Don, daylight, and the rest
Comparisons are inevitable. It's an integral part of a sports aficionado's life. That's what makes following sports more thrilling, sometimes even draining as was the case with me. A good part of my...
View ArticleThrough the eyes of a MACtard
Ramachandra Guha's wonderful book 'States of Indian Cricket' begins with the surmise that to be a good Cricket writer, one must have been a reasonably good player but not entirely proficient either....
View ArticleOf Sachin, clutch, and greatness
I had lost a lot of my zeal for a debate on Sachin after the 90s. We had scrutinized every aspect of his batting to its limits; compared him with batsmen from all eras and teams. We rattled off facts,...
View ArticleOf Sachin and Cognitive Dissonance
Oh yeah, this is yet another piece on Sachin’s 100th. Trust me you have a choice to stop here. Oh, you’re still with me? You didn’t read Mukul Kesavan’s column yet? Go read. Woah! Still there? Now, I...
View ArticleDay 2 - That damned feeling of perfection
“One minute was enough, Tyler said, a person had to work hard for it, but a minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.” ~Chuck Palahniuk,...
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Historian’s nightmare
It has been 10 years and 2 days since Headingley. The fact that I don’t have to distinguish the place from the event is a testimony to the significance of one of India’s finest test wins of all time....
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Tendulkar and the totemic number
I am a total kindle convert. If there is a way to convert all my physical books into kindle copies, I am ready to stand in a queue longer than what you'll see outside Wimbledon for a Fedal final to...
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Sach
Sometime in the early 90s trump cards were in vogue. Like most people who grew up in the 90s, I have wasted months on that stupid game. The more popular variety was the WWF one; there was also a less...
View ArticleGenius
There are good batsmen who touch greatness occasionally. There are exceptional batsmen who have a long term lease with greatness. And then there are Geniuses. It may be impossible to replicate...
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