Ramachandra Guha is an Indian historian and economist whose research interests include environmental, social, economics, political, contemporary and cricket history. He is also a columnist for The Telegraph, Hindustan Times and Hindi Daily Newspaper Amar Ujala. Guha's books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. The prizes they have won include the UK Cricket Society's Literary Award and the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History. In 2008, Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines nominated Guha as one of the world's one hundred most influential intellectuals. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan for services to literature and education. In 2015, he was awarded the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian culture and scholarship.
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'Guha is a distinguished historian, biographer of Gandhi, a
courageous political activist - and also an absolute cricket nut
... Watching a serious intellectual grapple with his own
relationship with sport is always revealing ... [A] passionate,
unique book ... Guha's totally in love, that's the thing - and it's
the love that shines through on every page'
Ed Smith, Financial Times
'Guha also fills the same role within India that Scyld Berry and
Gideon Haigh do in England and Australia. In other words, he is the
deepest and wisest chronicler of his cricketing nation'
Daily Telegraph, Best Sport Books of the Year,
2020
'Guha is an historian, environmentalist, journalist and
political biographer of wide-ranging distinction ... An engagingly
generous celebration of cricket and cricketers, Indian and
firangis alike ... A book that should not be ignored'
David Crane, Spectator
'Delightful ... Guha, one of India's best-known historians and
public intellectuals, is a bona fide cricket obsessive ... His deep
knowledge of the game allows him to bring a historian's perspective
when writing about players ... The Commonwealth of Cricket
is a return to his cherished first love. It should be
celebrated'
Soumya Bhattacharya, New Statesman
'Powerful ... The Commonwealth of Cricket is a memoir
of his lifelong obsession with the game ... It is, not
surprisingly, a delightful read - but it also carries a political
message'
Emma John, Guardian
'Guha's book is timely ... It is also at odds with the way many
see the game in India today ... In that sense it is a love-letter
to a game as it was and can be again'
Mike Atherton, The Times
'Enchanting ... Deeply enriching ... He writes about the game as
he first knew it, with the unguarded fondness of youth'
Paul Edwards, The Cricketer
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