THE World Wide Web is a global and universal technology, but not necessarily a globalising and universalising one. To the contrary, the Web can and has been used to promote local pride and the appreciation of local themes, processes, institutions, and individuals.
In recent weeks, I have made...
20 May, 2006
Narsingh Gurung, who fought the 1962, 1965 and 1971 wars as a soldier, is one of the great footballers of Dehradun. He was part of the Gorkha Rifles team that won the Durand Cup in 1966 and in 1969. According to him, anyone, who is mentally alert and physically fit, could sail through all the...
09 May, 2006
Forty years ago (in 1966), Gorkha Brigade of Dehra Dun annexed India’s oldest tournament, the Durand with an enthralling display of speedy, attacking football, never surpassed and rarely equalled. On their way to their first ever Durand triumph, Gorkha Brigade had some memorable victories. They...
01 May, 2006
My conscious memories of Bangalore/Bengaluru go back to the year 1962. For the next thirty years I visited the place once a year, sometimes twice, staying for a few weeks or a few months each time. Since 1994 it has been my permanent and full-time home. Still, although I think of it seldom, in my...
06 January, 2006
DFA Award Ceremony 2006
Dehradun Football Association awards footballers
Shyam Thapa-Lifetime achievement award, Jatin Bisht-footballer of the year
The District Football Association has adjudged current India and East Bengal mid-fielder Jatin Singh Bisht the Best Footballer from Doon for the...
01 January, 2005
The Uttaranchal soccer team lifted the 51st National School Games under-14 Soccer title to end 2005 on a high note. Uttaranchal boys registered a title victory at a major tournament after a gap of 35 years. It will be recalled that in 1970, Gorkha Boys Company (Dehradun) had scripted its name on...
30 December, 2005
Ramchandra Guha
The HINDU
Sunday, January 21, 2001
A RECENT issue of India Today had a cover story on the match- fixing scandal. The same issue noted the death of the footballer Ram Bahadur, an East Bengal stalwart who played in the 1960 Rome Olympics and was also a member of the greatest of...
20 January, 2001
