I write this in the backdrop of the latest slump by Indian cricket, and the controversies involving two Indian athletes - Monica Devi and Sania Mirza - at the Beijing Olympics 2008.
Indian sports - not only cricket - has been like this only since we gained independence. I recently had a chat with some sportsmen [...]

Kishen Karve, the lonely Hockey warrior from Gujarat, is no more. He passed away recently, after being briefly ill in Ahmedabad at the age of 84. I had met him several times last year while trying to do my own research on why the Indian sports were lagging behind in most international meets. My aim [...]