Sunday 24 September '06
Kalimpong, a sleepy town nestling at the foot of Kanchenjunga where Kiran Desai’s Booker Prize-shortlisted The Inheritance of Loss is set, is shrouded in mist and mysteryMonday 18 September '06
Academies, where players are coached from an early age, are the best bet for India to scoreSunday
17 September '06Watching her play you wouldn’t believe she was ranked World No. 9 a decade back and has 16 WTA titles to her credit.Saturday
9 September '06His second stint in Washington has allowed Ed Luce the proximity and objectivity to observe the changes in American society...Sunday
27 August '06A musical legacy of The Beatles at their creative bestFriday
25 August '06I never saw Wasim Raja play. Not even in that memorable Eden Gardens Test in 1979-80, when Pakistan livened up a dead match with the threat of an improbable run-chase...Friday
14 July '06The rooms themselves are bare, as her father decreed. Bare, but not empty, for every corner of Anne Frank’s house in Amsterdam is filled with a terrible...Tuesday
11 July '06Speculation over provocation that saw Zidane head-butt opponent, only to be sent off; some say Materazzi called him ‘terrorist’Tuesday
11 July '06A strange tournament, strangely satisfying too, though ending on a disappointing noteTuesday
11 July '06Once nationalisms clashed at the World Cup. This year countries looked withinMonday
10 July '06Watching the German team on Saturday — through the forest of excited, animated Germans...Monday
10 July '06England has been knocked out in the quarter finals three tournaments running. That’s a sign of stagnation...Sunday
9 July '06The line outside the Olympic Stadium told the story: Hundreds of hopefuls looking for a ticket they never thought they would need.Sunday
9 July '06This historic city has been at the centre of many clashes of culture in the past 70 years; it is set for another tomorrow...Sunday
9 July '06Over the last month, just about everything has been analysed through the prism of soccer. Jayaditya Gupta sums it all upSunday
9 July '06As the curtains come down on football’s greatest competition, here are the defining moments and stories of World Cup 2006Saturday
8 July '06There was one sight at the end of the France-Portugal match that redeemed one’s faith in the basic goodness of footballers.Friday
7 July '06On Sunday, Zinedine Zidane will walk into the sunset from soccer’s greatest stageThursday
6 July '06Its players were drenched and exhausted by the end of overtime, bending over when the ball was not in play, the muscles in their legs drained and cramping.Thursday
6 July '06The dream is over but Germany’s biggest test is now: Can it play host as well as it has even though it’s out of the party? It’s early days but the answer is a qualified yes.Wednesday
5 July '06The stakes could never be higher for Cristiano Ronaldo than on Wednesday. He plays the game of his life and it could be his ticket out of Old Trafford, or at least salvage his reputation.Wednesday
5 July '06The hotels that I’ve stayed in over the past month have been, to borrow from Forrest Gump...Wednesday
5 July '06Coming out of retirement, Zidane, Makelele and Thuram get their chance to recreate the magical past...Tuesday
4 July '06There are so many issues surrounding Tuesday’s semi-final that it’s hard to figure out the football amid all this.Tuesday
4 July '06While the rest of the world has suffered agonising withdrawal symptoms over the past couple of days...
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