Title: Savarkar – Echoes from a Forgotten Past (1883-1924) Author: Vikram Sampath Pages: 735 Price : Rs. 799 Publisher: Penguin By U.B. Acharya Recently I attended a book release function at a well-known hotel in Mysuru. The release of the newly-published book, “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past (1883-1924)” was organised by a local Book…
By U.B. Acharya With the conclusion of US Open Tennis Tournament last month where Geriatric Rafael Nadal (33 years) had the better of one of the Next-Gen players, Daniil Medvedev (23 years), the curtain closed on Grand Slam events for the decade. However, this write-up is not about the final match or the whole tournament…
Will it be one of the Old Guards or a Next-Gen Player? By U.B. Acharya The last tennis major of the decade will be played in New York from August 26, 2019 onwards for two weeks. While the reigning champion Novak Djokovic (32 years), Rafael Nadal (33 years) and Roger Federer (38 years) are the…
By U.B. Acharya While in ICC Cricket World Cup finals, we will see a new world champion either England or New Zealand, what else is new in the world of tennis? It is the same OLD dogs (sorry, pun unintended, actually two great rivals and champions), top seed Novak Djokovic and second seed Roger Federer…
By U.B. Acharya In a dramatic and exciting fashion, the 43-year-old Tiger Woods won his 5th Masters Title and in the process, won his 15th Major on Apr.14, 2019 at the Augusta National Golf Club in USA. It is particularly significant that his last major victory was in 2008 and since then he had a…
By U.B. Acharya The Association of Tennis Players (ATP) has an excellent quantitative system for ranking current players based on each player’s performance on a moving 52 week period. The ranking goes down to below 1000 and one can see how a current player is performing on a weekly basis. However, comparing tennis players of…
By U.B. Acharya A former Australian captain Bobby Simpson’s definition of an all-rounder is “An all-rounder should be worth his position in the side either as a batsman or as a bowler.” Well said indeed. Generally, a test cricketer, who has scored 1,000 runs and also taken 100 wickets, is considered as an all-rounder. Using…
By U.B. Acharya To the golf playing addicts as well as to the non-golf playing enthusiasts, September end was a visual treat on live TV. In Paris, 24 of the world’s best golfers from Europe and USA fought very hard for three days and finally Europe came as deserving winners of the Ryder Cup. Before…
By U.B. Acharya After the victory of veteran Novak Djokovic at the US Open Tennis Championships last weekend, the most important topic among the tennis experts (Serena Vs the Chair umpire controversy not withstanding), was “Where is the next generation of men’s tennis champions?” To give a background, during the last two years, all the…
By U. B. Acharya Contrary to public perception, Contract Bridge, which is a trick-taking game using a standard 52-card deck, is not gambling but a game of concentration, memory, communication and simple logical thinking. It is one of the most popular card games played by millions of people of both genders world over and of…
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