The turning point in the World Cup final 1983
It was a vicious off-cutter from Balwinder Singh Sandhu. Gordon Greenidge shouldered arms, and the ball turned and knocked off...
Month: March 2016
The tree frog’s gait
The tree frog has specially designed toes. The ends of the toes have discs which act as suckers by creating...
Once Gandhiji asked, ‘What is hockey?’
In 1932 Los Angeles Olympics there were three teams, India, Japan and the USA, in men’s hockey. India won the...
History repeated itself in the Centenary Test between Australia and England
In the first ever test match played between Australia and England, Australia won by 45 runs. In the Centenary Test...
The ‘Taak Trio’ – The three bald actors
Taak is the Bengali word for bald. During the shooting of Sonar Kella (The Golden Fortress) by Satyajit Ray, three...
The famous ones who named their sons after Rohan Kanhai
Bob Marley, the famous Jamaican singer, Alvin Kallicharran, the stylish left-handed batsman of West Indies and Sunil Gavaskar, the little...
