Lines on The Grass

The Lights, The Noise, The Sound of the Bat

Not all talented kids make it to the top. Some get intoxicated to the smell of success.

Apr 5 • Sarthak Dev

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March 2026

Miracle On Soil - Act III: The Coda

India, Australia, Chennai 2001

Mar 22 • Sarthak Dev

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Miracle On Soil - Act II: From The Ashes

India, Australia, Kolkata 2001.

Mar 15 • Sarthak Dev

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Miracle On Soil - Act I: Inevitable

The first chapter of a three-part epic

Mar 1 • Sarthak Dev

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February 2026

The Beat Carries the Song

This has truly been, as one journalist called it, the people's World Cup

Feb 22 • Sarthak Dev

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The Theatre of Madness

On Vonn, Jones, and Marty

Feb 15 • Sarthak Dev

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The Rockstar and the Monk

On two interpretations of time, and time itself collapsing

Feb 8 • Sarthak Dev

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Another Dot in the Blur

Too many World Cups. Too little memory.

Feb 1 • Sarthak Dev

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January 2026

A Familiar Faultline

On Mustafizur Rahman, the BCCI, and subcontinental cricket

Jan 25 • Sarthak Dev

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A Week in Da Nang

Vignettes from a unique, slow city

Jan 18 • Sarthak Dev

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December 2025

2025 — The Year That Was

So much happened, so much more to come.

Dec 28, 2025 • Sarthak Dev

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November 2025

Hope in the Islands

When Haiti, Curacao, and Cape Verde entered the party.

Nov 23, 2025 • Sarthak Dev

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