Category Archives: Cricket

Cricket in pictures

Posted on December 19, 2018 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

We may say that cricket has nearly passed us by. In our youth we played and watched the game quite a bit. While in secondary school we were fairly interested in cricket statistics. The sources for statistics were not easily … Continue reading →

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Of lives of men; of times of men-III

Posted on December 6, 2017 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

Of lives of men; of times of men-II As they were talking, they saw a sallow-complexioned youth pass by them some distance away carrying a bat on his shoulder. Vidrum waved out to him and he responded similarly and after some … Continue reading →

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A zarathuShtrian exit at a Hindu funeral

Posted on July 24, 2014 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

This note continues with the examples we have been providing on these pages illustrating the role of the kavi as a naturalist or an observer of nature. The verse below is a macabre one composed by one of  the greatest … Continue reading →

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gulikA-madness

Posted on May 25, 2009 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

In the long past days we were seated in a niche at the foot of the viShThA-parvata with the chaturtha and the feral brAhmaNa. The chaturtha was caressing his rAmapUrIya asiputrikA while SS polished the handle of his hasta-nAlika. They … Continue reading →

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gulikAkrIDA: la~NkAvijaya

Posted on August 28, 2008 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The sunlit shores of la~NkA, just like the beaches of Southern Saxony where the peerless pirates of emperor Ponting roam like fork-tongued monitors, have been a charnel ground for the Hindu armies over the ages. They have been thrashed over … Continue reading →

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The victory of the prince of the Bangalore

Posted on July 10, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

If am writing this it really means I am wasting time. Since I have done a lot of that over the past two days and feel guilty about I am just adding x to infinity — something a person with … Continue reading →

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sugrIva and the prince of B’lore

Posted on June 11, 2006 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The above illustrates the difference between the prince of B’lore (left) and sugrIva so strikingly. sugrIva: Behind of wicket off=32.2% total=61.1% front of wicket off =28.9%/ front of the wicket =50.1% prince of B’lore: Behind of wicket off=15.8%total=44.2 front of wicket … Continue reading →

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The clash of Saxons

Posted on August 28, 2005 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The great leader of the Southern Saxon, Pirate king Slit-Eyes had died in the battle with the Hindus during their invasion of the southern continent. Slit-Eyes was succeeded by pirate Ponting, who was ably supported by the old guard of … Continue reading →

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The mother of all battles

Posted on December 16, 2003 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The ruffians of Southern Saxony had always held the Indian armies in contempt. In one of the greatest battles of all times the princes of the Andhra and the Karnata country had destroyed the Saxon pride that had swelled in … Continue reading →

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Frontline warriors

Posted on September 6, 2003 by mAnasa-taraMgiNI

The charge of the Indian brigade has been consistently plagued with the lack of proper frontline troops who can bear the cannon fire of uncouth, wild-eyed, gutter-mouthed barbarians like Brett Lee, Mcgrath and Pollock. In contrast, when India has to … Continue reading →

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