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My first byline after almost 16 years in journalism. Write-up on the ’83 World Cup win published in Feb 2015. As another cricket World Cup is upon us, I am reminded of the 1983 World Cup final when my love … Continue reading →

His infectious smile, positive aura and compassion for the poor will be missed Col DS Cheema (retd) Brig ML Kataria (retd) passed away a few days ago. Touching 96, I did not expect him to go as yet because he … Continue reading →

Ratna Raman WILLIAM Butler Yeats (1865-1939) described Keats as a schoolboy with ‘face and nose pressed to a sweet-shop window’. English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) died of ‘consumption’ (tuberculosis) at 25. Keats’s fascination for literature drew him away from … Continue reading →

Lt Gen RS Sujlana (retd) ADHERING to the adage of ‘Tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire’, an age-old policy termed ‘Parental Claim’ exists in the Indian Army. Under this, tradition is preserved and the … Continue reading →

Maxwell Pereira SO, you are finally back to India, with all the time for trivial exposure for all around. Welcome. I admire your planning though — winters in cold or colder west, and summers in north India — which this … Continue reading →

Divya Dutta I had missed my flight to Ahmedabad. There was a trail of thoughts in my mind—what would the shoot people do? Which next flight could I get? There was annoyance with my staff, who hadn’t been alert to … Continue reading →

Sandeep Sinha SPORTS lovers are known to be as passionate about the commentators of the game as they are about the players. So it was with a sense of wistfulness that I read that Henry Blofeld, the popular BBC cricket … Continue reading →