Author: Rahul Giri



Boria Majumdar I have forever said I love speaking to Sania Mirza. This episode of BWB was yet another occasion when she stood out in the one hour long conversation. Sample this- She said she doesn’t like to cook and instead preferred hitting the forehand. “Why is that a problem? Why is it that I will be called a rebel just because I want to do things my way? What is rebellious in it? Why has society created certain behavioural boxes and if you don’t fit you are branded a rebel?” she asked. #2 Be your own cheerleader she said.…







-Boria Majumdar Cricket, in 2001, needed new oxygen to continue as India’s foremost national passion. Fans faith had to be restored and new fans needed to be brought in. That India could continue to express itself through cricket needed to be reinforced. That’s exactly what happened with the India–Australia series when cricket nationalism reached a crescendo at the back of some incredible on-field performances from the Indian team. Since then, cricket, it can be said, has never looked back as a sport, even in the face of the IPL spot-fixing scandal and subsequent judicial intervention. The Australia team that was…