Indian players punished—often unjustly—in the last five years

Geoff Boycott, Abbas Ali Baig, Bishen S. Bedi, Ajit Wadekar, S.K. Bansal, K. Srikant, Navjot S. Sidhu

For too long now, the ICC has had an old school of people out of touch with the game, who justify themselves and flex their muscles using the rules.

Mike Denness' stern rectitude emanates from his being a part of the cricketing establishment

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 spok

Pakistan's outraged cricket fraternity and fans empathise with Tendulkar and stand with India

A cross-section of cricketers and legal pundits firmly believe that the Indians stand a good chance of redressal.

ICC president Malcolm Gray talks to Manu Joseph

The fact that the Proteas have stood by India reinforces Dalmiya's reputation as a man who could sell refrigerators to Eskimos in winter.

After bodyline, Kerry Packer and match-fixing, the world of cricket braces for its fourth tectonic upheaval

Resistance, especially internal, forces a rethink on the
ordinance

Why do Indians love old age and genuflect to grumpy geriatrics? Perhaps it's a Hindu thing. The Dhritarashtra syndrome.

A proposed law to check 'unwarranted' external funding of NGOs hides more than it shows

Moderate Hizbs distance themselves from their militant cousins

Any half-alert government would have seen and grabbed the opportunity provided by the changes in the Valley.
Kashmir: What should be done?

Neither a cash award nor intensive combing gets the US its primary war objective: bin Laden

The Taliban's only refuge in the North may witness a bloodbath

New Delhi leads the pack in establishing ties with the new dispensation, hoping for a larger role

Routed elsewhere, the militia clings tenaciously to the last bit of territory it has left in Afghanistan

Musharraf can't ask jehadis now to recommence business in Kashmir; the US too in its interests will keep a sharp eye on them.
Free Speech: Should we talk to Pakistan?

After Kabul, local warlords stake their claims to key areas

India's aggressive stance in Doha matches the superior bargaining power of the rich West. But did Murasoli Maran achieve the impossible?

Auto companies are queuing up to launch new models in the Rs 10 lakh-plus luxury car segment. But is the market up to it?

The government is undecided on FDI in newspapers while the pro and anti lobbies slug it out.

Out-of-the-box thinking is out. Recession-spooked clients and a drought of creativity spell the end to the Big Idea.

Worli Seaface's skyscrapers and its laughing club.

A likely switchover to a 'pay-and-be-treated' regime can only compound the misery of the poor

Sir Vidia set to hit Indian shores, Kulsum Begum's recipes prove to be a hit and Kajol snubs KBC...

Priya Sahgal dines Shatrughan Sinha

A trip down memory lane for Gayatri Devi, J.J. Valaya in an expansion mode, Kapil's attempt to clear his name and more...

Tragedy or farce? Calcutta loses its third auditorium in a
decade.

On her six decades of journey in Bollywood from O Mere Sona Re to Kambakth Ishq

Publishers do brisk business, courtesy the Afghanistan war and more...

That's Delhi, a city that lost its focus as it rushed unplanned into madness

The general would have been better served by a professional biographer.

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