Avinash Subramaniam
Read biographyAvinash Subramaniam is a writer. His interests include advertising, scrabble, body building, chess, making money, reading, internet culture, cricket, photography .
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Are Indian athletes incapable of hard work?
There is an apocryphal story about Bihar I’d like to kick this conversation off with. If you’re an Indian, you’ve probably heard it too. It goes something like this: A Japanese minister visiting in the 1990s, shocked at the decrepit buildings, the darkness at night (even in the centre of #Cricket #InMyOpinion #Laziness #London 2012 #Olympics #Teams
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The sad but true story of India’s Olympic failings
"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." - Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1 January 1863 – 2 September 1937), Founder of the International Olympic Committee, and considered the father of the modern #India Olympics #London 2012 #Olympics #Olympics Blogger #TheLongView
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Record hunting: Why Indians will never do a Brett Lee
A little over a week ago, Aakar Patel offered this inventive suggestion, which he believes will help cricket (and Indian cricket, in particular) become less about personal triumph and more focused on the greater good of the team. In a nutshell, for those of you not inclined to click #Brett Lee #Cricket #India #OnOurMind #records
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Hawk-eye view: Why cricket is different from tennis
“If tennis had been Indian cricket, India would have blocked DRS and Andy Murray would still be playing,” tweeted one of my favourite cricket writers David Hopps during Wimbledon 2012. As far as this writer is concerned, this quick micro-take from Mr Hopps is a rather one-dimensional point of view, #Andy Murray #Cricket #DRS #Hawkeye #InMyOpinion #Sachin Tendulkar #Tennis
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Is Federer Wimbledon’s Champion of Champions?
“I am the greatest. I said that even before I knew I was.” - Muhammad Ali By the time the day is through, we’ll know whether or not Roger Federer has equaled Pete Sampras’ record of the highest number of Wimbledon singles titles won (7) by one man. But no matter #Björn Borg #John McEnroe #Pete Sampras #Roger Federer #Wimbledon 2012
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Why do India’s bowlers go from fast to slow?
Last week, on June 25, it happened to be the 80th anniversary of India’s debut as a Test playing nation. India opened the bowling in that historic 1932 Lord’s Test against Douglas Jardine’s England with Mohammed Nissar, who some from that time and age swear was even faster than the #InMyOpinion #Mohammed Nissar #Munaf Patel #Umesh Yadav #Zaheer Khan
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Lee-Hesh: Game, set and mismatch
“I say let the world go to hell, but I should always have my tea.” Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Notes from Underground Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes have each won 50 ATP tour doubles titles. 25 of these wins have come as partners. They were at the top of their game, and the #InMyOpinion #Leander Paes #Mahesh Bhupathi #Tennis
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Can Federer conquer the age barrier?
It’s been nine years since any male over the age of thirty has won a ‘Tennis Major’ in the singles category. The last man to do it, Andre Agassi, was thirty-two when he bagged the Australian Open in 2003. In fact, Agassi is one of only three male players in #Andre Agassi #Arthur Ashe #Roger Federer #Tennis #ThisisNext
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India’s one-drop dilemma: sheet anchor or stroke player?
Rahul Dravid’s career is testimony to the fact that nice guys can finish first, even if they happen to be number 3’s. Batting at one-drop is one of the toughest, if not the toughest, jobs in cricket. This is especially true if you happen to represent India, for the Indian team #Ajinkya Rahane #David Boon #Donald Bradman #Rahul Dravid #ThisisNext
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What style of captaincy suits India the most?
On May 28th, Sourav Ganguly was quoted in a Bengali newspaper saying he thought Gautam Gambhir might be a better option than Mahendra Singh Dhoni to captain the Indian Test side. The former India captain then qualified his somewhat controversial statement by adding that he thought Gambhir should be seriously #Captaincy #Cricket #Gautam Gambhir #MS Dhoni #Sourav Ganguly #Sports #TheLongView