Modi, media and the kingdom of crystal skeletons

I write this piece on a sultry Sunday afternoon, before a single ball of the much-hyped reality show grand spectacle, the IPL final has been bowled. In a well-respected and

IPL and cricket’s soul on sale

Nothing typified the reality show character of juvenile excess of the IPL T20 marketing machine better than Yusuf Pathan’s cave-man gesture after he thumped the winning runs against the Kolkota

IPL: The beginning of the end?

There is growing consensus emerging within India that IPL has with adroit finesse redefined the future of world cricket. Allaying the apprehensions of pessimists, the TRP ratings of even doomed

Slap and sack

The cricket commercial lottery called IPL roulette has ended up creating two camps; fence sitters can keep sitting uncomfortably perched on those long logs with thick sharp nails penetrating the

Grow up, Mr. Warne!

The IPL farce assumes global proportions by the day. At JFK, New York en route to India earlier this week, I read about the supposedly explosive confrontation between the retired

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