VARIETIES OF THE GAME, The Telegraph
In my opinion, Test cricket may be compared to the finest Scotch, fifty-overs a side to Indian Made Foreign Liquour, and 20-20 to the local hooch. The addict who cannot [...]
THE RISE AND FALL OF INDIAN ENVIRONMENTALISM, Hindustan Times
Thirty-five years ago this week, a group of peasants in the upper Alakananda Valley stopped a group of loggers from felling a patch of forest. That act of protest gave [...]
GANDHI IN ORISSA, The Telegraph
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was by birth a Gujarati bania, but the admiration for his life and work transcended the boundaries of caste, language, religion, and gender. He was a man [...]
GANDHI’S FAITH, AND OURS, Hindustan Times
Many years ago, I had an argument with the philosopher Ramchandra (Ramu) Gandhi about his grandfather’s faith. I had always admired the Mahatma, but my secular-socialist self sought to rid [...]
THE CAREER OF A CONCEPT, The Hindu
In an interview given recently by the Pakistani cricketer-politician Imran Khan to Newsweek magazine, he said: ‘My vote bank is increasing’. To whom do we owe the term ‘vote bank’? [...]
RECALLING A TOUCH ARTIST, The Telegraph
The two greatest comebacks in the history of Indian sport were both conducted in the great city of Kolkata. The better-known, since more recent, was the magnificent 281 scored by [...]