On 08/08/08, the Olympics begin in Beijing. They like that number and consider it auspicious. Lucky even. The Olympics are, of course, more than just that.
Take a look at this piece by Rohit Brijnath carried over the weekend in the Straits Times.
Its called :
Natalie is courage, she is self-belief.
Often in sport, we speak of it, [...]
Given all the media hype about the upcoming Olympics - the security surrounding the torch, Bhaichung Bhutia, Aamir Khan and Tibet; and the Indian hockey team - one question that always begs to be answered is - How many gold medals can India win at the Beijing Olympics. This is as standard a topic one [...]
This is the best of times. That was the worst of times.
Indian cricket had let the nerves get the better of them. Pragmatically, winning the World Cup had been a fanciful dream - but a shock first round exit was an unjust blow. As those seniors sat looking into the distance, disconsolate and depressed, tied [...]
Childhood was a wide eyed concept of reality. Every thing was 70 mm. Every thing was magic, everything was fantasy.
By the time one entered ones teens, one was still starry eyed about love, longing and life in general. Being a 17 year old was a challenge in itself. Being realistic [...]
Growing up, all kinds of things shape you. In different doses. People do it without realizing the impact.
Sportswriters were obviously an important part of the ones that shaped me and I consider myself fortunate that a large period of when I was most impressionable coincided with when Indian sports writers were at their most celebratory.
This [...]
Roger Federer won his first Grand Slam under Peter Lundgren’s guidance. Wimbledon 2003. Six months later, they parted ways.
In Feb 2004, without a coach, Federer became World no 1. He also won 3 more Grand Slams. All except the French Open.
In 2005, he signed up with Tony Roche. Who’d until then worked Ivan Lendl [...]
Since people visiting here seem to come from somewhat of a similar bandwidth as moi often (sorry for the morning jibe !) , and since popular search words to get to the site include “Rohit Brijnath” (and err ..rambha), and since Homer talking about Brijnath in 1993 reminded me , and since I have always [...]
Or Mr Murthy … Or whoever..
And sorry but this isn’t cricket either - but am a huge fan of the sport and even if this is a figment of someone’s imagination, its good enough for me .. a F1 race on Rajpath !.
Flag it off !!
