A poem on the man who drew the lines.

The Pakistan captain on what could be the most important tour of his life

The Indian media reserves its vitriol for China. It’s horribly unfair.

Arjuna Ranatunga, perhaps the greatest cricket captain of the '90s, was also a subcontinental icon of aggressive stand-up-for-your-rights cricket. His battle against the Australian media and the authorities for Muthiah Muralitharan is legend. He spoke to Waruna Karunatilake on the current controversy and other cricketing issues:

After sitting 10 years in the opposition, the Congress plank was anti-incumbency

As we enter the 150th anniversary of 1857, William Dalrymple casts a new look at one of Indian history's most enigmatic episodes, and its aftermath

'It was an opportunity I couldn't resist, a chance to complete six years of reporting on the constantly shifting sands of Afghanistan by being there when the Taliban regime either collapsed, or fought off the Americans.'