Not Just Cricket, Pradeep Magazinne
Not Just Cricket, Pradeep Magazinne
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Not Just Cricket
A Reporter's Journey through Modern India

Author: Pradeep Magazinne

Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar

Unabridged: 12 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/18/2023


Synopsis

Prominent writer Pradeep Magazine's diary is an account of lived, genuine encounters, of satisfaction, distress, dread, misfortune and trust, and about how an evacuated character shapes one's mentality towards society and the country. From the Kashmir of the 1950s to fearful Punjab, from the Mandir-Masjid partition and the effect of Mandal governmental issues to the grievous outcomes of the Kashmir circumstance Magazine lays out an interesting picture of present day India.
At the center of the book are records of the absolute most epochal occasions in India's cricketing history, woven around private experiences with a few notable cricketers. The creator exposes the horrendous maneuvers that are a staple eating regimen of sports administration and uncovers until recently obscure realities about the gratings and self image conflicts that are unavoidable in a game that rules India's donning talk.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Madhulika on January 20, 2023

Not just cricket, but more. Politics, business, journalism. Ambition, greed. Sportsmanship, fair play. Pradeep Magazine begins his book about modern Indian cricket with an insight into his growing years, from when he, born into a Kashmiri Pandit family, lived in Srinagar surrounded by a loving family......more

Goodreads review by Umesh on April 09, 2022

The author has had a ringside view of the happenings in Indian cricket for more than four decades and in a country which breathes cricket, the memoir of such a journalist wil naturally make for engaging reading. Invoking the CLR James maxim "What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?", the......more

Goodreads review by Ameya on March 05, 2023

Not Just Cricket is a lovely trip down the memory lane for fans of Indian cricket. Pradeep Magazine's memoirs feel like sitting down with an old uncle in the late afternoon, with the evening stretching in front of you, no shortage of good food and drink, and no rush to head anywhere the next morning......more

Goodreads review by Charit on March 22, 2022

This was a fun book around Indian cricket history with names being named and scandals (of times past) unpeeled. The Kashmir angle was interesting in that it shed light on the traumatic recent past of the State but seemed supplementary to a book about cricketing politics.......more

Goodreads review by Ramachandra on June 21, 2022

Pradeep Magazine has done a wonderful job in depicting the cricket events of four decades across the globe along with the political developments in India. He’s thrown light on the fixing saga, the IPL, and a few other controversies that shook Indian cricket, at the turn of the century. If you’re a c......more