Ramachandra Guha's Blog, page 24

THE QUIET INDIAN - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] THE QUIET INDIAN
Calcutta Telegraph
The importance of the India International Centre in New Delhi is gauged, in part, by the number of armed security men who pass through its portals. These come to accompany — and, one supposes, protect — the big shots, the fat cats, the ministers and ...

Debating Dravid - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] Debating Dravid
Calcutta Telegraph
GUHA SHOULD NEVER LIKE DRAVID AND HIS STODGY WAYS. Sorry if I crossed my limits." The mail arrived in the evening; the next morning, I replied to my friend noting that "for the student of the game, the technician is as much worth studying as the ...

A PATRIARCH FOR THE NATION? - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] A PATRIARCH FOR THE NATION?
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About 20 years ago, I found myself in the same room as Anna Hazare, at a meeting organized by the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi. Mr Hazare was becoming known in environmental circles for the work he had done in his native village, ...

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A differential calculus - Hindustan Times

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Hindustan Times
Some commentators have compared the struggle led by Anna Hazare with the movement against corruption led by Jayaprakash Narayan in the 1970s. A man of integrity and courage, a social worker who has eschewed the loaves and fishes of office, ...

The strange silence of Gavaskar and Shastri - ESPNcricinfo.com

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Why have these two stalwarts of Indian cricket never spoken out about the damage the IPL has done to the country's Test team? With the loss of three successive Test matches to England, in England, Indian cricket fans are consumed by despair. ...

A STRANGE SILENCE - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] A STRANGE SILENCE
Calcutta Telegraph
My dejection was deepened by the fact that Vengsarkar was no ordinary cricketer. In his playing days, he was a batsman of high class, with an outstanding record against the West Indies, and against England (he remains the only overseas batsman to have ...

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BAN THE BAN - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] BAN THE BAN
Calcutta Telegraph
Earlier this year, the Gujarat government banned a book on Mahatma Gandhi by an American writer. The book was not then available in India, and no one in Gujarat had read it. The ban, ordered by the chief minister, Narendra Modi, was on the basis of a ...

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The Modern Hazare - Yahoo! Cricket

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Yahoo! Cricket
In the winter of 1947-48, the Indian cricket team visited Australia to play four Test matches. Australia, led by Don Bradman, were by some distance the finest team in world cricket. India, on the other hand, ...

THE MODERN HAZARE - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] THE MODERN HAZARE
Calcutta Telegraph
In the winter of 1947-48, the Indian cricket team visited Australia to play four Test matches. Australia, led by Don Bradman, were by some distance the finest team in world cricket. India, on the other hand, were greenhorns, having only played 10 Test ...

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DELHI DELUSIONS - Calcutta Telegraph

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[image error] DELHI DELUSIONS
Calcutta Telegraph
A Tamil economist, the late S. Guhan, used to say that Delhi was a capital in search of a country. I was reminded of that remark during the fortnight of May 29 to June 11, 2011. In that fortnight, if one watched the 'national' channels or read the ...

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