Football on radio

I recently came across a fine piece by Daniel Alacron in The New Republic. I read the first part of the piece here and finished it two days later, when I got my hands on the print version of the magazine. It’s a touching piece at several levels. It’s not uncommon for fathers to derive immense pleasure while

The timeless tennis match

A few thoughts after the John Isner v Nicolas Mahut epic at Wimbledon. 1) Ramachandra Guha is a wonderful raconteur. There are several enjoyable nuggets in his wonderful book ‘Wickets in the East’ but there is one particular anecdote, from Pakistan’s tour to West Indies in 1957-58, which I will never forget. Hanif Mohammad was