Kailash Gattani and Lalchand Rajput have witnessed two of Sachin Tendulkar’s breakthrough career moments. At the age of 14, Tendulkar got an opportunity to travel to England for the first time, representing Gattani’s Star Club of India, whereas a year later, when Tendulkar made his Ranji Trophy debut for Bombay, Rajput was the captain. Though his talent had impressed both …
Salim Durani’s association with Rajasthan cricket started in 1956 when the Maharana of Mewar and PM Rungta - the prime architects of cricket in the State - convinced him to shift base from Gujarat. Over a while, my father, Salim bhai, Vinoo Mankad, uncle Kishan Rungta, Raj Singh, Vijay Manjrekar had become very close friends,” says Kishore Rungta, a former …
Colour, in all its shades and forms, can be seen at Chemould Prescott Road these days. Though one always knew of artist Mehlli Gobhai as an abstractionist par excellence, but when one sees a range of works from his 70-year-long career, the power of his paintings hits anew. In The Prism of Darkness: Mehlli Gobhai, Works from the Early 1980s, …
