Cricket has never been just a game in South Asia. Even in its country of origin, it mimicked certain Victorian values of masculinity, purity and pride, and that is the reason why cricket was brought to India as part of
Some mornings, I feel like waking up in the arms of a fragile ghost, which covers its subtle shoulders with the weight of thousands of years of lives. Through his sheer body, like from a glass window, I can see
So, who is an underdog? The dictionary defines an underdog as a loser/runner-up/second best/small fry and so on. But the term has a far more politically significant connotation in common parlance. To side with the underdog means supporting the wronged,
“I am going to pack my two shirts with my other socks and my best suit in the little blue cloth my mother used to tie round her hair when she did the house, and I am going from the
There is a beautiful black horse in the United States that is now being hailed as the most beautiful horse in the world. Called, very appropriately, Frederik the Great, he sure is gorgeous, with a flowing mane that supposedly takes
“Everything on this terrestrial globe lives…” Abdul Rashid Darzi quotes the first half of the sentence from an essay Nazir Ahmad Teli, a schoolteacher who disappeared on his way to school in 1990, dictated to him. “If he were
Is he for real? This is the question I keep on asking myself as I watch and re-watch the videos of Pakistani YouTube sensation Taher Shah, and pore over his website. Perhaps you’ve already forgotten Shah; the viral fever he
The Government of India has taken up the Smart Cities Mission, and 20 cities have qualified in the first round to be upgraded to “smart” cities. What makes a city “smart”? The official website of the Mission admits in its definition
The proposal of setting up of Sainik Colonies for retired armed forces personnel and “separate townships” for migrant Kashmiri Pandits are the newest contentious issues in the Kashmir valley. Separatists have already warned the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP coalition government of a 2008-like
You’ve described the awarding of hosting rights for the 2017 Under-17 World Cup to India as, “It’s a penalty given to us; if we miss it, we miss everything.” How big a deal is this, and what did you mean