INDIA AND THE AMRITRAJ LIVING ROOM
I didn’t realise it at the time, but in 1990, during my first visit to India, it was to be the start of a long love affair with the country and its people. Years earlier, as a junior player competing on the New Zealand Junior Tennis Circuit, I stayed at a house in Wellington that had just installed a colour TV. Now, that doesn’t mean much to younger people today, but back in 1975, a very few lucky homes in New Zealand were just starting to replace their black and white models with new colour TV's! It was just fascinating to watch all your favourite programmes in colour. One of the best programs to view in colour at the time was Sesame Street. “Big Bird” was yellow! During that stay in Wellington, New Zealand was also playing Davis Cup against India, and the Amritraj brothers, Vijay and Anand, were doing their best to beat the New Zealand team of Onny Parun and Brian Fairlie on the grass courts at Stanley Street, Auckland. ...