Moonballs from Planet Earth

Is Ponting an unworthy successor to Steve Waugh? Or are they really peas from a pod, crude and petty sledgers, with Waugh smelling a little ...

कर्मण्ये  वाधिकारस्ते  मा  फलेषु  कदाचन मा  कर्मफलहेतुर  भूर  मा  ते संगोस्त्व  अकर्मणि These words from the Bhagavad Gita were first s...

Came across this story in the New Yorker, a profile of a liberal Iranian economist called Mohammed Tabibian. Has stayed in memory because I...

Was Barack Obama’s tough talk on Iran the kiss of death for the recent protests? Great question, because it opens up a pivotal passage in h...

As I start this post, Ireland have restricted Sri Lanka to 28-2 in 6 overs, after Sri Lanka had scored over 60 in the first 6 against Austra...

Juno is an outstanding film. It's funny, quirky and cuts as deep as you want it to. Watch it. This is an old-fashioned movie, a movie w...

The IPL, and more generally the Twenty20 format, is producing quality cricket. Commentators who liken the IPL to exhibition cricket or the ...