Category Archives: Nostalgia

Of Sporting Behaviour …

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

From this morning’s Straits Times, a typically persuasive, imploring piece from Rohit Brijnath on the importance and legacy of fairplay: **** BEFORE we get to Ashley Young or Luis Suarez and a football planet of unembarrassed divers, before we even … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia, Rohit Brijnath, Sports | 1 Comment

Thank you. Honestly …

Posted on November 4, 2008 by

Now that one thinks about it, it couldn’t really have been any other way. The country, as was often the case with him,  cribbing and questioning in the background. The batters scoring 600. And the team failing to win from … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain, Celebration, Cricket, heroes, India, Kumble, Nostalgia, Retirements, Rohit Brijnath | 16 Comments

And Miles To Go …

Posted on March 26, 2008 by

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in BCCI, Captain, Celebration, Cricket, Dhoni, Dravid, Dreams, Graham Ford, Greg Chappell, heroes, ICC, India, IPL, Kumble, Mudar Patherya, Nostalgia, Personal, Rahul, Rohit Brijnath, Sachin Tendulkar, WC07 | 10 Comments

Sportswriting & all that …

Posted on October 16, 2007 by

Every once in a while, one comes across pieces of sports writing that defy time & remain with you. Strong stories of champions like the one below. Will try and bring some of those here in a random series. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgia, stories, Tennis, Writings | 4 Comments

That Top of the World Feeling ….

Posted on September 25, 2007 by

Knock Knock Who’s There ? Misba Misba Who ? Misba 5 runs . Just for a brief while yesterday, surely, an old nightmare came back to haunt a few people. A young man named Sharma ran in to bowl to … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain, Celebration, Cricket, Dhoni, India, Nostalgia, Twenty20 | 14 Comments

When, not if. Roger that…

Posted on September 13, 2007 by

When you join the growing list of Novak Jokovic’s fans and search Youtube for his many videos, you will find that he does a few brilliantly funny ones of Maria Sharapova (“just friends”), Andy Roddick, Goran Ivanisevic, Lleyton Hewitt and … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Federer, heroes, Media, Nostalgia, Rohit Brijnath, Sampras, stories, Tennis, Writings | 6 Comments

About Influences …

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebration, Dreams, General, Media, Nostalgia, Personal, Roebuck, Rohit Brijnath, stories, Writings | 5 Comments

The King Of The Sports Page …

Posted on August 6, 2007 by

The thing about Jim Murray is that he lived “happily” but somebody ran off with his “ever after.” It’s like the guy who’s ahead all night at the poker and then ends up bumming cab money home. Or the champ … Continue reading →

Posted in Clippings, heroes, Media, Nostalgia, Not Cricket, Sports, stories, Writings | 5 Comments

The Best of the Best … (made better)

Posted on August 1, 2007 by

For many in my generation, Sharjah was long synonymous with a cricketing nightmare that started and ended with a Chetan Sharma full toss. Then, one evening, in April 1998, a desert storm blew across Sharjah and changed the landscape forever. … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Cricket, heroes, Nostalgia, Roebuck, Rohit Brijnath, Sachin Tendulkar, stories | 3 Comments