I’m biased. So I will begin by saying that Nirmal Shekar of The Hindu is the finest sports writer in the country. I guess there is a genuine dearth of talent in sports writing in India though every other young journalist thinks he/she is the next Cardus. Or Nirmal. Heh. However, most sports news Editors are young and have reached where they are fairly quickly — the sports news Editor of my current employer is an example. Oh, that reminds me… the National sports news Editor of a prominent newspaper (which has a 16-floor office for its headquarters) is another case in point. However, this person mostly writes trash. Further, according to sources, the newspaper concerned is looking more like a sinking ship with each passing day. Some people at a well-known cricket website are good, but take themselves a tad too seriously. But yes, there are a few bright spots here and there in the sports writing scenario. Will post more on that later.
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"there is a genuine dearth of talent in sports writing in India" - very true. and yes, most who start out in this field are inevitably influenced by writers like nirmal shekhar, roebuck, brijnath (and thats jus cricket n tennis!)..
but there's something in the plot that sports writer/reporters are missing..and everyone ends up lookin n writin the same way.
'write-ups' end up lookin like reports. and there are hardly any 'reporter reports' anymore.
it isnt jus a sports culture that our country lacks..but a sports writing culture too i guess.
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