The homosexual overtones seem contrived and dissonant, but provide a certain depth to the novel that would otherwise have been about cricket and unfulfilled aspirations.
Sardesai says his book is a personal choice of 11 individuals who have shaped Indian cricket. But it fails as a chronicle of cricket and its practitioners.
Mahatma Gandhi was once asked if a cricket tournament should be allowed to go on and his answer showed how why he ended up influencing the sport at the time.
Even the worst critics of Gen Sundarji agree that no other General of the Indian Army possessed his intellectual depth, strategic perspective, and the will to transform. He dragged the Army by its bootstraps into the 21st century.
Petrol & diesel prices have barely changed since June 2022, even though oil prices have fallen 28% since then. This has boosted profitability of OMCs and dividend payouts to govt.
ThePrint had reported earlier this month that while theaterisation is the ultimate goal, set to be rolled out one year from now, the focus is on structured jointness initiatives by 2024-end.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
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