IPL Tamasha: Time for the fan to step up

Over-enthusiasm has killed Indian cricket. Don't be surprised if a kid replies that cricket is our national game, if you ask him the question. Cricket has been highly glamorized here. Cricketers are nearly omnipresent and omnipotent. They are on TV ...

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Riding over dissent and differences within, Gujarat Chief Minister and Hindutva icon Narendra Modi was yesterday named to lead the BJP into the 2014 Lok Sabha battle, marking the end of the era of the party's ageing patriarchs.The BJP announced that ...

What can M.S. Dhoni say on a matter in which he is not involved and is not aware of the facts ("Dhoni is gagged as cricket's politicians close ranks," May 29)? No one can say anything on the betting and match-fixing scandal in IPL 6 till the ...

After 'Cronjegate' that happened more than a decade ago, it's 'Sreegate' that has been on top-on-the-mind and in the hearts of cricket fans all over the world. The scandal has everything - from millions being laundered to high profile escorts to underworld ...

The IPL spot fixing saga is getting murkier and murkier, with the scandal knocking at the BCCI chief's door step. But I am more curious of the way the fans have reacted to this scandal over the last week ever since Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan ...

_ A year after India won the Prudential World Cup in 1983, ODI cricket found a new base in the Arabian desert. Traditionalists were perplexed how the gentleman's game could be played in such an unfamiliar environment, where sandstorms and the heat ...

Ratings Directed by Ayan Mukerji and Produced by Karan Johar, it's a new-age rom-com movie starring Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in lead. Music is composed by Pritam Chakraborty, whereas lyrics are penned down by Amitabh Bhattacharya and Kumaar. Ratings ...

Centuries ago, there was the tradition of the kathakar, the travelling storyteller. Indian cinema, now in its 100th year, is but a continuation of this tradition, which took wonderful shape at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF). Not unlike a ...