SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Rajan Bala is in my humble opinion, way and above the finest cricket journalist in India. He wasrw iting regularly for the The Deccan Herald Bangalore till the 90's and then seemed to vanish from the scene. His book The Covers Are Off was eagerly anticipated by those familiar with his writing.
Today I stumbled onto a shoddily maintained blog when I ran a google search for him.
Rajan Bala has always been known for his hard hitting no-nonsense style and in an Indian environment where not many people have the guts to call a spade a spade Rajan has been known to call it a bloody shovel. It was . therefore, extremely disappointing but not the least surprising to see the poor maintenance of this blog.
Trust my judgement and visit it.
Rajan writes on various subject but cricket is his first love. I met him a couple of times in Delhi at a common friends house and still can recall the great evenings spent discussing cricket and cricketers that went late into the night. Rajan knows his cricket and certainly knows Indian cricketing establishment inside out.
The link below will take you to the archives of the 70 articles he has so far on his blog. This section is appropriately called Rajan Bala's Brickbats
While it will have a lot for Indian cricket enthusiasts, I am sure others will enjoy it too even if you disagree with some of his strong views.
I am trying to get in touch with Rajan and will try and see if we can get him to write for CW although I doubt it since he seems to be under some sort of employee/employer relationship with Indian Express.
Today I stumbled onto a shoddily maintained blog when I ran a google search for him.
Rajan Bala has always been known for his hard hitting no-nonsense style and in an Indian environment where not many people have the guts to call a spade a spade Rajan has been known to call it a bloody shovel. It was . therefore, extremely disappointing but not the least surprising to see the poor maintenance of this blog.
Trust my judgement and visit it.
Rajan writes on various subject but cricket is his first love. I met him a couple of times in Delhi at a common friends house and still can recall the great evenings spent discussing cricket and cricketers that went late into the night. Rajan knows his cricket and certainly knows Indian cricketing establishment inside out.
The link below will take you to the archives of the 70 articles he has so far on his blog. This section is appropriately called Rajan Bala's Brickbats
While it will have a lot for Indian cricket enthusiasts, I am sure others will enjoy it too even if you disagree with some of his strong views.
I am trying to get in touch with Rajan and will try and see if we can get him to write for CW although I doubt it since he seems to be under some sort of employee/employer relationship with Indian Express.
