Kumar Sangakkara
"Arjuna sir, at today's toss should I call heads or tails?" I inquired. "Just say you have no idea," was his advice which I religiously followed
A Sum Of Variables, And A Critical Constant
Faith never wavered even when they faltered. Why? Batting, and MSD.
‘It’s India’s Time’
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara on how Team India is the definitive symbol of a resurgent nation
‘Small-Town Players Are A Lot More Motivated’
The batting maestro on how, and why, players from small towns have begun to dominate Team India
The Mohalla, The World
The World Cup win is as much the story of small-town India’s rise as it is of Dhoni’s XI
“We Are Talking Reforms, Not Privatisation”
The HRD minister insists his government is taking steps to make the IIMs more autonomous, not corporatising them
Towards IIM Pvt Ltd?
For autonomy’s sake, says the government. IIM academics aren’t buying any of it.
Wielding The Broom
It’s a cause that can’t go unsupported. All the more reason it shouldn’t be simplistic.
How Rags Are Really Riches
Re-animated waste isn’t just good for the soul. It can look pretty good too.
How To Take A Corner
The atmosphere is the top selling point and there’s plenty of it on tap, accentuated by the witty menu
Bibliofile
Vikram Seth invited his devout Persian teacher and his wife, cooking them one of his famous meals. He'd taken care, of course, not to serve pork or ham, but what he forgot was...
Just Straying
The research is interesting, but the writing is choppy in parts and needs smoother transitions
Twist Karaoed
Some of the essays are quite awful but the elegant prose of others makes this book worth the price
Rhodes, O’Reilly, Murali...
A brilliant first novel on cricket in Lanka is quirky and profound. It also revives the metaphor of sport as life.
Game
Rhyming adjectives that come to mind when you think of Game--lame, tame, shame, inane, strain, pain...
F.A.L.T.U
Downright mediocre, little more than a celebration of silliness but it has cleverly managed to reach out to its target audience—the teens
Sudha Pillai
Planning Commission member-secretary Sudha Pillai, whose solo show ‘Avril II: Joy of Living’ opened at PBC Art Gallery on April 3
Delhi Diary
I love this city. Delhi is green, Mumbai is treeless. And here, it doesn't matter whether you are from Bihar or Tamil Nadu. But Mumbai has the prettiest girls in the country