FIFA World Cup Reflections (2026)
World Cup football becomes a thread through memory: Maradona, Brazil, a football-loving father, changing styles of play and the enduring drama of the beautiful game.
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Beyond a Boundary
C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary. The book is highly regarded and hailed as one of the greatest sports books ever written. Recording my impressions about this book, may result in unleashing a string of adjectives. Praise and acclaim have been bestowed upon it by thinkers, players and philosophers.
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FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP
The FIFA 2022 World Cup is going on in Qatar. But for me like many other fans all over the world, the loss of Brazil diminished the allure of this tournament. Watching the Football World Cup matches has been a habit since 1986. That was the first World Cup to be telecast live from Mexico and despite the odd hours, me and my Dad stayed awake late into the night to watch the matches.
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Tokyo Olympics Reflection
Tokyo Olympics has come to an end. We waited eagerly and watched every event in which India participated. Although India could go past the highest medal tally of six medals achieved in 2012 London Olympics, we could inch up to only one more medal in Tokyo. There was heartbreak for the Women’s hockey team. They were on the brink of creating a fantastic finish to their campaign.
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India and the World Test Championship
After scaling high ground in Australia, India has been given a reality check in the WTC championship by Newzealand. They claimed the inaugural ICC World test championship of cricket defeating India by 8 wickets at Southampton. A team which could fight back with a line-up of reserve palyers against Australia in their backyard , faltered at the most crucial moment with all the senior players back in action. The Kiwis deserved to win , not because of superior team composition, but because of a better strategy and inspired tactics.
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India and the victory at the Gabba
This is going to be only about India and the victory at the Gabba. There are certain things in life which light up your mood, bring a smile to your face, give you a sense of joy which is not epicurean. One feels like living that moment for a long time, although it does not concern you directly; It is not about your personal fame or fortune. Yet it gives you something, adds more value to your life, enriches your experience as a follower, a spectator and eventually goes down into personal lore and collective folklore.
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Cricket, My Father and the Sydney Test
When India won the World cup in 1983, I was in Madras in my 10th standard and I can recall the headiness and excitement in the air as we ran from the hostel to a neighbor’s house to catch glimpses of the Indian team lifting the cup. I have followed nearly all the matches that India have played here or abroad mostly on T V or in the news columns, but I have never been to watch a match live. There was a time in 1980 when Pakistan toured India; I went into the Chepauk stadium with my Dad to watch the action.
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Why does Wordsworth prefer rustic and ordinary things as the subject matter of his poetry?
Wordsworth’s poetry is characterized by the poet’s visionary sympathy with the countryside of his birth, which was more powerful for him than conventional religion. His association with Nature had supplied him his true education.This is followed by his eager political enthusiasm for establishing a just society and his passion for liberty. When these hopes are…
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What are the best nonfiction books you have ever read?
Confessions of a Economic Hitman, The World is Flat, A brief history of Time, The Tao of Physics, Life on the Mississippi, Living to tell the tale, My experiments with truth, The last Moghul, Hampi The forgotten empire, Orientalism, Seven years in Tibet, The naked Nagas, Biography of Napoleon, Walden, Waste Land, The autobiography of…
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The Revenant
The Revenant is about one man’s (Glass) resolve to seek revenge.He is the Revenant,the man who has returned from the Dead. The Dead have no words to speak and the living speak falsehood.The Revenant are the bridge between these two worlds. They have to straddle both these worlds. They must ensure justice for the Dead…
