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Boria Majumdar

Boria Majumdar is a sport journalist and the author of, among other titles, Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians. He is a contributor to Open

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Sports
‘My Critics Didn’t Teach Me Cricket’

Open in conversation with Tendulkar after his hundredth 100

29 March 2012
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Sports
God Save Test Cricket

With home advantage turning decisive in influencing Test results, cricket runs the risk of becoming dull and predictable

04 February 2012
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Sports
Friction Replay

With the Indian team and the cricket media, the more things change, the more they remain the same

25 January 2012
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Sports
Is Cricket Going the Hockey Way?

Will the shortsightedness of India’s cricket administrators end up destroying India’s national passion the same way Indian hockey was compromised in the 1960s and 1970s?

18 January 2012
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Sports
Fletcher Memorial

Will India’s current coach end up like Chappell—just another bad memory?

12 January 2012
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Sports
The DRS and Us

Will India rue the absence of a Decision Review System?

07 January 2012
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Sports
Australia is the New Pakistan

…and the upcoming series, starting 26 December, no mere game of cricket

23 December 2011
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Sports
Playing to the Galleries

…minus the spectators

18 November 2011
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Books
Kabul Express

A fascinating account of the Afghan cricket team’s journey to the international arena

03 November 2011
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Books
The Two Faces of Bishan Singh Bedi

The Two Faces of Bishan Singh Bedi In a country where biographies are akin to hagiographies, Suresh Menon’s book on the spin bowler is refreshingly objective

28 October 2011

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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