Malay Desai
Read biographyMalay Desai, has been a feature writer for the past five years, having written on pop culture, sports, travel and humour for Mumbai Mirror and other publications. He is a jury member of the Miele Guide, an international food guide. Though he claims to watch cricket only when India plays tests Down Under, he is often caught watching ODIs and is allegedly in the closet about other shorter forms of the game. He is an avid photographer, social media aficionado and a self-appointed advertising nazi.
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IPL and the great Indian ‘timepass’ syndrome
The Mumbai Police Gymkhana, a rectangular ground a sixer away from the city’s Wankhede stadium, hosts corporate and local-level cricket tournaments on its lush carpet, many of them under lights. On such evenings, dozens of passers-by on the adjoining Marine Drive promenade, mostly men, linger to watch the proceedings attentively, #Bollywood #India #Indian Premier League #IPL 5 #IPL Expert
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WSH manages the frenzy but lacks quality
Every day, moments before local trains chug in to Churchgate station, the final stop of the Western line in Mumbai, dozens of men on their footboards glance at the silver outsides of the Wankhede cricket stadium preceding it, some customarily, some for longer. Then, just as they’re done peeking in #hockey #JustSaying #Mahindra Stadium #Sports #Wankhede Stadium #WSH
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Down Under Trauma Disorder – do Indian cricket fans have a cure?
If you’re an Indian cricket fan, chances are that you might not have heard of the above dysfunction. But then, most victims of it have failed to detect it early. As custodians of your well being, dear readers, we are publishing this public service message, which, if read in the #Cricket #India #JustSaying #Tri-series Down Under
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Jilted lover, rogue flirter: Sahara & BCCI’s Valentine’s Day drama
Just when I was deleting unopened press releases peddling 'Valentine Day packages' and frowning upon the prospect of there being no striking spectacle this February (I nearly booked tickets to Karan Johar's rom-com film), I was hit by the most tumultuous love story of recent time. There it was, on #Board of Control for Cricket in India #JustSaying #Lalit Modi #Sahara Pariwar #Subrata Roy
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Sore, jaded, giggly – Memogate reveals Team India’s candid moods
It is half time in a series which seems like it will never end, and Team India has taken to some self-introspection in long-ish lulls in-between defeats. Our source Down Under, who has been following the boys and befriending the housekeeping staff at the hotels they’re staying in, has revealed #Cricket #India vs Australia #MS Dhoni #Sachin Tendulkar #Sports
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Why I’m not waking up at 5 am for India-Australia series
For the few Test cricket devouts here, an India tour of Australia is pilgrimage time. Having witnessed Australian men dominate our boys in the ’90s and then India fighting back on various occasions in the 2000s to create a new rivalry, we began soaking in every Indian tour to Australia, #Bill Lawry #Harsha Bhogle #Ian Chappell #India vs Australia #Richie Benaud #ToTheContrary
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The POTY Awards 2011
Yes, it’s that time when we, the media, call the people whom we have battered through the year and offer them a Person Of The Year (POTY) nomination or award so that they don’t mind our battering in the following year. This space, however, the beacon of independent reportage that #2011 #Cricket #India #Sachin Tendulkar #Sports
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Boxing moves out of the box and into the mall
Fight Club was the beginning, now it's moved out of the basement, it's called Project Mayhem. - Tyler Durden On an April morning in 2008, a low-profile state-owned TV channel DD Sports was touching unprecedented viewership levels, perhaps never touched before. And though they crashed as soon as boxer Vijender Singh lost #Boxing #Sports #ThingsWe #Vijender Kumar #World Series Boxing
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Shastri and the cliched art of making cricket win
I could sense it coming. It had begun looming over Wankhede stadium and my TV set as India’s ‘runs to win’ were competing thrillingly with West Indies’ ‘overs to go’ in yesterday’s test match. Commentator Arun Lal had even dropped its precursor line, “Whatever-happens-the-crowds-have-got-their-money’s-worth.” And then, it let me down. During #commentator #Cricket #India vs West Indies #Ravi Shastri #Wankhede Stadium
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Has F1 worked out the formula that makes India tick?
Never before had Indians taken a bunch of cars racing around seriously, but a couple of Sundays back, they postponed plans, tuned in, even bought airline tickets to watch them zoom. "India has done it!" the commentator’s voice over-roared that of Formula 1 cars lined up at the first ever Indian #Formula One #HowThisWorks #Sachin Tendulkar #Sebastian Vettel