Hafta Magazine

Rahul Dravid: A Journey par Excellence

There are some sports personalities ranging from Lance Armstrong to Andre Agassi, Bjorn Borg to Steve Waugh who have defied the adversity and champions of the time to emerge as Champions themselves. These players have made the sporting arena all the more beautiful and competitive. For me Rahul Dravid is one of these players who have adorned the sports with performances and impeccable persona. In this aura when indiscipline and hooliganism are the order of the sporting world Rahul Dravid has restored cricket as a gentleman’s game. Let’s have a look at the journey of this great ambassador for cricket in particular & sports in general.

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Indian wicketkeeping: A 75-year legacy

Recently Indian Cricket celebrated 75 years of competing at the highest level in the longer form of the game. These last seven and a half decades have produced some memorable, though fleeting, moments for Indian cricket

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Quizzing - Passion, art and career

A story dating back to the 18^th century about a certain James Daly, manager of a Dublin theater who, deep into his cups one evening boldly declared he could invent a new word and overnight make it part of English language. Daly hired street urchins and beggars and sent them off with orders to mark the word on every city wall. The word was quiz, and by noon the next day everyone was asking what it meant. The ‘act of asking’ soon became the meaning of the word.

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The approaching storm

Sub-prime is a word that is increasingly prevalent in banker’s nightmares from New York to London to Tokyo. Over the past couple of weeks the random walk of markets has been converted into a violent lurching.

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‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ - A Review

The politics of the Middle East and South Asia and the relationship of the United States with many of the countries in the region have been fodder for many journalistic articles and fictional books in the past.

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Tendlya Vs Tugga

“If I had to choose somebody to bat for my life, I’d choose Steve Waugh”, blurted a famous ex-cricketer.

It is no surprise then that a lot of people have considered Steve Waugh to be better player than Sachin Tendulkar because of the number of matches he has won for his country. Similarly, Tendulkar has been chastised, abused and wholesomely criticized for his inability to do the same.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns - A Review

Right from the beginning, Khaled Hosseini had something to live up to. When you author a first book as critically acclaimed and widely read as ‘The Kite Runner’, you know expectations will be running high for the book that follows in its wake. With ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, Hosseini has successfully managed to meet those expectations.

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Mumbai - A mid-year round-up (Part Two)

So, did your dream house get cheaper? Don’t be surprised if it didn’t. And heck, at least it didn’t get any more expensive. Brokers and builders – at least those in suburbs – are now a lot less arrogant than last year. They’re willing to talk, perhaps even negotiate if you’re a “genuine buyer”. Why?

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Clutter Breaking

Here is a concept that both the agency and the client like to believe they are working towards. The true picture however, is far from this belief.

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Food Talk

‘What is authentic British food?’, I asked Matt over lunch one day.

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