The proximate cause for the chat was an analysis I did in the wake of film star Vijay's entry into TN politics. Why? Cos a source in TN said "I wish Delhi media would bother to understand our politics before doing their hot takes." So, here it is: prempanicker.substack.com/p/the-star-w...

Hi Kris. Not sure I am from the "cricket corner" of the birdbrain site, since I do very little cricket, but yeah, nice to be here for when that other thing becomes totally unusable.

The piece published this morning was written on June 29, and needed an update. So here, a follow-up post:

https://prempanicker.wordpress.com/2023/07/04/the-banana-republic-of-cricket-in-india/

And a follow-up post on my blog -- about the BJP's political scenario, the wrestlers' protest, and the exit of a media personality:

https://prempanicker.wordpress.com/2023/06/06/tangled-webs/

Am game any time, except that I am traveling between June 13-20, to Chennai on some work. Other than that, whatever you guys decide.

Problem is likely to be that there will be a signing after the event, plus between Arati and I, we will end up knowing a lot of people who attend, all of whom will want time. Might be difficult to disengage and do our own thing.

Agree, though, that it is time to do a BlueSky meetup. +

Hey, Nakul, thanks for the invite.

(Caught up in some stuff, but hope to be regularly on here by later this week)