• The Federal
    Binoo K John
    About the AuthorBinoo K John
    Binoo K John is the author, among other books, of the recently published 'Top Game: Winning, Losing and a New Understanding of Sport (Speaking Tiger)'
      MS Dhoni
      Opinion

      ‘Captain Cool’ trademark: Why Dhoni may have to face many legal bouncers

      3 July 2025 6:30 AM IST
      RCB fans
      Opinion

      Bengaluru stampede a case of sub-nationalistic passion fuelling sporting frenzy

      7 Jun 2025 3:25 PM IST
      Mullanpur stadium
      Opinion

      Farmlands keep turning into stadiums, and land sharks have a field day

      30 May 2025 6:20 AM IST
      The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay by Christopher Clarey, Hachette India, pp. 320, Rs 499
      Features

      The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and his Kingdom of Clay review: A tennis legend’s secrets

      28 May 2025 1:15 PM IST
      Jaishankar
      Opinion

      Trumped out, outdone India trying to find a place in new world order

      19 May 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Bookstores
      Features

      World Book Day: Bookshops in India will vanish unless government steps in

      23 April 2025 6:30 AM IST
      Caravaggio
      Features

      Caravaggio’s painting ‘Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy’ comes to Delhi in April

      18 March 2025 6:40 PM IST
      Rohit Sharma
      Opinion

      No, Rohit Sharma is not overweight, yet he’d do well to shed a few kilos

      6 March 2025 5:18 PM IST
      Pullela Gopichand, sports
      Opinion

      Making it big in sports: Why Gopichand’s warning rings hollow

      22 Feb 2025 6:42 PM IST
      Ritika Sajdeh with Rohit Sharma
      Cricket

      Cricketers’ wives in the crosshairs: The rich BCCI and its misogyny

      16 Jan 2025 10:35 AM IST
      Rafael Nadal
      Opinion

      Not just Master of Clay, Nadal unleashed brute power on other surfaces too

      23 Nov 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Abu Abraham
      Features

      How Abu Abraham, the legendary cartoonist, skewered power with wit

      10 Nov 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Coldplay, hot stakes: When a concert ticket becomes the ultimate status symbol
      Entertainment

      Coldplay, hot stakes: When a concert ticket becomes the ultimate status symbol

      3 Oct 2024 9:20 AM IST
      Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste review: What led to Modi govt’s crackdown on intellectuals
      Features

      Bhima Koregaon: Challenging Caste review: What led to Modi govt’s crackdown on intellectuals

      14 July 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Olympics crests: From Dhyan Chands wizardry to PT Ushas wafer-thin miss
      Paris Olympics

      Olympics crests: From Dhyan Chand's wizardry to PT Usha's wafer-thin miss

      6 July 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Emil Zatopek and Paavo Nurm
      Paris Olympics

      Paavo Nurmi and Emil Zatopek: The runners who changed Olympics

      29 Jun 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Milkha Singh
      Paris Olympics

      Olympics | Milkha Singh and PT Usha: Immortal misses

      15 Jun 2024 6:30 AM IST
      2024 Olympics | Paris: The city of words, wine, and everything nice
      Paris Olympics

      2024 Olympics | Paris: The city of words, wine, and everything nice

      9 Jun 2024 6:30 AM IST
      The godly yearnings of Narendra Modi…and the crash to earthly reality
      Opinion

      The godly yearnings of Narendra Modi…and the crash to earthly reality

      7 Jun 2024 6:20 AM IST
      Sunil Chhetri: Tragic hero of Indian football who never gave up the fight
      Sports

      Sunil Chhetri: Tragic hero of Indian football who never gave up the fight

      16 May 2024 6:22 PM IST
      40 years after Operation Bluestar, Punjab still restless and rudderless
      Opinion

      40 years after Operation Bluestar, Punjab still restless and rudderless

      21 March 2024 11:12 AM IST
      Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum
      Cricket

      Is England's Bazball strategy worth the hype? Knives are out

      25 Feb 2024 12:07 PM IST
      Raghu Rai
      Features

      Raghu Rai, the ringside historian who changed news photography forever

      21 Feb 2024 6:30 AM IST
      Brotherless Night
      Features

      Brotherless Night review: A tale of love, loss and yearning for a lost paradise

      21 Jan 2024 11:40 AM IST
      Asha Thadani’s photo exhibition zooms in on dark lives of the Dalits
      Features

      Asha Thadani’s photo exhibition zooms in on dark lives of the Dalits

      27 Dec 2023 6:30 AM IST
      Subrata Roy led a colourful life of camouflage and deceit
      Opinion

      Subrata Roy led a colourful life of camouflage and deceit

      17 Nov 2023 6:07 PM IST
      Why Christian cults find fertile ground in highly educated Kerala
      Opinion

      Why Christian cults find fertile ground in highly educated Kerala

      2 Nov 2023 6:20 AM IST
      A Musk-read biography
      Features

      A Musk-read biography

      17 Sept 2023 6:30 AM IST
      Sudha Murty, Sehwag and the duplicity of Indias majoritarian elite
      Opinion

      Sudha Murty, Sehwag and the duplicity of India's majoritarian elite

      15 Sept 2023 6:30 AM IST
      one-time-password
      Opinion

      The curious case of OTP: one-time password, all-time pestering

      30 July 2023 12:00 PM IST
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