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Akshay Sawai

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Sports
When He Batted Left-handed

In an innovative strategy to combat unplayable bowling, Sunil Gavaskar came out and batted with his other hand for an hour to save Bombay from an outright defeat.

13 August 2010
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Sports
Not Another Sachin Story

As he sets the record for the highest number of cricket Tests ever played, everything that should be said has been said.

06 August 2010
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Sports
Constant Teammate

Travel with daughters to protect them from sexual harassment, say parents of sportswomen.

30 July 2010
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Sports
David vs Goliath

Imagine you are King Vikramaditya, carrying Betaal on your shoulders. And Betaal asks you, “Who is a better bowler, Warne or Muralitharan?”

15 July 2010
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Sports
Crime and Punishment

What is Team Modi’s next plan of action, now that the Indian cricket board has unanimously ratified all its charges and both civil and criminal proceedings will soon be initiated against him?

08 July 2010
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Sports
Hat-trick for Saina

With three titles in three weeks, Saina Nehwal is now No 3 among 528 ranked players in a demanding sport played in over 150 countries.

02 July 2010
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Living
Porn for All Seasons

Once upon a time, men used to outgrow porn. But now, the internet ensures that men of all ages simply cannot renounce such a beautiful thing. Executives, dentists, bureaucrats, surgeons, editors and a host of important men become boys by night.

01 July 2010
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Sports
The Management Guy in the Beautiful Game

Unlike in cricket, a football coach is very powerful. There are deserving reasons.

24 June 2010
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Sports
Forever No 10

There is nothing more striking about this World Cup than the sight of Maradona in the costume of ‘the establishment’.

16 June 2010
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Sports
Munnabhai of Basketball

Ibrahim Lakadawala speaks like a celluloid cult character. But the former basketball player is using the sport to stop youngsters of Nagpada from becoming criminals.

10 June 2010

Authors

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

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