blogs by Abhinav Pancholi

I am a big fan of Virat Kohli. Not particularly of his cricketing skills or his attitude though, but of his eagerness to play a social activist. If he plays his game the right way, he might end up as India’s Thunberg, although…

I refuse to tweet or put out a message in support of Shami. That is because I love Mohammad Shami, the Indian fast-bowler, a lot. I love that strong lad, built like a bull, for the jump in his stride, right before he delivers. His…

The Chinese value stability over the right to elect, or dump governments every five years. The CPC has evolved with decades of experience, especially after it adopted market economy as its creed in the early 1980s. Controlled…

Prakash Raj might someday play him in a film. Then we shall take cognizance of this great man’s name which is Dr. Krishna Ella. This son of Tamil Nadu is the founder, MD and Chairman of Bharat Biotech, and is the force behind…

Allocation of medical resources during an emergency should solely be on the basis of triaging. Only doctors can decide who has priority. In the current situation, politicians have completely taken over hospital admissions and…

Fairies don’t live in bio-bubbles, zombies do.  Fighters get sent to hospitals for sewing and mending, not fairies. Fairies don’t get hit frequently by leather balls while playing with their mates, like Indian batsmen did. Fairies…

Eleven players get selected to play in a cricket match. One of them leads the side. The order of these two statements is never reversed. A captain is not given a commission to raise a standing army. There are no stand-in captains, only…