( This piece was written based on my first-hand experience of working for an oil company for the Indian Express after the brutal murder of an IIM graduate, Manjunath Shanmughan in 2005. Years later, Yashwant Sonawane is burnt to death in Nashik in similar circumstances; so what has really changed) ? I suffered from an… [Read more…]
January 11, 2011
( My columns on Cricket titled Jhakaas only on www.SanjayJha.com from here on. The stop-gap site is currently under back-end reconstruction . After a brief hiatus, time to tell you some home-truths ). Now that the initial hullabaloo over Gautam Gambhir’s financial windfall has subsided, the whereabouts unknown character Daniel Trevor Christian has been actually… [Read more…]
December 27, 2010
( To understand realistically , without pride or prejudice , who is the greatest cricketer of all time between Sachin Tendulkar and Don Bradman , we may have to dig deep into history. And World War II). If he was to maintain the legendary Don Bradman’s career-closing average of 99. 94 , then by the… [Read more…]
December 23, 2010
( An extract from the article Sachin Tendulkar , Nothing Else from the book ELEVEN.) ( Written in November 2009 ) In 1989, I was 28 years. Since then, to use a cliché, change has been a constant. I remember Rajiv Gandhi’s dimpled smile and earth innocence in his handsome countenance. LK Advani’s rath-yatra and… [Read more…]
December 11, 2010
Every sport has controversies. But Indian cricket has perfected it into an art of the possible. Serious allegations remain unresolved. Because we in the Indian media have chosen to be happily mum about it. Why? Then why are we so prodigiously stunned about the enormous power and towering influence of lobbyists like Niira Radia who… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
(In the Indian sub-continent, match-fixing has ruled like an imperious king.) We fight with impeccable ferocity over Kashmir. Our Foreign Ministers squabble amidst international spotlight. We often impertinently reject Pak-born visas, while Islamabad repeatedly snuggles into the cosy arms of our perpetual adversary China. Our Independence Day is celebrated within 24 hours of each other.… [Read more…]
August 16, 2010
(What happens when IPL TV commentators come on the pay-roll of BCCI?) The BCCI passed a unanimous resolution that it would henceforth compensate IPL commentators directly for their professional services. Naturally, the select panel of chosen veterans was as thrilled as the bubbly bimbos queuing up to serenade Rahul Mahajan. But with the erstwhile IPL… [Read more…]
June 17, 2010
A secret rendezvous for damage-control was recently held amongst Shashank Manohar (BCCI President), N Srinivasan (Secretary ), K Srikanth (Chief Selector ) and the former IPL Commissioner Just Suspended (Lalit Modi) at a luxury resort in exotic sun-kissed beaches of Goa. Here is the transcript of their discreet exchange in our exclusive sting operation .… [Read more…]
June 17, 2010
The moment you land back in India, even before you have crossed the immigration counters, you will inevitably hear some intense animated chatter about Indian cricket from fellow passengers. Occasionally, I even apprehend a fist-fight emerging out of those passionate acrimonious exchanges. Last night, one young man was exceedingly agitated about India being knocked out… [Read more…]
May 26, 2010
I joined Grindlays Bank (which in Delhi our hard-core Punjabi security guard would pronounce as Grand-Lay Baank with patriotic fervor on the telephone ) as a Management Trainee in the mid-1980s. We were put up at The President hotel, Mumbai for a comprehensive course in banking operations (a three-week paid holiday). Some of my studious… [Read more…]
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