Grumble with Gaurav | Gaurav Kalra
I enjoy being on Twitter. It is a medium of engagement and debate. Celebrities and news-makers of all sorts seem to enjoy the forum too, as they can by-pass pesky journalists and communicate directly with their "followers". Without fear of...
0 CommentsCricket is a gift. A blessing. Bestowed on a few, gratefully cherished by millions. A bat is a strange sporting implement. A rather odd construct if you look closely at it. Shaped in this peculiar rectangular formation that slithers cylindrically...
12 CommentsFor the Dravid family it was just another day. March 9. Friday afternoon. Young Samit was fussing over his food. Vijeta was coaxing him to eat. Senior Dravid was in a corner sampling a soggy snack. Brother Vijay was in...
1 CommentsThere are a few phrases that jump gleefully into our cricket banter every now and then. Raj Singh Dungarpur's "Miyan, captain banoge" to the laconic Mohammad Azharuddin is the stuff of legend. Tendulkar's "When people throw stones at you, you...
0 CommentsI have never met Mr. N Srinivasan. In fact, I have never even had a conversation with him. But I do enjoy hearing him talk at press conferences or in those rare television interviews he agrees to do. He appears...
0 CommentsLet me get this straight. Every time a ball crashed into Rahul Dravid's stumps this Australian summer, it was because stints with the Royal Challengers Bangalore and Rajasthan Royals had corrupted an otherwise flawless technique. And when those edges flew...
0 CommentsI know a man who was once ravaged by a vicious depression. His doctors tried it all. Tweaked the dosage of his medication. Attempted various combinations of mood stabilizers and anti-depressants. Sent him off for therapy. Offered counseling. But to...
2 CommentsTelevision news is the whipping boy of choice these days. It gets accused of every possible digression. Of playing judge, jury and executioner. Of stoking unrest. Of reducing public discourse to a farce. Of ignoring issues of substance for frills...
0 CommentsChew on these numbers for a minute. Just re-read them. Rub those eyes and do your own searches for confirmation if you are still in disbelief. When the last wicket fell on Day Four of the Melbourne Test, here's how...
0 CommentsThe supercilious among us heap scorn upon numbers. Admittedly, cricket is more than mere statistical achievement. But runs, wickets and averages are an acceptable gauge to measure greatness. Bradman's 99.94, Gavaskar's 10,122, Murali's 800, Lara's 400, Tendulkar's 99, Kumble's perfect...
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