October , 2008
When the off-side God cribs
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My dear Saurav I am not a Bengali so I don't keep a fast for you when you take guard on the cricket pitch. Nor do I follow you whenever you step out of your palatial bungalow in Behala. I don't go to your restaurant in Kolkata which is one of the most famous destinations for most bongs in Bangla land. But like millions of cricket lovers in this country, I follow every stroke you play, every time you danced down the track to pulverize a hapless leg spinner, every time you played that magical cover drive on the off side, the sight of which was as beautiful as Lord Byron's poetry. So on this Maha Ashtami day, when you have decided to quit your international career, here is an ode from me on behalf of the entire cricket loving community of India. You....
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Bhupendra Chaubey has been a TV journalist for the past 12 years starting his career with NDTV. As a political journalist travelling across the length and breadth of the country, he has that unique ability to grasp things at a micro level and then present it on a macro level. A graduate in Mathematics and post graduate in films, Bhupendra has been among the finest political journalists of his generation having covered two general elections and assembly elections of all states. He is amongst those journalists who depend more on their ground political awareness supplementing it with academic awareness of issues that confront the nation. Bhupendra often hosts the very popular and award winning news show face the nation on CNN-IBN. He wants to be associated with the process of understanding the ever changing face of India. He lives in the national capital with his family.
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