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Sourav Ganguly is a threat to cricket writing
Some weeks back, Ganguly — the 40-year old, running backward, his sight on the ball which is up in the air; Ganguly in inertia for a moment and then his fall, one arm below his body, his cry of agony — provided a poetic moment for the lensmen and T.V audiences. But for us the writers, if we had written, we would have had to do with cliches like ‘aged warrior’ and ‘falling hero’. The better among us could/must have played around with symbolisms: ‘the monument crumbles’, ‘a hero
Where on the earth is Warne’s Future Star?
The Mumbai-born player’s elevation from rags to riches isn’t a fairytale, and it’s sad that it isn’t. It had all the ingredients: Salunkhe hailed from one those families in Mumbai, who in their waking dreams see their thoughts elope through the various leakages on the thin, unattractive roofs of their houses. He lost his father the age of 10, leaving his mother to look after three children alone. His elder brother grew up to shoulder his mother’s burden. Naresh, also, played some cric
The Poet and the Postbox
The Polish poetess, the
