Sharda Ugra writes in India Today that it's time that India got over the diaries Gary Kirsten wrote on South Africa's visit in 1996.

If he takes up the job, Kirsten may discover that India has changed since 1996, but that's not the point. He is being asked to come to India to coach its cricket team, not to do tourism promotion. The point is that people--yes, even cricketers--grow up and Kirsten by all accounts, did. As his career wound down, the left-hander was known as a quiet, thoughtful man, generous of his opponents, who both respected and liked him. That incriminating diary... hell, that's bygones. Or it should be.