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There is a great sense of irony in the names of people who run the two cricket leagues in India.While IPL has been consummated, mid-wived, delivered and nurtured all by Lalit MODI, its lesser known step-brother ICL has a Himanshu MODY to take care for. Modi and Mody - I and Y.While IPL has been busy giving logistical lessons to FIFA, helping South Africans to go to school and lest we forget,

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Consider these factors:- Being up all through the night- Sitting on the 4th floor terrace- A good breeze blowing- Being with the 8 best friends of yours who you have spent the best part of your last 5 years- Sharing a bottle of scotch- Hogging the last leftovers of grub that you have in your wing AND- Doing all the senti talk like you have never done before-

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The first testicular guard was used in cricket in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. It took 100 years for men to realize that the brain is also important!Tells quite a bit about our priorities.

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Here is Ponting:In their first innings, it took us 70 to 80 overs to get the reverse-swing going. Their guys were doing it within six to eight overs. That's a big difference. (Source)

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Can anybody hear the death knell of cricket (sans IPL) ringing not too far away?International cricket will die of neglect if this pattern carries on. Zimbabwe is already a basket case; West Indies is relying on Allen Stanford to kiss it back to life. Many of Bangladesh's senior players, who have never yet been invited on a full tour of India in spite of playing them in the country's maiden Test

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Chalk and Cheese !!Source

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I am currently reading, rather very slowly, a book titled Snow authored by the Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk. Haven't read much of it - only the first hundred odd pages.The book narrates the experience of a poet who goes to the distressed town of Kars, Turkey to report on the prevalent suicide epidemic among the young girls there. The primary reason being - the modernist and secular Turkish society

Shreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09720947116285875767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891370422332778464.post-49282794583607616512008-02-20T23:26:00.003+05:302008-02-20T23:43:07.291+05:30

A man who responds to the name of two legends - Napoleon and Einstein - is currently donning the national colours for the U 19 Indian Cricket Team.This has potential to make pretty interesting headlines which could be - "Napoleon disrupts the progress of the Barmy Army" or "Einstein relates his success to the quantum of the spin".There have been some memorable names in cricket - perhaps none more

Shreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09720947116285875767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891370422332778464.post-79347211565195357202008-02-20T16:36:00.005+05:302008-02-20T22:23:10.303+05:30

Heart wrenching stuff about the toys kids play with. Read the full post here.A few days ago, Puttachi spotted a spot of sunlight on the wall, and she was fascinated. She forgot everything else and played with the spot for more than fifteen minutes, and that is a lot to say for some one as restless as this kid is.And then she goes on to lick that spot of sunlight trying to decipher the phenomenon.

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I met this female yesterday - at one of those huge family receptions - who was an acquaintance a few years back. I think she recognized me going by the furtive glance she threw my way. As I walked up to her and stretched my hand for a shake, she made my hand hang in the air just for that extra bit of time which makes you feel that you are not wanted here. And then!!"You look cheap.", she

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This is the cartoon which appeared in The Hindu today. A perfect slap in the face for all the political parties which had been lobbying for their respective leaders to be accorded the title of Bharat Ratna.Dr. Radhakrishnan (first recipient of the award) would be turning in his grave if he found out that National Congress Party (NCP) had asked for a Bharat Ratna for Sharad Pawar. Greedy bastards

Shreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09720947116285875767noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5891370422332778464.post-85245082065093579192008-01-22T16:06:00.000+05:302008-01-22T16:12:26.206+05:30

Even the mini victories (of a point) against the champion need to be savoured. Have a look at this point which Fabrice Santoro won against Roger at this year's Australian Open.Sad that this is the last we are seeing of Santoro.

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"My father is a very kind man. And he very sorry when he does something like September 11" (sic), says Omar-bin-Laden, son of Osama-bin-Laden here. That was long known. Isn't it?

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Ask any player who wields a hockey stick of his dreams and 9 out of 10 times the answer one would get is, "I want to represent my country at the Olympics" or "I want to win the gold for my country at Olympics". Not all, though. There are few of the variety who choose to skip an Olympic and pursue a MBA instead. Yes, please introduce yourselves to Viren Rasquinha.Viren has represented India in

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A lot of movies have been made acknowledging the presence of the huge number of software techies in the West though most of these acknowledgments came from the Desis themselves. There have been a few instances where this fact has been portrayed by the Westerners, though very seldom.Google has been feeding off our intelligence for quite some time now and it was expected that this would be visible

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Sanjay Bangar writes here about the state of the varied grounds used for Ranji Trophy matches. Here are a few intriguing excerpts:There is a ground in Guwahati where a busy railway track runs right behind the sight-screen. The game has to stop on a number of occasions when a train is passing by as the players don’t want to be disturbed by a moving train when they want to concentrate on the moving

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B.P. Singhal, former IPS and ex-Rajya Sabha member, writes this in one of his columns after he was interviewed by Aaj Tak after the recent Narendra Modi expose by Tehelka.Aaj Tak harped on the same old refrain that ‘Modi did not call the Army until three days had passed’. When the TV channel contacted me on phone to get my response, I told the anchor that the Godhra carnage took place on

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The mention of the word 'Sydney', at this point of time, would result in the recollection of all the ensuing fracas in the so called gentleman's game. A lot of ink has been wasted by a lot of people trying to shout at top of their voices on how Bucknor is a secret ISI agent sent to annihilate the Indian cricket team or whether Ponting should enrol for the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's newly launched

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Probably the busiest period of my stay here at IIT.Last Week: Spons, IMS, Midsem, Quiz, Presentation, Drams, Assignment.This Week: Assignment, Midsem, Spons, Intern, Drams, IMS, Quiz.Next Week: Presentation, Spons, HOME, Intern, Assignment.Next^2 Week: Presentation, Seminar, Intern, Term Paper, Spons.Next^3 Week: Endsems on the way, SponsNext^4 Week: Endsems.Next^5 Week: Radar goes blank.Sigh!!

