Budhaditya Roy

Continual thoughts from a mind that is sometimes sound. I initially thought of writing 'shah of blah, full of oceans of notions', but a Salman Rushdie book had that phrase

Friday, May 13, 2016

The season of faith's perfection - The Olympics

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The athlete crouches, nerves on edge and body taut, and awaits the gunshot. What the athlete does after the crack of the gun is a culminat...

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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

The Baryshnikov's last ballet

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The lovers of most performing arts live a curse and a blessing. They start admiring a performer, see the performer astound and bewilder...

Wednesday, December 03, 2014

Phillip Hughes: The story that should live

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Twenty two players walked out on one of the most hallowed turfs of the cricketing world. That’s how a story always begins when one w...

Thursday, March 03, 2011

A commentary on commentators

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25th of June, 1983, was a momentous day in the history of not just Indian cricket but India as well. There is no denying the fact that those...

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Friday, October 08, 2010

The right to smoke

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This is something that I have been thinking about for quite some time now. There was a ban some time back, and rightly so, on smoking in pub...

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The best in the world

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An attempt at a short story.. Inspired by a true incident that came flooding back when I heard the song ‘The Greatest’ by Kenny Rogers. I...

Friday, April 16, 2010

Of goodbyes and comebacks

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I have seen people, aged 60, finding their world coming apart once they retire. The day seems to be a continuous challenge to keep oneself a...

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