Aditya Kumar’s Weblog
A couple of months back, in one of his articles at Cricinfo, Harsha Bhogle wrote about India’s triumph at test cricket — Being on the top of the ICC Test Cricket rankings. It looked like one of his regular writeups, one of those you can read out while silently nodding your head in agreement and [...]
No excuses for a month long hiatus but lots of things happening with Sports:
India’s Hockey team goes on a ’strike’ because they are not paid their dues by Hockey India. This is how we treat those who are the best players of our National game.
And then, India’s first individual Olympic Gold Medalist says he [...]
In the overall constructive years of my adolescence, my cricketing conscience was taking shape. So in 1996, when Michael Atherton played the shot and at ESPN they said that it’s the best cover drive you can ever get to see, true to copy book style, I took it to heart.
It was also the year [...]
Back in 2001, when Steve Waugh’s men toured India, they were in a similar position as Ponting’s men now. The team was on a roll and had created a record of sorts with their consecutive test wins. It took an epic test match and a monumental innings to put an end to something which had [...]
Shoaib Malik’s comments, first words to the media in fact, after Pakistan lost to India in the T20 final, were on the lines of Islam. He said he wanted to thank the Muslims all over the world. Not everyone was amused. It could mean one of the following things:
1. He wanted to prove that he [...]
In a self-service restaurant while I waited for my order, a 30 something man wearing a t-shirt which says:
“Wife is like fire. Girlfriend is like water.”
Whatever that means.
Not far away, another gentleman sporting a t-shirt with the message:
“I can give headache to aspirin.”
Hmm.
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You notice the cricketers introducing themselves on TV before they come on to [...]
My article on Anil Kumble’s latest exploits, written specifically for Desicritics.org and crossposted here.
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There are a couple reasons why Anil Kumble comes to my mind every time I walk around M.G.Road in Bangalore. First, there is this road intersection named after him right in the heart of the city. When I first came to know [...]
