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Sorry, but the captain’s apology is now part of the game

Sorry, but the captain’s apology is now part of the game

Captains apologising for team failures is approaching the status of a cliché in the modern game. It is undoubtedly a noble gesture, this acceptance...

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Suresh Menon

Column by Saba Mahjoor | When Phuphee made room to breathe

Column by Saba Mahjoor | When Phuphee made room to breathe

On a warm afternoon, we were sitting in Phuphee’s kitchen toasting makkai (corn) to make soatt (ground corn). Phuphee would make large batches of ...

28.11.2025 5

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Saba Mahjoor

IND vs SA Tests: Let’s give South Africa credit for being the better all-round team

IND vs SA Tests: Let’s give South Africa credit for being the better all-round team

To lose one home Test might be a misfortune, but to lose possibly five is carelessness, to adapt Oscar Wilde. So what ails India? When a team loses...

26.11.2025 1

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Suresh Menon

Brilliant Bavuma’s message for India: Be careful what you wish for

Brilliant Bavuma’s message for India: Be careful what you wish for

In the 2012-13 series against England, when skipper M.S. Dhoni asked for a turning track at Eden Gardens, the curator Prabhir Mukherjee told him...

19.11.2025 3

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Suresh Menon

Column by Devdutt Pattanaik | How Vasudeva became Vishnu

Column by Devdutt Pattanaik | How Vasudeva became Vishnu

At Malhar, a small town near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, we find an image of a soldier with four arms, holding a conch shell, a wheel and a mace. It...

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Devdutt Pattanaik