Former Indian Test cricketer battles cancer

TE Srinivasan, the former Tamil Nadu batsman who played one Test for India on its tour to New Zealand in 1980-81, is fighting a malignant brain tumour with great courage. His wife Mala Srinivasan has been with him throughout this ordeal. Clayton Murzello from Mid Day meets them.

When MiD DAY visited Srinivasan at his sister's home in Churchgate last week, we expected to see a pitiful sight, but to our pleasant surprise, Srinivasan walked into the living room with a smile on his face, dressed in a t'shirt and a track pant all set for his evening walk down Marine Drive.

A few months ago, says his pillar-of-strength wife Mala, he couldn't move or talk normally. So what's been doing the trick? Chemotherapy yes, love and good care certainly, but more than anything else, the grit displayed not only by the cancer-afflicted former batsman, but also Mala.