Arunachal Pradesh has ALWAYS been part of India

China has long coveted Arunachal Pradesh, which it calls Southern Tibet.But, as Venkataraghavan Subha Srinivasan explains, in 1947, the present state of Arunachal Pradesh constituted the North East......

Kochi musings: Oil on the water, ire in the mind

R Venkataraghavan comes away from a holiday to Kochi angry and upset at the all-round callousness towards the city's source of livelihood -- water. I have a question.An important one, for that......

How Bishan Bedi saved this England player's Test career

IMAGE: Dennis Amiss went on to top the charts in England's tour to Pakistan in 72-73, scoring 406 runs, with two hundreds and an average of 81. Photograph: ICC/X Former England opener Dennis......

When Wadekar and spinners helped India conquer England

IMAGE: The team that won the 1971 series in England: (sitting from left) Kirmani, Vishwanath, Sardesai, Baig, Wadekar, Venkataraghavan, Engineer, Gavaskar, Solkar, (standing) Mehra (official),......

Sundar reflects on his incisive bowling at Lord's

'I had specific plans coming into this Test, and Gauti bhai (Gautam Gambhir) helped me shape and refine them in the lead-up.' IMAGE: Washington Sundar celebrates with Ravindra Jadeja after taking......

Crafty Sundar Finds A Place Among Spin Legends!

Remarkably, all of Washington Sundar's four victims -- Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Jamie Smith, and Shoaib Bashir - were clean-bowled. IMAGE: With a four wicket haul on Day 4 of the third Test against......

From 1932 To 2021: When India Reigned At Lord's

With the emergence of their battery of fast bowlers, India have turned the tide at Lord's with two of their victories coming from their last three Tests -- in 2014 and 2021. IMAGE: India's players......