Cricket fans all over the world probably have more in common with each other than with their fellow citizens. Romesh Gunesekera citizencommoncricket Change image and share on social
The nationalist movement supported Sinhala by suppressing Tamil; there were competing nationalisms. It was a fundamental mistake to make parallel streams in education - or a calculated political gamble. Politicians were playing with it. Romesh Gunesekera calculatecompeteeducation share on social
I wrote 'The Match,' my cricket novel, between 2002 and 2005. In retrospect, almost an age of innocence in cricket and a time when it was rare to find the game deep in fiction. Romesh Gunesekera agecricketdeep Change image and share on social
I probably felt most out of place as a young kid growing up in Sri Lanka. My mental world was somewhere else, partly because of reading and daydreaming. Romesh Gunesekera daydreamfeltgrow Change image and share on social