![]() ![]() ![]() Rather, Guha intelligently juxtaposes the two, showing how they are interwoven like the finest Benares silk. It is neither the history of the game, nor of the country. Ramachandra Guha's exceptional new book analyses cricket's central role in the Indian psyche. Such faith in the ability of a multi-religious group of cricketers may seem naive, but within weeks, India returned to normality. Posters appeared with photographs of Kapil Dev, Mohammed Azharuddin, Roger Binny and Maninder Singh, captioned "Khelenge saath, jiyenge saath" (We'll play together, live together). ![]() Then the government remembered that India had won the World Cup, and sought the soothing power of cricket. Thousands of Sikhs were killed, and troops patrolled the streets to keep warring communities apart. In 1984, riots spread across India after Indira Gandhi's assassination. ![]()
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