Oh,Calcutta

Saris,Rabindrasangeet,Sunil Narine,McCullum,KKRs trying hard

The thrust and the tumble are out,the pom poms thrown away,the evil miniskirt banished,no foreign cheerleaders,no sin in Eden Gardens this Indian Premier League. Instead,Kolkata Knight Riders will turn to local women in saris dancing to Rabindrasangeet to revive their flagging fortunes and to connect with the city that gives them their name. With some help,of course,from their two new stars New Zealand wicket-keeper Brendon McCullum and West Indies spinner Sunil Narine. The sari-sangeet brainwave appears to be straight out of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjees infamously inconsistent playbook. Didi,as she is oh-so-affectionately called,will no doubt appreciate KKRs newfound love of Bengali culture,given that she has tirelessly worked to put the Bengali back in Kolkata at least in a figurative sense by,yes,playing Rabindrasangeet at traffic lights.