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‘…The belief in the dressing-room, and the support Rahul and I got from our colleagues during our long partnership, is indescribable. It was as if it wasn’t just Rahul and me in the middle; our teammates were with us, the wonderful Eden crowd was with us.’ The 2001 Kolkata Test that transformed a fantastic cricketer into a national icon.

‘I have vivid memories of Harbhajan’s hat-trick, primarily because I was one of his three scalps! It was brilliant drama, and provided the first hint of magic in what was to become one of the games most iconic contests!’ Memories of the 2001 Eden Test from an Australian icon.

‘The Australia team that was scheduled to tour India in 2001 had taken on and decimated the best in the world. Having won 15 Test matches in a row, they were coming to India to conquer what captain Steve Waugh had labelled as the team’s final frontier.’ A blow-by-blow account of the historic 2001 Eden Test.

‘…I reached about 15 minutes late, somehow managed to write a half-decent answer and raced back to set. Needless to say, the car rides to and fro were pregnant with tension and only the thought of maintaining continuity kept me from biting off all my fingernails.’ Confessions of a student/actor.

‘This temple is associated with an old volcano and a valley. All associated with a goddess. This is a Shaktipeeth. A Shaktipeeth is the place where a part of the goddess Sati’s body tore apart and fell.’ Of a Hindu shrine in the deserts of Baluchistan.