SubhankarBanerjee7

In the heart of Kaliabor in central Assam lies a small town Jakhlabandha. This place is famous for two things, its 24x7 connectivity and for the door less hotels. Jakhalabandha never sleeps, even at the midnight hours you will feel like you are somewhere in a foreign location because of the choice of the music that is played during night hours. Situated in the southern bank of river Brahmaputra and near the Kollong River the place is surrounded and based on the foothills of Karbi Hills and Burapahar. Jakhalabandha is the business center of Kaliabor. Even the place is basically a commercial hub, people across the town are highly religious and cultural. I have observed that people of various caste, language, religions resides together since ages and respect each other’s culture a lot and take part in the festivals together. The Assamese during Bihu, Bengali’s during Astoprohor (Hare Krisna Kirtan), the Hindi Bhashi’s during Ganesh Chaturathi and Chat Puja and the Muslism’s during E...

Who is an all-rounder?  The one who contributes in all the departments of the game? Yes, majority will agree with the fact that the one who can ball, bat and contribute in the field is an all rounder, but did anyone ever think of the pressure that an all-rounder carries in his shoulder? If I talk about the history of all-rounder in the gentlemen’s game a few names that will come into my mind are Jacques Kallis, Kapil Dev,Imraan Khan, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Waugh, Lance Klusner, Shane Watson etc. They had the ability to change the game at their own will no matter whether with the bat or with the ball. In present days  Sakib, Faulkner, Ben Stokes, Dwayne Bravo etc are those whom a team can bank at any given time. India too had a list of good all-rounder, Saurav Ganguly, Robin Singh, Manoj Prabhakar will always be remembered for their all round abilities but what is the reason that India could not sustain an all rounder for a longer period of time? Is over experimen...