The thing about Sachin Tendulkar is that he somehow makes one forget all past lapses. He makes boys of sensible, responsible men (and girls of some women), who scream with joy as he pulls savagely over backward square leg for one six, or tonks one back over the bowler for another. Presto! Stocks rise, tempers [...]
Archive for September, 2006
He’s Back!
Posted in Cricket on September 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Quick One
Posted in Cricket on September 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Watching the India-West Indies match and thinking dark thoughts about the Greg Chappell-Rahul Dravid combo as I watch the world’s best number three walking out to open. A journalist friend tells me he has access to a tape that went around after Sourav Ganguly’s sacking roundly abusing the sackers. Will let you know once I [...]
That time of year
Posted in Kolkata on September 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is Kumortuli. Tucked away among the serpentine byelanes of North Calcutta (Kolkata for quibblers), it is an ancient, dark, dirty, dingy, smelly place. It is also a magical one, because this is where gods are born.
‘Kumor‘ in Bengali means a potter (‘kumhar‘ in Hindi), and ‘tuli‘ is a variation of the word ‘tola‘, meaning [...]
Starting Over
Posted in I Myself on September 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Introduced to the bloggers’ universe a couple of years ago, it took me a while to decide whether I wanted a blog of my own. I decided I did, but didn’t know what I wanted to put in it. So I signed on anyway, played around with fonts, colours, and concepts, and came up with…a [...]
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
These will be the random thoughts of a pretty random mind. Let’s see where this takes us. As the posts grow, so will the number of pages, I daresay. For now, it’s simple beginnings, as they say.
