The brief history of a friendship

Even before the overrated controversy around a reality show, Vinod Kambli and Sachin Tendulkar were drifting apart. Akshay Sawai narrates the moving story of what was once a pure and improbable friendship between a boy from the shanties and a professor’s son, in the latest issue of Open magazine.

True, a bad childhood does not end with childhood. It stays. But there was enough fortune in Vinod Kambli’s adult life for him to break free from the attitudes that an unfortunate child has. Time and again, Vinod began to use his past as an excuse to cross the line.