20 LEAD ESSAY: VINOD MEHTA on how bores are a necessary evil, how they make you appreciate the ‘other’ 22 YAAAWWN!!!!: SHOBHAA DE digs into the bore well and comes out with a whole pantheon of worthies 40 GLORIOUS CERTAINTIES: V. GANGADHAR on how cricket commentary hasn’t really sizzled since Vizzy-Berry-Puri 42 THE ABJECT ARTISTS: Champion