Black money drives the IPLBlack money drives the IPL
Back in 1967, the then Indian finance minister Morarji Desai had the brilliant idea of raising taxes well beyond their existing level; the maximum marginal tax rate was raised as[...]
Category: India
Brownwash leaves Australia shatteredBrownwash leaves Australia shattered
Last month, Australia completed a miserable cricket tour of India during which it lost all four Tests, the first time this has happened since 1970. On that occasion, a strong[...]
In Test cricket, patience is a virtueIn Test cricket, patience is a virtue
PATIENCE is a virtue that Australia’s national cricket team seems to lack. And impatience does not serve one well in Test cricket as the results from the first two matches[...]
When the offenders become the storyWhen the offenders become the story
No thought was given to the possibility that a woman from a conservative part of India could possibly have held the royal family in such esteem that to be[...]
In India or in the US, boors are boorsIn India or in the US, boors are boors
IT’S strange that one has to get far away from one’s own home to think about one’s roots, but that’s what happened to me on Sunday (September 23) night. Sitting[...]
Money does tend to blur the perspective of manyMoney does tend to blur the perspective of many
ONE can understand Matthew Ricketson’s despair over the criticism levelled at the report of the media inquiry of which he was part; after all, one never likes to see one’s[...]
Afghanistan: lies and damn lies. No statisticsAfghanistan: lies and damn lies. No statistics
THIRTY-TWO Australians have died needlessly in Afghanistan. All of them were young, in their 20s and 30s, and have left young families behind. If there was some point to their[...]
Three years on, Sri Lanka still bleedsThree years on, Sri Lanka still bleeds
A MONTH and two weeks from now, it will be three years since Sri Lanka won its war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, effectively ending the campaign for[...]
One-day cricket has become just another tamashaOne-day cricket has become just another tamasha
AFTER more than 20 years, I finally went to the stadium to watch a one-day international, between India and Australia. I will never do so again. In 1989, I watched[...]
Not embarrassed? India’s excuses don’t really convince anyoneNot embarrassed? India’s excuses don’t really convince anyone
PREDICTABLY, India has been whitewashed by Australia in the four-Test series. This is the second such loss abroad in the space of six months; in between, India managed to beat[...]