The development of the IPL is interesting. It’s inevitable that it will eat into cricket elsewhere, as in the case of coaches. Greg Shipperd, of Australia, is a contender. Will cricket learn to live with two leagues? I don’t think the national game will continue to have the importance it has now. As the competition develops and expands, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
The league’s ripples
Posted in IPL, tagged cricket, icc, modi, television on February 15, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A student’s delusions
Posted in Uncategorized on February 14, 2008 | 9 Comments »
On dark Brooklyn nights, it’s difficult to tell which is scarier: an empty street, or figures walking in your direction. So friends would accompany others to their apartments on foot, often holding them up after an evening of revelry. The difficulty, I learnt one day, was that since this generosity could not be repaid immediately, the friend [...]
In praise of fruit tarts
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, food, jehangir, kala ghoda, wine on February 9, 2008 | No Comments »
What is art? Whatever it is at Kala Ghoda, wine helps it go down well.
Yesterday, visitors to the area would have seen a large Ferris wheel with bicycles for seats, a sculpture of a gigantic man doing something with himself on a ball, and other installations. Perhaps they would have felt underwhelmed, or been oblivious to the charms of these [...]
Welcome
Posted in Uncategorized on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
WordPress is a long way from my old home, but it’s an upgrade I badly needed. After my repeated skirmishes with html in Blogger, this feels so much better. Even then, I’ll put my design skills to good use and keep developing the site.
