Suresh Menon
Nothing so terrible as loss of faith
Spot-fixing is not a victim-less crime – the wounds are deeper than physical and what dies is the fan’s faith
Harbhajan Singh 1, Grand Inquisitor 0
It was impossible to know beforehand that this Australian team was actually just a team from Australia and not much more
From despair to hope – the Indian journey
The turnaround is hardly complete, but emergence of new stars must be celebrated
Arthur’s doctrine, or Clarke’s?
Australia owe it to players, fans to reveal past misdemeanours of players
Clarke and the art of inter-personal communication
Most people, when suddenly given the gift of three wishes, end up with banalities. Some years ago, an Indian lost a chance to become the Miss World (especially difficult as Indians were winning all such…
Harbhajan Singh, Rattler-in-Chief
So now we know. Harbhajan Singh is the rattler-in-chief of the Indian team. Whether he takes a clutch of wickets or not in the series against Australia, he is expected to keep the…
Cup of tea, anyone?
One of the many things about cricket that amused the comic genius Groucho Marx was the fact that at some point in the day, the two teams battling intensely on the field abruptly…
Taylor adds new dimension to woman-power
In the 1980s, whenever an Indian team was doing badly, especially in Bangalore, the cry would go around, part-mockery, part-fantasy: “Drop so-and-so, and pick Shanta Rangaswamy.” In those politically incorrect days, that call…
