A Corner of a Foreign Field A Corner of a Foreign Field A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport is a 2002 book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha that offers a historical account of cricket in the Indian subcontinent. Some critics have called it one of the finest books on cricket. The book was initially conceived as a biography of left-arm spinner Palwankar Baloo. Baloo was a Dalit, a community that has historically been subjected to untouchability under the Indian caste system. His cricketing feats, however, enabled him to overcome contemporary Indian social barriers associated with being a Dalit. As
Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner attend the meeting, as her precious parrot was sick. Ukridge reveals that the plucky Millie had plied the parrot with Peppo, rendering it dangerously inebriated. Millie and Ukridge would later marry, and on occasion rely on Lady Elizabeth to pull them out of hot water, as in "Love Among the Chickens" (1913). Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner "Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, which first appeared in the United States in the January 1924 issue of "Cosmopolitan" and in the United Kingdom in the February 1924 "Strand". It features the irrepressible Stanley Featherstonehaugh