Change of address
It’s happening all over Bombay and other metros: old buildings being torn down and replaced by towering new structures. Now it’s the turn of my online home. You guys have been complaining that (a) this blog has formatting issues; (2) that there’s the blog, plus Twitter, plus links on Delicious, and who knows what else, to follow. So—a temporary home that brings all of that stuff together while I rework this at leisure.
See you on here.
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Posted by Prem on 06/09 at 09:58 AM
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Bed, bath and way beyond
The other day we gave you the latest in togetherness: bathing in the bedroom [which apparently is not as hot as it is cracked up to be, says Amit Varma, speaking with the voice of experience].
Now we give you a bedroom guaranteed to get you laid.
I’m going to be off this thing for the weekend, folks—got some interior redecorating to do [Okay, okay, I’m not a bachelor, but must we get technical?]. Later...
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Posted by Prem on 06/05 at 07:40 PM
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Dhoni takes strike
“This message is for the people of India and Indian cricket fans from worldwide who care for the whole team. That’s why we are all here.
“As we prepare for the T20 World Cup, we are a unified team. The team spirit is as good as it has ever been, with each individual supporting each other both on and off the field.
“Recent reports in the Indian media of a rift between myself and Sehwag amounts to nothing but false and irresponsible media.
“Our fans and supporters can take confidence from the wonderful unity that continues to exist in the team.
“We thank our fans for this continued support and look forward to entertaining you during this tournament which we go into well-prepared, unified as Team India and confident. Thank-you.”
Finished, Dhoni and the entire squad stormed out of the conference, leaving the Indian media miffed.
Here is the story. So—sorry, ‘Indian media’, but why were you miffed? Explain?
Could it be that for once, you are finding a captain who won’t play your games? A captain who, what is more, will confront issues head on when they arise or, more accurately, when you fabricate them out of whole cloth—a probability I’d indicated earlier in the day?
One of the reasons problems proliferated earlier is that when sections of the media fabricated stories of rifts within the team, the captain of the time either did not address them head on or, if he did, did so in the sort of wishy-washy fashion that carried no conviction. And that, even more than his captaincy, is why I like MSD—he has the cojones to stop such nonsense before it spreads, and doesn’t care how blunt he has to be to get the message across.
PostScript: On phone just now from England, my Rediff colleague Harish Kotian informed us that as Dhoni led his team out of the press conference, he tossed a stack of printed copies of his statement at the reporters and said, Here, otherwise you’ll misquote me on this as well [Nahin toh tum log isko bhi ulta likhega].
What to say except, Go, MS!
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Posted by Prem on 06/05 at 05:46 PM
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