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One significant disconnect between me and my History textbook was over the events of the third Battle of Panipat. Ask any Maratha above the age of seventy, educated or otherwise. The mere mention of Panipat brings out an uncanny sadness. The pain of a singular event is carried down by generations in their collective memory. …
continued from part 1 Cut to 2020-21 India’s tour of Australia. India began the test series without Sharma’s key ladke, batting ace Rohit and bowling spearhead Ishant. This was the opening for a string of forced absentees in the Indian team. Next, India’s best bowlers Shami and Umesh Yadav, were injured in the first and …
(revised with inputs from Mr D H Ashish) For Indians, disparaging the front person is a matter of routine. Every opportunity to sneer at the educational qualifications of the front person is relished, and is to be amplified by gossip sharing the insult with a group of like minded foxes! This vulgar tendency is …
