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‘Selection Day’ is also about finding one’s place in post-liberalisation urban India

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.

15 November: The day the legend of Tendulkar was born

First Person, Second Draft: A plucky kid in a Lahore hotel to the embodiment of a nation's spirit — what a privilege to have followed this.

M.S. Dhoni’s message on Children’s Day: Enjoy life, be naughty, but say no to bullying

Legendary India captain M.S. Dhoni speaks to young citizen journalist Shivangini Chaudhary on life, cricket, fatherhood, and how to tackle bullying.

Anti-doping row: BCCI’s stance feels immoral to an ardent fan

The BCCI says it follows the ICC anti-doping code, and that NADA has no jurisdiction over it because it is not a national sports federation.

Rajdeep Sardesai’s ‘Democracy’s XI’: More fan mail than a nuanced book on cricket

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.

Talk Point: Is Virat Kohli now the greatest ODI batsman ever?

Virat Kohli's new career ODI ratings peak of 889 is higher than Sachin Tendulkar’s. Is he now the greatest ODI batsman ever?

When Mahatma Gandhi justified the stopping of a cricket match

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.

Three sports stories

Not for sports pages. Because their essence isn't sport, but power. And how failure to use it ruins a sport

Back to a future we buried

Indian cricket has risen because of small-town, aggressive players who are far superior to past stars and hate to lose. New BCCI doesn't get it.

IPL vs drought — confusing competitive sport with nationalism

Hailing the ban on IPL matches in Maharashtra shows our perverse distrust of sports as a career of dignity and contempt for outdoor, physical culture.

On Camera

Chinese don’t want Xi to fall for Trump’s G2 gimmicks—’intentional malice’, potential trap

The central theme emerging from Chinese online discourse is that while Trump may now acknowledge China’s strength and treat it as an equal, this recognition is driven more by fear and strategic anxiety than by genuine intent for collaboration.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.