RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Sir Donald Bradman needs no résumé, or CV. His rendezvous with history was unique and without parallel. So it will always be: for today, and tomorrow. Legends are made of such stuff, and Bradman was, doubtless, a true legend — a legend like no other. It was not for small things, but for […]
Author Archives: Rajgopal Nidamboor
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR There’s been a demanding relationship between the study of substance and the study of form all through history — be it philosophy, or science. Well, if the study of substance began in Greek antiquity, we’ve come a long way — from the idea of four fundamental elements, earth, air, fire and water to […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR We all voyage through life like combers over matter, or slow, measured surges — a form of explicit, or resourceful, transformation. This is part of our time and space expanse, or continuum. It delineates us and précises our existence — of who we are, as self-regulating entities, with each of us being as […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR We all know what anger is. We have all felt it, more or less, on a regular basis, whether as a definitive, or fleeting, epithet of annoyance, or as full-fledged rage. Anger is, in précis, a normal phenomenon. It is also a healthy human emotion. It becomes a dilemma, a difficult-to-handle emotion, or […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR All that is old need not be dated. Take for instance, our ecological heritage. It has been rightly proposed by scholars that countless enlightened ideas may be drawn from old precepts of previous civilizations, especially from ancient India. More than that, knowledge may also, in today’s context, be derived from the traditional individual […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR William Faulkner was a consummate genius, a craftsman without a peer. He was wholly contingent on his writing prowess for his livelihood, and so he had to imperatively write what he thought would sell rather than what he wanted, or desired, to write. Despite such an allegory to life’s commonplace chemistry and basic […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR The philosopher Socrates believed that one should find buoyancy in one’s own beliefs without getting ‘swayed’ by others. Well, the point is we just can’t learn if we are not open to other beliefs — yet, it is important that we form our own beliefs by viewing situations objectively, while eliminating most of […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR What makes us ‘hit’ the floor each morning and reach out from sleep to awareness, emptiness to existence and dream to reality? It is energy — of our mind and body. The equation is remarkably apparent. We need body energy to move in the physical sense and mind energy to ‘prompt.’ This is […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Our life is like the seasons. It is simple; it is complex; it is also, at times, prickly. Yet, in the midst of happiness, or chaos, it is as exciting as a nail-biting T20 cricket match. It also seems like everything in life is happening at the same time — health, career upheavals, […]
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RAJGOPAL NIDAMBOOR Test, or one-day, cricket isn’t a place for easy pickings. That Steve Waugh was always wont to post Test/one-day centuries, against every type of bowling, or wicket, against bowlers in full fury, or sheer chicanery, exemplified the diminutive cricketer’s pragmatic, intuitive abilities and sheer professionalism. That he had done it often — just […]