Comments on: Burdens of History http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html what is the vertiginous chapati saying to me? Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:41:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ajay http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html/comment-page-1#comment-46113 Ajay Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:32:30 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html#comment-46113 A friend wrote to the reporter telling her that 'The batsman S. Sreesanth',(from "it was said, defied cricket manners by being unusually aggressive") is primarily a bowler. He also wondered what she meant by the headline... suggesting that cricket can only now be included in conversation, being totally uncool before T20. this is Somini's reply "We've got a correction in the works on Sreesanth. Thanks for your careful reading. As for the headline, that's for the headline writer, not the reporter. Bests- Somini" I've kinda gotten used to seeing Ivy league kids write with pretend insight when they visit countries of their origin. A friend wrote to the reporter telling her that ‘The batsman S. Sreesanth’,(from “it was said, defied cricket manners by being unusually aggressive”) is primarily a bowler.

He also wondered what she meant by the headline… suggesting that cricket can only now be included in conversation, being totally uncool before T20.

this is Somini’s reply
“We’ve got a correction in the works on Sreesanth. Thanks for your careful
reading. As for the headline, that’s for the headline writer, not the
reporter.
Bests-
Somini”

I’ve kinda gotten used to seeing Ivy league kids write with pretend insight when they visit countries of their origin.

]]> By: Ashok Row Kavi http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html/comment-page-1#comment-45184 Ashok Row Kavi Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:24:37 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html#comment-45184 Ah med, let's remember it's by Somini Sen something, and what can be more immitative than a bong working for the New York Times. As they say, Bengalis have the right to go wrong -- that's their birthright. Just look at what they've done to the world's most beautiful city and you'll know that it only required a Bengali working for the Umricans to write such crappy stuff. Who needs Sat-Isabgold for conspitation, you have Somini at the New York Times!!! Ah med, let’s remember it’s by Somini Sen something, and what can be more immitative than a bong working for the New York Times.
As they say, Bengalis have the right to go wrong — that’s their birthright. Just look at what they’ve done to the world’s most beautiful city and you’ll know that it only required a Bengali working for the Umricans to write such crappy stuff.
Who needs Sat-Isabgold for conspitation, you have Somini at the New York Times!!!

]]> By: SP http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html/comment-page-1#comment-45033 SP Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html#comment-45033 That article was an exercise in stretching contrasts to make a point - she made it sound like one-day cricket had never intervened between the leisurely test format and 20-20. As for athleticism, the Indian team, like all cricketers, got much more serious about fitness several years ago, before 20-20 was even a gleam in some promoter's eye. This is what happens when some American journo parachutes into a cricket tournament and uses stereotypes to make up for research, sorry to say. That article was an exercise in stretching contrasts to make a point – she made it sound like one-day cricket had never intervened between the leisurely test format and 20-20. As for athleticism, the Indian team, like all cricketers, got much more serious about fitness several years ago, before 20-20 was even a gleam in some promoter’s eye. This is what happens when some American journo parachutes into a cricket tournament and uses stereotypes to make up for research, sorry to say.

]]> By: lapata http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html/comment-page-1#comment-44795 lapata Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:25:27 +0000 http://www.chapatimystery.com/archives/not_baseball/burdens_of_history.html#comment-44795 So I guess they're saying the same objectionable thing, but the second one is pure poetry. So I guess they’re saying the same objectionable thing, but the second one is pure poetry.

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