Hindustan Times
This blog may kindly be read as a letter to M S Dhoni’s boys. They’ve done us proud. Read more
(8 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, April 4, 2011 at 7:27 pm
Filed under india · Tagged cricket, Ferozeshah Kotla, Gautam Gambhir, Harsha Bhogle, hindustan times, Kapil Dev, Krish Srikant, M S Dhoni, Madan Lal, Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Mohinder Amarnath, news, Roger Binny, Sachin Tendulkar, Sandeep Patil, Sir Don Bradman, Sunny Gavaskar, Syed Kirmani, World Cup 1983, World Cup 2011
Pakistan has none but itself to blame for much of its problems: terrorism, corruption, lack of robust democratic institutions, bad governance and lately, the international opprobrium directed at its cricketing heroes and those who run the sport in that country. Read more
(16 votes, average: 4.06 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, September 6, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 26/11 attacks, cricket, Haroon Lorgat, ICC, match fxing, Mohammed Aamer, Mohammed Asif, Mumbai terror attacks, Pak High Commissioner in London, Pakistan, S M Krishna, Salman Butt, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Sharad Pawar, spot fixing, spot-fixing scam, Wajid Shamshul Hasan
Cricket and Hockey are on terrorists’ hit list. The Indian Premier League and the Hockey World Cup hosted by India are held at gunpoint. No matter which teams returns home with trophies, the bomb squads must lose resoundingly. Read more
(5 votes, average: 3.8 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, February 22, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Filed under india · Tagged Commonwealth Games, cricket, gunpoint, Hockey, Hockey World Cup, Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi, New Delhi
Individuals and institutions aren’t easily given to rethinking their approach. Not at least while riding a bandwagon driven by popular sentiments. What’s popular is saleable— even if it amounts to peddling hatred. Read more
(9 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vinod Sharma on Monday, January 4, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Filed under india · Tagged 2611, anti-Pakistan sentiment, cricket, Indian media, Indo-Pak, LeT’s Hafiz Sayeed, mumbai terror attack, Pakistan, Vajpayee
