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No one knows.... 31 Jan 2012 | 07:05 pm
Was reading Sidvee's brilliant take on the happenings in Australia, with Bob Gatewood's "No one knows" fortuitously playing on iTunes. Somehow felt a link between the words and the dilemma(s) facing t...
Travel diaries - Part One 30 Jan 2012 | 04:37 pm
(The first of a series, hopefully, of a travel diary) One week to go, and PP was headed to India, for the first time after he came to the US. The airport, which is normally one of those where you can...
Wish you were here.... 19 Jan 2012 | 07:37 pm
So you think you can tell...... In college, it was "compulsory" for each one of us to be part of an extra-curricular organization. Heaven from hell... It was either the National Service Scheme (socia...
Where have you gone, Ayrton Senna? 8 Jan 2012 | 08:36 pm
It will be 18 years this May......I remember that Sunday evening, like it was yesterday.....I was on the phone in the dining room, when I heard the news....Ayrton Senna was gone....forever! I had hear...
Has Indian cricket really turned a corner? 21 Dec 2011 | 06:50 pm
Since I last scribbled on this pad, the "Men in Blue" somehow managed to win a cricket World Cup, banishing Kapil and his Devils of 1983 (hopefully) permanently to the woodwork, from which they tended...
The beautiful game 11 Oct 2010 | 02:02 pm
Another World Cup is over, and it introduced a new champion, not unexpectedly. However, the inspiration for this post was ESPN's 30 for 30 on "The Two Escobars" going back some 20 years - bringing bac...
The wind in my hair... 14 Sep 2009 | 01:23 pm
Happened to get back earlier than usual one evening last week. The sky was overcast, a cool breeze blew through my hair, carrying with it the smell of rain. Leaves went helter-skelter, weaving pattern...
Dom DiMaggio...The Nation turns its lonely eyes... 20 May 2009 | 02:15 pm
Back in the mid 90s, Joe DiMaggio was just a name in a song (the classic "Mrs. Robinson) - something surprising considering I'd like to think I've been a Yankee fan since I was 4 or 5 (when my aunt an...
Rediscovering Malayalam literature 25 Feb 2009 | 07:19 pm
Every time I go back home, I get more addicted to Indian writing. This time was no different, with Ramachandra Guha's "India After Gandhi" being largely polished off on the train to Bangalore, while "...
Memories of a Principal - Part II 23 Feb 2009 | 05:34 am
I happened to watch an old episode of NDTV's "Walk the Talk" with Shekhar Gupta this morning, and it kindled some more memories of Mr. Lewis. The guest on show was the inimitable Harsha Bhogle, a man ...
