E R Ramachandran

Cricket Bytes |

Young left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem's confidence would have soared sky high when he helped his team Delhi Daredevils skittle Harbhajan Singh's Mumbai Indians for 92, ...
10:38 AM, Apr 19, 2012

Ayushman Jamwal

Kindred mind |

Once upon a time, the region that is now modern day Pakistan was South Asia's prime trading hub. Be it during the time of the ...
12:58 PM, Apr 15, 2012

Tanuj Khosla

Straight Talk |

Most people I meet generally have two kinds of queries regarding the commercial aspects of IPL. Some wonder how the franchises, which dole out millions ...
09:14 AM, Apr 12, 2012

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

The earth shook. The floor I was sitting on was shaking for about 5 seconds. I was in my world when I was shaken by ...
05:40 PM, Apr 11, 2012

Mikkhail Vaswani

Clean Bold |

White flannels, a cricket kit and bat in hand - such has been the uniform for any toddler ever since he first dreamed of playing ...
02:35 PM, Apr 10, 2012

Chetan Narula

Hot Spot |

There is no doubting that the Indian Premier League is top on the list of priorities for the BCCI. After all, the board president owns ...
01:25 PM, Apr 09, 2012

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

It is not without reason that AK Antony is referred to as 'Saint' Antony. When you've spent four decades in public life and don't have ...
12:10 AM, Apr 06, 2012

E R Ramachandran

Cricket Bytes |

The Bollywood Cricket Confederation of India (BCCI) has signed a contract with the Association of Straws & Sons for a jaw-dropping $100 billion, the breakup ...
08:13 AM, Apr 05, 2012

R Mohan

Stump Vision |

It's a long way to fly to enjoy a Johannesburg thunderstorm. That's exactly what India did in the most curiously scheduled one-off Twenty20 the cricket ...
10:00 AM, Apr 03, 2012

Suresh Menon

Reverse Swing |

In a year when the national team has performed badly in England and Australia, when the Indian team seems to have lost something in transition, ...
10:19 AM, Apr 02, 2012

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

Tamil Nadu's latest offering, PuthiyaThalaimurai ('new generation') topped the charts within a few weeks of launch and has sustained the lead in a television news ...
06:52 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Shabia Ravi Walia

Mamma Mania |

My mother celebrated her 62nd birthday last week and co-incidentally was staying at my house then. My mother, Sia, my 5 year old nephew and ...
12:12 PM, Mar 30, 2012

Neenaz Ichaporia

Neenaz's Space |

National integration, unity in diversity. Forget all the civics lessons and ignore any government propaganda. It's all bunkum anyway, if anything is to be learned ...
10:12 AM, Mar 29, 2012

Rohit Vats

Pentaprism |

How would you define Dev Anand's style? I think you are at loss of words. Similarly, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, and ...
07:59 PM, Mar 28, 2012

R Radhakrishnan Nair

Just a thought |

Defence Minister A K Antony made some rare interventions in Parliament over the last two days after the Army Chief Gen V K Singh spoke ...
05:36 PM, Mar 28, 2012

R Mohan

Stump Vision |

Brave Bangladesh stumbled at the winning post. But had the team, which played so consistently right through the Asia Cup, so much as won the ...
11:54 AM, Mar 27, 2012

Rajdeep Sardesai

Newsman |

If you think a week is a long time in politics, just forget it. In India, it can take just a few hours for a ...
08:48 AM, Mar 26, 2012

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

The Planning Commission is back in the news. The latest round of poverty levels that have been disclosed have created another debate in the country. ...
02:00 PM, Mar 23, 2012

Priyarag Verma

Reverse Sweep |

The business of news can be very demanding, uncompromising and extremely cruel. What defines news depends not only on the gravity of the incident, but ...
05:07 PM, Mar 20, 2012

R Mohan

Stump Vision |

The biggest turnaround for cricket in recent times was the fact that the Pakistan team began playing to win again and not to lose as ...
11:32 AM, Mar 13, 2012