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CRICKETING TIES: NEIGHBOURS’ PRIDE
Roli Books
Price: 295

When the Indian cricket team journeyed to Pakistan this spring, they announced the beginning of a new season in bilateral relations. When they crossed the border, they carried with them a bundle of hopes and opportunities. Hopes that somehow on the cricket field a new dynamic could be reignited to foster friendship. Opportunities for thousands of Indians to take advantage of the cricket visas on offer to make the trip themselves, to see for themselves a land that they had for so long been curious about, to shatter stereotypes, to bring back their own stories. And really, opportunities for millions of others to enjoy some good cricket and learn more about often inscrutable neighbours.

In this book of essays, journalists revisit the cricket and travelogues of March-April 2004. Omar Kureishi meanders through the alleyways of history to collect memories of cricket tours of the past. Others cover diverse aspects of this latest engagement in a book brimming with trivia and photographs.

THE STORY OF LALA
By Sergio Scapagnini
Puffin India
Price: Rs 200

Some years ago Italian film producer Sergio Scapagnini met an exceptional young boy on what he says was an annual trip to India. The experience was transformed into a novel for children, and went on win literary prizes. Now this story of Lala, who wants to construct a world teeming with dignity, is available in English translation.

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