White Supremacy

Spotting the red ball against a busy and colorful background is tricky business as cricketers and cricket watchers know too well. As March 2010 dawns on us, we are about to realize that we are going to lose sight of it soon. The background is on the verge of turning awfully busy, even garish at [...]

Windies of Change? (Sports Illustrated India)

Original draft of article published in Sports Illustrated India, December 2009 issue One of the earliest stories about cricket that I remember lapping up wide-eyed is one who’s telling I can recall vividly to this day. New Year’s Day, Calcutta, 1967 and the second Test of the series against the West Indies was underway. Eden [...]