For a few months, I have been working through Rajkumar’s historical films, and have wondered ever since I saw Mayura about their purpose and value. Why make historical films? How are they different from literary (novels, plays and ballad) texts on heroes such as Mayura, Krishnadevaraya or Ranadhira Kanthirava. How do these films present and [...]
It is very, very distressful to read about India’s unofficial blocking of domains such as *.blogspot and *.typepad. It is unofficial because no one would officially confirm it or deny it. we, the users, can’t access many blogs. Here is what I wrote for Churumuri.
By now this is an old story. It appears that the [...]
My friend Manu Chakravarthy offers an emotional tribute to Budhisagar Krishnappa Kunderan, that charismatic wicketkeeper batsman from the 1960s. A hardhitting batsman, mercurial wicketkeeper and a proud man, Kunderan had a checkered career thanks to the powers that controlled Indian cricket. After he retired (?), He left India and settled down in Scotland never to [...]
Writing usual cliches about Bombay and Kashmir mayhem seems meaningless.
So does thinking aloud on the recent Middle East crisis.
Those Indians who seek to emulate Israel might want to think twice and think hard. About everything.
Sepoy forwarded this sobering commentary by David Hirst, who has reported Middle East for the Guardian for nearly forty years. I [...]
More than fourteen years after being readmitted into the world cricket community, South Africa has a new captain, one who happens to be non-white. Ashwell Prince will lead South Africa in two tests against South Africa, Sri Lanka. His appointment is by default since both Greame Smith and Jacques Kallis are injured.
Still, this is a [...]
Here is a short piece posted in Churumuri on Zinedine Zidane and the World Cup finals.
Also Sunaad writes on all of us watching the Finals.