This little girl walked up to me and said she was hungry. Usually, I am happy to part with my biscuit or dry fruit packets, but on this day, I had none. Innocence radiated off her cute face, and I couldn’t stop relating that to my daughter. As she turned…

May 1 is observed as Labour Day. It’s a big day, even in Western India, and the day marks the formation of the Indian states — Gujarat and Maharashtra. …

If a committee succumbs to a captain’s wish, that doesn’t mean they are weak. It can also mean that they respect the captain, have faith in his judgment and decision-making for the larger good. If a committee decides to segregate captaincy and have one for red ball and another for…

Let the headline not confuse you. I am a law-abiding citizen of India. But first, let’s get done with the clarification. The ‘legal’ bit. Still, in my preadolescence, I had visited my dad during my summer vacations in 1998. We were in Agartala, Tripura, and were visiting the Kali Temple…

On India’s Republic Day and Australia Day, let me dig into a captaincy trivia. The ‘final frontier’ eluded Steve Waugh’s Australia. Winning 15 consecutive Tests the Australian juggernaut came to a dramatic halt at Kolkata. It was Adam Gilchrist’s first-ever taste of Test defeat. …

In the era of muscles, tattooed arms, the exhibition of machismo and flamboyance Cheteshwar Pujara’s old-school methods are eventually crawling back to the mainstream. — Gambhir means serious. Virat means massive. Ajinkya means invincible. Siraj means lamp. Cheteshwar means long-lasting. Indian cricketers have their way of keeping up to their names, and Cheteshwar Pujara is no different. In the era of muscles, tattooed arms, the exhibition of machismo and flamboyance Pujara’s old-school methods are eventually…

I don’t know what is it like in India to be a son of an auto-driver. My guess would be not-so-pleasant. I may have seen some adversities in life, but have always had a personal room to lock myself — to reflect, introspect and plan. Siraj didn’t. Not many of…