*** Prime minister Narendra Modi‘s election speeches all sound the same everywhere: a high-pitched, nasal drone of the badlaav BJP will bring to the soil he is stomping that day. Today, …
Tom Eaton, in this month’s Cricket Monthly, has some fine words on the man who used to be the world’s fastest vegetarian bowler, the “handsome” Javagal Srinath: “The guy was almost a …
As the Karnataka state cricket association (KSCA) celebrates its platinum jubilee, the cricket writer Suresh Menon compiles an all-time Karnataka XI, with a telling line “Humility need not be an …
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: In the labyrinths of hell, inside its boiling cauldrons, through its unfathomable maze of blood-curdling monstrosities, of the macabre, the cadaverous and the ghoulish, in the sepulchral …
VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes from Mysore: Recently, I was invited to be part of a group that is trying to raise funds for Pratham Mysore, the highly respected NGO that has …
Indian cricket is now an arena for astonishing conflict of interest. In the name of “making enough” in their prime years, players and administrators (and others outside the boundary) are …
PALINI R. SWAMY writes: Only a Mysorean who has landed this morning from a 10-day extra-terrestrial journey to planet Mars will accuse the Karnataka minister for medical education, S.A. Ramdas, …
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: The stultifying nepotism and favouritism in Indian cricket is as old as Chamundi hills. But more indication that players heading the sport is not necessarily …
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Bangalore: R.K. Narayan‘s daughter didn’t become a writer; R.K. Laxman‘s son didn’t become a cartoonist. Shivarama Karanth‘s son didn’t become a writer or a yakshagana artiste. …
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: It is said that leading the Indian cricket team is the second hardest job after the Indian prime ministership. We may add a new truism: …
Dear Anil, Venkatesh and Srinath, I cannot tell you how happy I am to hear that you have conquered Karnataka, the Karnataka state cricket association (KSCA) that is. As a …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: India’s one-day international against Sri Lanka, at Dambulla on Monday, in a ‘must win’ match was a well-contested one. But, at its fag end, it left a …
Rahul Dravid played county cricket for Kent, Anil Kumble for Northamptonshire, Javagal Srinath for Gloucestershire and Leicestershire. Syed Kirmani went on to play for the Railways, Roger Binny for Goa. …
Twenty-five years after they passed out of Marimallappa‘s High School in Mysore, the “10th B” batch of 1984—including one very, very famous Mysorean—walked down memory lane last Saturday, 29 August. …
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, a towering frame of Kannadiga decency and dignity, and Australian discipline, determination and dedication, not to speak of towering achievements, has bid goodbye from Test match cricket, …
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: With the Yuvi team trouncing the UB® team in the Indian Premier League last night, there is one more reason for Vijay Mallya to get …
RAMYA KRISHNAMURTHY writes from Bangalore: While the boys of churumuri let their tongues flap around for kodu bale and Kingfisher, may I, on behalf of the party of the other …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN asks: Are the current crop of Indian fast bowlers hiding their injuries to make their way into the team for lucrative foreign tours? And are our physios and …
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