{"id":72,"date":"2018-12-24T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/?p=72"},"modified":"2020-06-20T09:24:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T09:24:12","slug":"tribune-likes-the-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/2018\/12\/24\/tribune-likes-the-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribune likes the controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As they say, controversy sells. And <em>the Tribune<\/em> found plenty of juicy anecdotes in ours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jokes aside, for the record, we were keen to put any controversy in context of the larger issues in women&#8217;s cricket at the time, and we hope to have done that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/THE-FIRE-BURNS-BLUE-The-Tribune-Pg-12-New-Delhi-23.12.18-e1592644869818.jpg\" alt=\"The Tribune: Women get their own narrative, Dec 2018\" class=\"wp-image-73\"\/><figcaption>The Tribune: Women get their own narrative, Dec 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>For a book tracing the history of women&#8217;s cricket, The Fire Burns Blue could have easily slipped into the trap of compiling match reports and stats. 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