Urges media to ‘stop focussing on just one player’ London: Just days after the defeat in the Lord’s Test, Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has conceded that the media’s unremitting focus on a single player was distracting and this was one of the reasons why his own bowling was relatively not ‘all that effective’ in the Test. ‘The media must understand… Read more →
The other day, we espied a mongoose scurrying around some thick greenery in our apartment complex. Immediately, we residents did what we are supposed to upon seeing a mongoose, which is to animatedly shout: ‘There is a snake here’. The mind always does this. Seeing one, thinking another. Let me give you a more practical example. Take a photo of… Read more →
Some unique trivia associated with cricket The biggest buzz ahead of the 2000th Test match ever tomorrow is naturally, considering the historicity of the moment, the court case that Harbhajan Singh has slapped on the company of Vijay Mallaya over a liquor ad featuring Mahendra Singh Dhoni. That the duo will turn up together tomorrow at the Lord’s adds more… Read more →
I want to ask the medical community as to what it plans do with X-rays. I feel compelled to pose this enigmatic question based on my recent experiences with the medical practitioners. Here’s how they panned out: Three Months ago Me: Doctor, I’ve a tooth ache… Doc: (After seemingly examining the area): Get an X-ray done on this portion. Me:… Read more →
A critique of Karagattakaran and a templated-view of The Godfather Film reviews in publications, these days, strictly fall into two categories: 1.Un-understandable. 2.Unreadable. In the first, to comprehend the review of say, Goripalayam —- as run-of-the-mill as a film as they come — you need to be a post-doctoral expert in, say, Federico Fellini and T S Eliot. Because in… Read more →
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