. But it has also had its …
The first SMS of the day this morning was a brief intimation that Anil Kumble would announce his retirement from one-day internationals this evening at the KSCA so that he …
The moral police constables are at it again. After imposing a ban on AXN for its “Sexiest Advertisements” show, the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry yesterday decreed that FTV, the …
It’s March 30, and churumuri.com is one year old today. It was on this day, last year, that this site gently opened its eyes on the world wide web and …
The Supreme Court’s stay today on the implementation of the 27 per cent quota for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in institutes of higher education is a resounding slap on …
India’s early elimination from the World Cup does not just mean disappointment to the Indian fan. It means disappointment to the players, too, and there has never been a player …
ASHWINI A. writes: The Cauvery Tribunal’s final award has ignited feelings, passions, emotions in the State. For 50 days now, we have seen individuals and institutions, register their shock and …
Not too many are aware that Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan worked and lived in Mysore as a professor at the Maharaja’s College before he became the President of the country. Radhakrishnan’s residence …
TARLE SUBBA captures the angst, anger and anxiety of the Indian cricket fan as the dark shadows of forces beyond the boundary extend not just into the playing turf but …
MURALI KRISHNAN writes from New Delhi: A week after Bob Woolmer, Pakistan’s national coach, was killed in the upscale Jamaica Pegasus Hotel where he and the rest of the Pakistan …
It’s a cruel world, and this is another cruel forward now doing the rounds on the Indian team and its debacle.
PRATAP SHARMA writes from Delhi: Most of India’s best cricket writing is done by non-cricket writers—try Prem Panicker, Ramachandra Guha, Mukul Kesavan—who feel no obligation to be parrots of players, …
Every one has his formula for happiness. And Scott Adams, the amazingly versatile creator of Dilbert, has one too. Happiness, he says, is Health plus Money plus Social life + …
The most forwarded email in the last couple of days has to be morphed pictures of what the Pakistani and Indian players will soon be doing after their early …
Even before Rahul Dravid can pick up his boarding pass for the journey back home, the stage is set to slaughter the captain on the tarmac of ad-hocism. BCCI sources …
VADIRAJ HOMBAL sends us a YouTube link to a fine C. Ashwath song Bettada tudiyalli from the movie Kakana Kote, based on a play by Masti Venkatesha Iyengar and directed …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: There is unnecessary brouhaha about India’s untimely, if not shocking, exit from the World Cup. But the president of BCCI kept his emotions under control and one …
MARK BRADSHAW forwards a good one: *** Four men were bragging about how smart their cats were. The first man was an Engineer, the second man was an Accountant, the …
“A dream is not what you see in sleep. A dream is what does not let you sleep.” A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Yoga has given India a stunning international shimmer. The ethos, values and practices of a long ago past, of a far away country, seem to have been directly, successfully embedded …
Maybe it was just a bad bad idea to liberate East Pakistan?
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