Hardik Rajgor, Author at Arré

The Tale of the India-Australia Test Series Cannot Be Told in Statistics

The scorecard can never do justice to the historic India vs Australia Test series we just witnessed. This is not the story about great tons and wickets, it’s a story of heroics and emotions – of Cheteshwar Pujara’s bruises, Mohammad Siraj’s tears, Hanuma Vihari’s hamstring, and Ajinkya Rahane’s grit.

Hardik Rajgor April 9, 2016

Sports

How to Sledge with Style, a Lesson from Tim Paine and Rishabh Pant

The ongoing India-Australia series has been a glorious endorsement of two things – competitive Test cricket and a good old-fashioned sledge. Right from Tim Paine’s “Can you babysit?” to Rishabh Pant’s “Ever heard of a temporary captain?”, the “contest” has been loved by commentators and fans alike.

Hardik Rajgor April 7, 2016

Sports

How My Cricket Coaching Taught Me Skills that School Could Not

What I learnt in school – the type of soil in Sangli or the Pythagorean theorem – could help me land a great job at TCS or Wipro but not teach me how to handle work pressure or work as a team in a corporate setup. Sport taught me that.

Hardik Rajgor April 7, 2016

POV

Who Will Be the Villain in the Biopic on Mumbai? Terrorists or Potholes?

Congratulations, Mumbai, your apathy truly deserves an applause. Your tax money is used to build roads, repair them, so when there are pothole-related casualties, you are paying for your own death. The biopic on the city should ideally be titled “Bombay, the City that Never Feels”.

Hardik Rajgor April 5, 2016

Coronavirus

Working from Home: I Never Thought I’d Say This But I Miss My Office Fam

If friends are the family you choose, then your co-workers are the family you are contractually obligated to be with – for at least eight hours every day. I never thought I’d say this but by Day 6 of working from home I’m beginning to miss my office fam... a little.

Hardik Rajgor April 5, 2016

Sports

Ashish Nehra: The Forever Man of Indian Cricket

Ashish Nehra will play his last game of international cricket today. Nehra ji has been playing for so long that it feels like he was one of the original dudes who faced the British for teen guna lagaan.

Hardik Rajgor March 29, 2016

Features

Cash Ya Cashless?: The Big 9 pm Debate at Home

My father for the longest time believed going cashless equals being careless. He is from a generation that believes in keeping cash in hand. I’m slowly trying to convert him.

Hardik Rajgor March 28, 2016

Sports

United They Fall: The Misery that Comes with Supporting Man U

Manchester United has 99 problems, and football is just one of them. While failures off the pitch are behind closed doors, the visible culmination of it all takes the form of poor performances on the ground. As a fan, watching the entire spectacle at Manchester United is more heartbreaking than the entire run of This Is Us.

Hardik Rajgor March 27, 2016

Sports

India vs South Africa Was a Reminder of the Beauty Of A Low-Scoring Cricket Match

The low-scoring game between India and South Africa was a brilliant endorsement of good old ODI cricket. It was, in the truest sense, a fair contest between bat and ball — the way cricket was always meant to be played.

Hardik Rajgor March 25, 2016

Culture

Makar Sankranti: Gujarati Mardi Gras Minus the Swag

My father has two personalities. One reserved for the rest of the year and one for Makar Sankranti, when he goes from Bruce Wayne to full-on Batman, patang and phirki in tow.

Hardik Rajgor March 22, 2016