The Daily Dose

Meeting Manish

Meeting Manish

He's 19, a sensation, and knows how important it is to stay rooted

24-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Chasing Preity

Chasing Preity

An intrepid reporter comes to within a hair's breadth of interviewing a Bollywood lovely

23-May-2009•Sriram Veera

In the lobby with Dirk

In the lobby with Dirk

Talking skiing, cricket and family with one of the more interesting cricketers of recent times

22-May-2009•Sriram Veera

In the land of the googly

In the land of the googly

The wrong'un was nurtured in South Africa? Who knew?

21-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Three tales

Three tales

Once upon an anecdote

20-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Marked men

Marked men

How Sreesanth and Badrinath's tattoos tell their life stories

19-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Enough with the friendliness

Enough with the friendliness

Why the culture of smiling at and saying hello to perfect strangers is evil

18-May-2009•Sriram Veera

The other Amla

The other Amla

Two brothers whose paths speak eloquently of the changes South Africa has been through

17-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Lost puppies, mad scientists and Garfield

Lost puppies, mad scientists and Garfield

It takes all kinds to make a cricket press conference

16-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Cherry the Clown

Cherry the Clown

Adi Paxton does magic tricks on the sidelines, treasuring the moments when the kids go "Wow"

15-May-2009•Sriram Veera

A bunny and some weeds

A bunny and some weeds

Curry in bread - an immigrant's innovation or an apartheid innovation?

14-May-2009•Sriram Veera

In the shadow of Hansie

In the shadow of Hansie

Victim or sinner, one South African captain will never be forgotten in his country

13-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Monday night's all right for fighting

Monday night's all right for fighting

Off the park, into a club... and into trouble

12-May-2009•Sriram Veera

The hole that became a city

The hole that became a city

Going walkabout in lazy Kimberley

11-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Heads, tails, fight

Heads, tails, fight

The artillery comes out at the toss these days

10-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Pam, Steven and me

Pam, Steven and me

Cricketers spend their free time on the beach. Cricket writers take seven-hour journeys through desert landscapes

09-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Never mind the break

Never mind the break

The pundits have cried themselves hoarse about the time-outs, but the ordinary punters don't seem to mind them at all

08-May-2009•Sriram Veera

The twinkle in Dharmasena's eye

The twinkle in Dharmasena's eye

As a bowler he hurried batsmen into playing; as an umpire he won't stand for it

07-May-2009•Sriram Veera

Export but think Indian

Export but think Indian

Sending the IPL overseas occasionally might be fine, but having a poor Indian contingent in your franchise certainly is not

06-May-2009•Dileep Premachandran

A brush with Sachin

A brush with Sachin

Tendulkar-spotting at a mall

05-May-2009•Dileep Premachandran

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