Soumya Bhattacharya

Eastern son

Eastern son

Sourav Ganguly fired Bengal's imagination. He was a talisman the state had waited too long for

10-Nov-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

A fan's dilemma

A fan's dilemma

Just which team does one cheer for in the IPL? A cricket watcher agonises

07-May-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Half the battle

Half the battle

Cricket is perhaps unique among team sports in that individual face-offs within the larger contests matter almost as much as the main event. Tendulkar v Lee, anyone?

18-Mar-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Assault and poetry

Assault and poetry

Laxman's rubber wrists v the Big Bird's bounce, and two masters of war

28-Feb-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Wake up and smell the prejudice

Wake up and smell the prejudice

In the wake of Monkeygate, Indians must confront the ugly fact that they are racist - unconsciously or otherwise

01-Feb-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Wake up, tune in

Wake up, tune in

On the joys of watching cricket in Australia - both at the ground and at the crack of dawn on TV in India

24-Jan-2008•Soumya Bhattacharya

Paradise lost

Paradise lost

Soumya Bhattacharya looks back in hunger at the Eden Gardens that used to be

15-Nov-2005•Soumya Bhattacharya

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