Once upon a time a chemical engineer and management graduate, now cricket and motivational speaking my calling!

April 15, 2005 02:23 IST
Sourav Ganguly has much on his plate, a little too much in fact. His bat has lost its middle, his feet are not quite nimble anymore and thro...
Fri, Apr 15, 2005
April 08, 2005 01:00 IST
Cricketers are creatures of their times as indeed are film-makers, journalists and doctors. In truth just anybody. They must evolve and they...
Fri, Apr 08, 2005
April 01, 2005 00:00 IST
There comes a time in the life of some sportsmen, only some, and it rarely comes more than once, when they believe they can do anything, eve...
Fri, Apr 01, 2005
March 25, 2005 01:23 IST
Inzamam-UL-Haq reminds me of a banyan tree; huge immovable, cool, soothing, roots everywhere you see; roots that can slow you down or roots ...
Fri, Mar 25, 2005
March 18, 2005 00:59 IST
Sachin Tendulkar’s 35th century is hurting Indian cricket, hurting it seriously, and we need to stop talking about it now. I am increas...
Fri, Mar 18, 2005
March 11, 2005 00:42 IST
One of the reasons teams from the sub-continent only sporadically lay claim to being the best side in the world is that they have traditiona...
Fri, Mar 11, 2005
March 04, 2005 00:24 IST
So the people of Chandigarh and Mohali are opening their hearts and their doors to our friends from Pakistan. The series hasn’t yet beg...
Fri, Mar 04, 2005
February 25, 2005 00:00 IST
The spotlight blinds Shoaib Akhtar, glamour suffocates him, the need for flamboyance reduces him to a caricature. Shoaib has seen success an...
Fri, Feb 25, 2005
February 18, 2005 00:00 IST
For years there were hypotheses; based on stray observations and a deep concern for cricket in India. There were theories, opinions, a lot o...
Fri, Feb 18, 2005
February 11, 2005 00:11 IST
Indian cricket is being buffeted by mighty winds that neither care nor build. Is it a curse we inherit that progress must be retarded by cal...
Fri, Feb 11, 2005
February 04, 2005 00:00 IST
Sania Mirza and Narain Karthikeyan are solid back page achievers not fluffy, superficial wannabes — and what joy there is in that. Thei...
Fri, Feb 04, 2005
January 28, 2005 00:09 IST
In four and a half months, England play Australia for the Ashes. In a little over a month, two fiercer rivals, with the power to move nation...
Fri, Jan 28, 2005
January 21, 2005 01:17 IST
Little sparks become raging fires, small gatherings become uncontrollable mobs, tiny trends acquire cult following. In each case the key is ...
Fri, Jan 21, 2005
January 14, 2005 00:31 IST
The National Football League begins with a lot of money and little promise, the Premier Hockey League debuts with a lot of expectation and l...
Fri, Jan 14, 2005
January 07, 2005 00:09 IST
Sportsmen, more than most people, can talk to us about success and defeat. They live with that reality, go to bed with it, derive their sust...
Fri, Jan 07, 2005
December 31, 2004 01:42 IST
India started the year challenging the giants and ended it having to spank a child. It was a comedown and it was a fair reflection of the ev...
Fri, Dec 31, 2004
December 24, 2004 00:00 IST
So Nayan Mongia has had enough and I hope he hasn’t retired a bitter man. He has a life ahead of him, many mornings to look forward to,...
Fri, Dec 24, 2004
December 17, 2004 00:39 IST
India have enjoyed themselves enormously against Bangladesh and that was expected. They have set many new records and that too was expected,...
Fri, Dec 17, 2004
December 10, 2004 00:00 IST
Subroto Paul did not kill Cristiano Junior, nor did he intend to. It is unfathomable, and indecent, for people to suggest that. Paul fouled ...
Fri, Dec 10, 2004
December 03, 2004 03:15 IST
Anil Kumble is on the verge of something huge. He has half a share already but, as the younger Ambani will tell him, being one out of two do...
Fri, Dec 03, 2004
November 26, 2004 00:17 IST
I don’t know if the people who run cricket there think like that, therefore whether they are aware of it, or indeed whether they care, ...
Fri, Nov 26, 2004
November 20, 2004 00:00 IST
Cricket is being caught in a gale. Issues and controversies are appearing like boundaries in the midst of a Gilchrist innings. Too much spor...
Sat, Nov 20, 2004
November 06, 2004 00:00 IST
So Australia’s top order capitulated. It was bizarre. There were demons in the pitch but Australia batted like they were in a horror mo...
Sat, Nov 06, 2004
November 05, 2004 00:00 IST
When this match grew a mere 90 overs old, 16 wickets had fallen. Two gifted batting sides batted on it. One, admittedly out of sorts, lasted...
Fri, Nov 05, 2004
November 04, 2004 00:00 IST
In this season of hope gone awry, there was more to be disappointed with on day one of this test match. There was little you could do with t...
Thu, Nov 04, 2004