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This is the image that would be etched in our mids for quite some time. Oh! what a game of cricket it was - more so because India won eventually. But what sticks out as a sore thumb and has refused to recede from the confines of my mind is the following quote of Shoaib Malik at the presentation ceremony:"First of all I want to say something over here. I want to thank you back home Pakistan and

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I admit to never hearing Vividh Bharati, but I have heard enough stories to consider it as an integral part of the just-independent India's culture. Vividh Bharati would complete it's 50 years tomorrow and is hosting a day long program to commemorate the event. The Hindu came out with a brilliantly written piece on the history of Vividh Bharati and it's association with the India of

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I have been following print advertisements for some time now and have come across a few ads which use religious deities, often in a very disgraceful manner. But this is surely a break from the regular stuff.(The text at the bottom reads: "Helmets are a must")So very subtle !!(Reproduced from an e-mail forward, courtesy: Neha)

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Contrary to the doctrine of Bard, the anagrams produced below pretty much tell you what these personalities are up to. Have a look: SHILPA SHETTY = STEALTHY HIPS RAKHI SAWANT = I WANT A SHARK MALLIKA SHERAWAT = MARTIAL LAW SHAKE and TAKE ARMS, WILL AAH! DEEPIKA PADUKONE = NUDIE POKED A PEAKAfter this accurate jumbling of letters, I have started to believe firmly

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... or let's rephrase it as "One more dumb who is blonde". At the recent Miss Teen U.S.A. beauty pageant, Miss South Carolina mumbled something - in response to the question "Why do you think one-fifth of the American population is not able to locate U.S.A on a world map?" - which even the most profound of the linguists will have a hard time deciphering. Have a look:It would not come as a

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Every Indian knows the name Nathuram Godse and his claim to (de)fame.You would assume, for a man who has committed a high profile murder, that he shall be of a very rugged and masculine nature. But this is what Wikipedia says:Upon birth, he was named Ramachandra by his parents, but due to his perceived effeminate nature, they rechristened him as Nathuram (nath in Hindi means nose-ring).Pretty

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I was reading an editorial by Prakash Karat which got featured in Hindu on 20th August. Here is an excerpt:“...Prior to the joint statement of July 2005, the UPA Government signed a ten-year Defence Framework Agreement with the Untied States.”Seems it takes only a swap of vowels to untie the united states of the United States. Or it might have been a Freudian slip. Who knows?

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After shelving my plans of paying a visit to Lord Tirupathi umpteen number of times in the last three years, I finally managed to visit the holy shrine this July.I was quite upbeat about having a look at the huge Hundis there and the South Indian ladies throwing all the jewelery that they have on themselves right in to the Hundi. But alas, that was not to be. Instead what I got was a one hour

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The Economic Times reports:It is not the best of times to try humor in Kottayam district of Kerela where tens of thousands of people are affected by the chikungunya epidemic. But the irrepressible Malayali humor is very much alive and kicking even as patients are battling the disease.Some of the jokes relate to chikungunya itself, a disease that leaves many people with a pronounced limp for weeks

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I remember only the brilliant Fevicol ads when I try to take a percursory glance at the history of Indian television advertisements. But now, to my utter sadness, I have to add two more to that list but for all the wrong reasons.Here are two advertisements which are trying so very desperately to sell undergarments. I agree that this a sticky product to sell. But then, the ad agencies can surely

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I am currently reading Richard Branson's autobiography titled "Losing my Virginity". The title seems to be catchy enough and borders on titillation but has genuine reasons behind his origin. This book was written in the aftermath of him losing his flagship brand Virgin Music.Anyways, this post is not about the book or it's title but is a short paragraph which has been excerpted from the book.

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To: All the members of my fraternity.Gone are the days when you would wish to chop off the head of an arbit female who had just called you a geek.I agree that you can't feel more peeved than when somebody calls you a geek. And that too when fantasizing about super models, letching at hot females, masturbating with your hand and not a pneumatic vacuum pump, manufacturing innovative slangs in

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If you still haven't got it, well don't worry. Most of us, the lesser beings won't. This is how the word "ghoti" is pronounced. Still can't get it! Well here's how it works:gh as in tough, o as in women and ti as in any word ending in -tionThis is the perfect recipe for a delicious Bengali fish.George Bernard Shaw coined this term exactly for the

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What better way to start off than by adoring the beauty of the opposite sex.What better way to start off than by letting a sports-person be the subject of my first (technically second) post. (I am a sports maniac)What better way to start off than by letting a black be the subject of my second post. (I am strongly against racial discrimination)All these constraints leave me with no choice but

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