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 15:20 | 17/Mar/2009 |
| The BJP's Gandhi! | |
| "All the Hindus stay on this side and send the others to Pakistan”."They have scary names - Karimullah, Nazarullah - its scary to see them at night…………… When my cousin who is seven-eight years old, sawSamajwadi Party's candidate's photo, she said Bhaiya (big brother), I didn't know that Osama Bin Laden is fighting from your constituency”.“This is ...
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| 15:18 | 17/Mar/2009 |
| If they don't have bread..... | |
| .........let them have smart phones!That must be what L K Advani thought while preparing BJP's IT vision, which declares: "Every BPL (Below Poverty Line) family to be given a free smart mobile phone, which can be used by even illiterate users for accessing their bank accounts".How smart is that?Advaniji, thoda sa problem hai, they need at least two...
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| 14:55 | 23/Feb/2009 |
| A question without answer! | |
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| Today I came across two pictures (shown above). The first one is of Rubina Ali, who played young Latika in Slumdog Millionaire, along with her mother at her slum at Dharavi. The second one is of the same girl, along with her co-stars, on the red carpet at Oscars. Looking at the second picture a question came to my mind. What must be going through t...
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| 13:50 | 23/Feb/2009 |
| Rehman: A Graceful Star | |
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| There are celebrities and stars. One can love them and occasionally hate them. But one certainly comes to admire some of them. The admiration may not be just because of the level of skills the star posses in his/her field, but how the stars make an impact on you as a human being. If I have to declare my best admired star, it is no contest. Anil Kum...
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| 09:27 | 21/Feb/2009 |
| A tale of two cartoons | |
| Last year a western newspaper published a cartoon in which prophet Mohammed was shown as a terrorist.An outcry against the cartoon was seen as protest against freedom of expression, so much so that various western publications duplicated the cartoon to make a point.This week the New York Post carried a cartoon depicting President Obama as a chimpan...
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| 10:31 | 31/Mar/2007 |
| A few stray thoughts.... | |
| And, for the first Saturday after the world cup debacle, a few stray thoughts …I do believe that the world cup is really boring without India. We may not have done better than Ireland but we would have certainly done better than West Indies. The famous Marathi humorist, the late P. L. Deshpande once said that cricket is only game which is more talk...
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| 09:19 | 29/Mar/2007 |
| Pakistani beards | |
| Here are two interesting comments on Pakistan cricket team’s outward religiousity:M J Akbar in The Asian Age - “Their captain, Inzamamul Haq, could triple his personal endorsement revenues if someone eased that look of permanent pain on his visage. He also has the slightly irritating habit of confusing the Almighty with a cricket coach (irritatin...
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| 09:07 | 29/Mar/2007 |
| What luck? | |
| This is what our high profile Chief Selector, Dilip Vengsarkar looks at the team’s performance:"Nothing but bad luck,"…. "Who would have believed that India would lose to Bangladesh. India was tipped by most experts to win the Cup. It was nothing but bad luck. I am not trying to offer excuses but we must accept that it was a bad phase and proved ...
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| 14:41 | 28/Mar/2007 |
| Why fuss over sms? | |
| Greg's SMS divides Indian cricket" reads the headline on Cricketnext.com.Rajan Bala made public a sms he received from Greg Chappell. The sms and subsequent communication between Gerg Chappell and Rajan Bala bring forward following points:Greg Chappell: "Even in the last selection meeting, I fought for youth. The senior players fought against it an...
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| 14:18 | 28/Mar/2007 |
| In English or Bhojpuri… Confusion is con... | |
| Shishir Hattangdi, former Mumbai cricketer wrote in diary in Mid-Day: “One needs to hear these experts and commentators talk about solutions rather than just pointing out the problems”.My question is: Are there any cricket experts left in India? There are no AFS Talyar Khan, K N Prabhu and Sundan Rajan on the scene. Rajan Bala used to write with ...
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