Sunday Reads

General Reads

• Mamata keeps word: cops jolted out of 'golden crown dream' (Telegraph India)


• Ideas-mukt Congress scripts its own electoral eclipse (New IE)

Controversial Read

• The importance of being Subramanian Swamy (Swarajya)

Anecdote

It was a county match in England between Somerset and Glamorgan. An unknown batsman with unknown talent, named Vivian Richards was at the crease. Greg Thomas, the Glamorgan fast bowler thundered in and beat the great man's bat.

'It's red and it's round. Can't you see it?', the bowler taunted Richards.

The next ball was an action replay. The ball pitched three quarters of length on middle and off, seamed away, and once again Richards was all at sea and comprehensively beaten.

'It's red and it's round and it weighs four-and-a-half ounces. Can't you see it?', Greg Thomas quipped.

Richards took a stroll, summoned his powers of concentration, swung his arms around, took a fresh guard and got ready for the next ball.

Greg Thomas came running in. The delivery was right in the slot, and Viv launched into one of his trademark shots and smashed the ball out of the ground and straight into the river that flowed around it.

The maestro told the hapless bowler who almost died watching the ball go, 'You know what it looks like... now go and get it!'