NEW DELHI, Sept. 12 -- "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic." Joe Biden, September 2, 2022

In the halcyon days when cricket journalism was still a fine art that brought the game alive and provided more joy than facts about the cricket, the scholarly journalist, K.N. Prabhu conceived of the perfect metaphor to describe Salim Durrani's prowess when he pronounced him "the poor man's Sobers"; possessed of a similar skill set and style but performing with not quite the same distinction as Sobers. It was a delightful play with words that powerfully conveyed what he meant.

I was reminded of the Durrani-Sobers analogy on reading the Vishwaguru's recent Independence Day...