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The Castrating Shadow of Saint Garta

Deepan Joshi — Tue, 28 May 2013 16:48:02 +0000

There is a lot of literature on what is literature that I ignore buying for my anti-library. What I enjoy is the user manuals: the novelists talking about the novel, talking about the history of the novel. The novel is a passage towards truth. Some areas are dark, others semi or well-lit, there are novels [...]

On Greg Chappell’s deliberately-defective timing

Deepan Joshi — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 09:56:20 +0000

A few selective leaks have come out of Greg Chappell’s new book called Fierce Focus and are doing the rounds in the international sports media. What Chappell has said is not a startling insight into the secret world of Sachin Tendulkar as the lead paragraph of the Herald Sun story proclaims. Allow me to show how it is, [...]

The Joker’s New York Redemption

Deepan Joshi — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:23:38 +0000

For years the cheeky impersonator, Novak Djokovic is finally discovering the joy of being oneself. Remember the exuberant 20-year-old who came to the Big Apple in 2007 and had everyone at Arthur Ashe in splits with his impersonations of some of tennis’ biggest stars. His ingenious acts starred Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, and Andy Roddick. [...]

Brutally hammered India must make radical changes

Deepan Joshi — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:43:50 +0000

The aftermath of the Test series in England must lead to India questioning the ethos of its cricket. The basic building blocks from where players emerge. In the practice nets a couple of decades ago the batsman was given the last few minutes to open his shoulders and hit out. That fun time has become [...]

Spoilt By The Cricket World Cup

Deepan Joshi — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:58:49 +0000

The hangover of that historic Saturday in Mumbai refuses to leave the bloodstream so soon. There has been little time to ponder over it and to enjoy its aftertaste. Cricket albeit has moved ahead with such nauseating speed that in less than a fortnight since that spontaneous eruption of joy on the streets of the [...]

Dhoni’s Audacity Won The Cup

Deepan Joshi — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:49:51 +0000

It wasn’t a hundred. Though it was by far the innings of the tournament considering the odds stacked up against its possibility and the fear of falling at the last hurdle if it didn’t come off as its background. What Indian captain MS Dhoni showed late on Saturday evening at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai [...]

On That Day In Sydney

Deepan Joshi — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:29:06 +0000

In a few months from now this blog would celebrate its second birthday and I may miss the occasion so I am having an early party to mark a different milestone. This is the hundredth post of the blog and I pause for a moment to think of all the effort that has gone in [...]

Yuvraj Singh, Take A Bow

Deepan Joshi — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:52:04 +0000

Nairobi, the seventh of October 2000, a still under 19-years-old boy walked out to the crease in the 19th over of India’s quarter-final innings against Australia in the ICC KnockOut tournament. The score was 90 for three and Tendulkar, Ganguly and Dravid were back in the pavilion. It was the first time Yuvraj Singh came [...]

India Hold The Aces If They Keep Their Nerve

Deepan Joshi — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 08:42:56 +0000

A knockout game comes with its own pressure and the recent past is the reservoir from where a team draws its strength to seize the contest. The big day though can throw surprises and even best laid plans can come to nothing. And the history of the World Cup is a testimony that tells us [...]

The Nagpur Nightmare Can Haunt India

Deepan Joshi — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:28:33 +0000

In the build-up to India’s most-crucial Group stage clash, captain MS Dhoni in his pre-match talk a day before stressed on the importance of a start from the trio at the top that could then allow the explosive middle-order to play its A-game. “If we have slightly longer partnerships at the top, the explosive power [...]