Sir Frank Worrell: Cricket’s First Apostle
bySir Frank Worrell was a great batsman — a captain like no other, before, or after him.
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Ponting: His Willow’s Voice
byRicky Ponting was the Leonardo da Vinci of batting, as it were.
Bradman: The Don Of Cricket
bySir Don Bradman’s success, in reality, is the success story of cricket as a sport per se.
Khushwant Singh: The Prolific Author Who Did Not Put A Condom On His Pen
byKhushwant Singh wore many hats. He was a professor, a lawyer, a journalist par excellence & a prolific author.
The Weird World Of Roald Dahl
byRoald Dahl’s surreal stories always had that bizarre thread of the grisly; they also, quite remarkably, articulated extraordinary humour.
Vinoo Mankad: The Bejewelled Oracle
byMankad was a gentle ode, also epitome, of cricketing greatness. He was India’s pride & joy.
Bhicaji Balsara’s Quest To Become An American Citizen
byBalsara, who won his right to be granted American citizenship despite deep-rooted racism in America, is even today considered to be a pioneer for the Parsi community.
Brian Lara: The Elfin Genius With The Merlin Wrists
byBrain Lara was cricket’s most bejewelled talent — a one of a kind virtuoso.
Lal Bahadur Shastri: The Unsung Prime Minister of India
byLal Bahadur Shastri was instrumental in managing India’s food crisis. He implemented ideas that did not let famine recur in the country.
Bill O’Reilly: ‘The Greatest Bowler’
byThe Aussie leg-spin great was indisputably the most feared bowler of his era.
L.V. Prasad: Filmmaker, Entrepreneur, Legend
byAll it took for L.V. Prasad to reach this far was a dream, a lot of determination and courage.
Jack Hobbs: A Batsman Extraordinaire
byA tribute to Sir Jack Hobbs on his 140th birth anniversary: December 16.
Bharatendu: The Man Behind Modern Hindi
byBhartendu wanted the Hindi language that includes the Persian and Sanskrit words.
Imran Khan: The Sultan Of Swing
byThe inventor of the ‘in-dipper,’ also ‘reverse swing,’ Imran Khan was an all-rounder extraordinaire.
Kesarbai Kerkar: The Indian Connection To Interstellar Melody
byWhat’s the connection between Kesarbai Kerkar and Voyager 1, the spacecraft that floats in space?