Lines on The Grass

Dry Dopamine

How the IPL became inert

May 17 • Sarthak Dev

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The Stories Within Chess

A conversation about Interregnum—Jordan Himelfarb's new book

May 10 • Sarthak Dev

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Opening The Pass

On Sabastian Sawe, Yomif Kejelcha, and mountains

May 3 • Sarthak Dev

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April 2026

Of Rishabh and Reputations

Reputations are weird things.

Apr 27 • Sarthak Dev

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The Festival With Barbed Wires and Electric Fences

USA doesn't really want you to come over. If you do, get ready to pay a fortune to be part of the festival.

Apr 26 • Sarthak Dev

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Anxiety as Meme Fodder - Exhibit A

I wish David Attenborough could narrate this

Apr 12 • Sarthak Dev

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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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