By John Cheeran How did Roger become Federer? This is the central question that New York Times’s sportswriter Christopher Clarey explores in his outstanding book, The Master, the Brilliant Career of Roger Federer (Published by Hachette India, Pages 421, Price Rs 799). This is a must-read for sports lovers and, also, for those who want
(Book Review | Cricket 2.0, Inside The T20 Revolution) By John Cheeran Is T20, cricket or an altogether a different game, carved out from the rib cage of Test and ODI cricket? Yes, say Tim Wigmore and Freddie Wilde, considering the 13-year-old evolution of the newbie, in their meticulously researched and brilliantly argued book, Cricket
By John Cheeran If only religion could resolve men’s troubles. Now here is a film about a film that is in the making exclusively for a religious community—meeting all the safety standards of the sensitive community, unspoilt by the intrusion of other men, women or any other creatures. Totally halal. Oru Halal Love Story has
Book: Chandra Shekhar And The Six Months That Saved India | Author Roderick Matthews By John Cheeran When Chandra Shekhar stepped up to become India’s eighth prime minister on 10 November 1990, he was writing his political obituary. What had sustained the politics of this former Congressman was anti-Congressism, since 1977. Now, he was being
By John Cheeran Not many young geniuses fulfill their potential. Viswanathan Anand is a are champion who tasted success at a young age and went on to become world chess champion five times in an era when Russian players were still a dominant force. Anand become world junior champion in 1987. At that time I
By John Cheeran Nobody killed liberal Islam, because it wasn’t there in the first place. In a timely, provocative and well-argued book, Who Killed Liberal Islam (Published by Rupa, Rs 595), senior journalist Hasan Suroor reaffirms that Islam does not offer space for liberalism. Suroor says that a liberal Indian Muslim is, indeed, a rarity,
By John Cheeran Successful men do not seek advice, they give it. But tips alone won’t guarantee you success. Simon Taufel is a successful man who has won the ICC award for the best umpire five times. The Australian has written a book, rather a manual, on how to become good at the things you
By John Cheeran It is easy for a cricketer to hit a hundred than writing a book. Batting is an expression of his art in his own language while writing is explaining the world around him in another, if not alien, language. And when it comes to writing about his own life, that becomes all
By A Staff Writer You can write with a pencil, a stick or a pen, You can cross it all out and write it again. You can write about good or funny or bad, You can write when you’re happy or puzzled or sad. You can write in a bus or a train or a
By A Staff Writer Seema, married to a Deputy Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat, voices her dissent during the Emergency, which leads (inevitably) to marital discord and, less predictably, to a new reckoning of her mother’s private history – mama’s feelings for MN Roy, a major leader of the Communist movement in British India
