The name Vijaya Nadar did not ring a bell and since her e-mail subject line said ‘Hello’, I instinctively wanted to delete the mail, thinking it was another spam mail. But my curiosity was aroused when I noticed that the author had obviously had only clicked on the Reply All option in one of her own mails, edited the subject and sent a whole lot of people an anguished note. Read more »
There is no escaping IPL. Believe me you, I have looked around for another subject to write about and failed. Even if I have largely ignored the cricket in IPL in anticipation of the ICC World Twenty20 that begins in the West Indies this week, there has been no escaping the drama featuring its Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi.
Or, for that matter, his bag of tricks. Read more »
A few years ago, I was researching a story on why the South seems to produce champions in sport that demand physical fitness and mental skills as well. And, I had e-mailed badminton legend Prakash Padukone some questions. I chanced upon his e-mailed answer when I was looking for some information on World chess champion V Anand in my archives. Read more »
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