Yuvi: The Man Who Created Big Cricketing Moments
Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images A big salute to our sixer king Yuvi for all the entertainment and cricket moments he gave us to cherish in his own style. He is undoubtedly one of...
View Article“जातिगत आरक्षण सवर्णों और दलितों के बीच महज़ एक भेदभाव है”
आज हम एक बहुत अहम मुद्दे पर बात करना चाहते हैं, जो केवल जातिगत ही नहीं है बल्कि देश के विकास का भी अहम हिस्सा है। यह मुद्दा शायद बड़े लोगों के लिए महत्वपूर्ण नहीं है मगर यह दुनिया तो अमीरों से ज़्यादा...
View ArticleTest Cricket, I Miss You
Of course I grew up on cricket. Of course I spent hours staring at the TV screen while my grandfather loudly dismissed match strategy, and my grandmother pleaded to allow some room for thought. Of...
View ArticleIndia Vs Afghanistan: An Unexpected Game Of Class This World Cup
June 22 2019. India vs. Afghanistan. Just like most people even I had thought it would be an easy win for India. Moreover, the team we were playing against was one of our friends around the globe. The...
View Article“हम सवर्ण लोग दलितों को सम्मान नहीं दे सकते क्या?”
दिल्ली यात्रा के दौरान मैंने कई महत्वपूर्ण किताबें खरीदी जिनमें ‘शूद्रों का प्राचीन इतिहास’, जो महान विद्वान प्रोफेसर डॉ. रामशरण शर्मा की एक कालजयी रचना है। हर भारतीय को यह किताब अवश्य पढ़नी चाहिए। इस...
View ArticleFor The Two Cricketers Who Are No Less Than Gods For Me
What makes a person follow another and revere, love and respect him just as he would a God? I’ve never been able to answer that question. Yet, there is not one, but two Gods I’ve followed, and both of...
View ArticleWhat We Don’t Talk About When We Celebrate The (Wo)Men In Blue
When it comes to bridging the gender pay gap worldwide, sports remains one of the final frontiers to be conquered. In India though – a country with one of the highest levels of wage disparity in the...
View ArticleIt’s 2019. Why Aren’t We Talking About The Indian Women’s Cricket Team?
Coming from a land of die-hard cricket lovers, I feel bad when I see countless disparities ailing the game of cricket. Do you know Mithali Raj has scored more runs than Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in...
View Article#CWC19: A Few Points To Consider Before Bashing The Pakistan Cricket Team’s...
Cricket is a sport that takes you up one day and brings you down the next. One of the biggest cricket rivalries is over, for now. A few days ago, India defeated Pakistan yet again, for the 7th time in...
View Article10 Types of Cricket Fans You’ll Spot This World Cup
We’re a nation obsessed with cricket, and no matter how hard we try, we just can’t seem to keep ourselves away from the sport. Even when we want to. As self-proclaimed masters of cricket, our passion...
View ArticleCan India Win The World Cup In England?
Yes, they totally can. Now, the Indian team I grew up supporting was essentially wound up around one person in limited overs cricket. And that person was Sachin Tendulkar. So, let me tell you a story....
View ArticleWhy Didn’t We Show The Same Enthusiasm For Our ‘Women In Blue’ During Their...
As I write this article, India plays England in the 38th match of the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Virat Kohli-led India is the only unbeaten team in the World Cup right now and only a single...
View ArticleWhy I Think The Surrogacy Bill Is Both Unreasonable And Unjust
The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill 2016 was first introduced in the Lok Sabha on November 21, 2016. It was referred to the parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on January 12,...
View ArticleExplained: Why Excluding Marital Rape From Sexual Assault Keeps Modern India...
While Section 375 of the Indian Penal Code criminalizes all forms of sexual assault involving non-consensual intercourse with a woman, an exception to this section exempts unwilling sexual intercourse...
View ArticleOrange Or Saffron: How Much Outrage Is Too Much?
I am not sure why there is so much outrage over the orange jersey team India wore in the world cup match against England. This orange and navy blue jersey is their ‘away’ jersey. Each team needs to...
View Article#CWC19: BCCI Files Complaint After ‘Free Kashmir’ Banners Flown During...
Kashmir has always been a contentious issue in the Indian sub-continent and has been dominating headlines for decades. Just the mention of ‘Kashmir‘ has the potential to start a media frenzy. Now throw...
View Articleधोनी, जो टिकट कलेक्टर से ट्रॉफी कलेक्टर बन गया
एक आदमी जो टिकट कलेक्टर से ट्रॉफी कलेक्टर बन गया लेकिन हमेशा आरोपों के साये में घिरा रहा। मैं 1993 में पैदा हुआ लेकिन क्रिकेट की समझ आते-आते मेरे लिए 2003 वर्ल्डकप का सेमीफाइनल हो चुका था। फाइनल के लिए...
View Article17 Images That Capture Children’s Love For Gully Cricket In India
Every child in India will have remnants of their childhood linked to the game of cricket. Along the banks of the Ganges, during the shutdowns in Kashmir, across the open fields in Bihar, in the narrow...
View ArticleMove Over Men In Blue, These Kids Just Won The Street Child Cricket World Cup...
“If you respect us, you will listen to us and if you listen to us, you will protect us. So please protect us!” said Monisha, the representative of her team India South, at the Street Child Cricket...
View Article“More Girls Should Play Cricket!” Say Boys At Azad Maidan, Mumbai
Question (Q): Who do you think is going to win the Cricket World Cup? In unison: India! Q: Why? Aryan (A): Because India has got Virat Kohli! Durvesh (D): And even Hardik Pandya! Sarthak (S): Everyone...
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