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Defend Truth

Ashwin Desai

Ashwin Desai is at the University of Johannesburg. His latest book is Of Fathers, Sons and Timeless Tests: Wicket Tales from Kingsmead.

Latest Work

Ashwin Desai

13 July 2020

Pat Symcox: Bowling Lines Matter

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Ashwin Desai

19 June 2020

Covid-19, Father’s Day and the beautiful torment of books

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Ashwin Desai

27 May 2020

A walking, talking wonderland

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Ashwin Desai

19 May 2020

Knickerbocker glory and Emperor Patel’s new clothing regulations

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Wentworth: The Beautiful Game and the Making of Place

10 March 2020

Wentworth: The Beautiful Game and the Making of Place

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Ashwin Desai

27 February 2020

Slurs, slander and slang: The red overalls’ racist insults need to be called out for what they are

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Ashwin Desai

7 February 2020

Remembering John Arlott: Scourge of apartheid cricket (1914-1991)

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Catching Tadpoles: The shaping of a Young Rebel

8 November 2019

Catching Tadpoles: The shaping of a Young Rebel

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Sonny Venkatrathnam (1935-2019): Robben Islander and Rebel Without a Pause

18 March 2019

Sonny Venkatrathnam (1935-2019): Robben Islander and Rebel Without a Pause

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Ashwin Desai

7 January 2019

Life’s a b(l)each at Clifton, Cape Town

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Ashwin Desai

23 July 2018

Taking a Mallett to SuperSport

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Ashwin Desai

5 April 2018

Down Under Table Mountain - A Crocodile

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