Why has the US not faced a major terror attack since 9/11 whereas India has been successfully, some would say easily, targeted more than a dozen times in that period of over seven years? [More]

One is aware that even the chairman of the national selection committee, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, has, in inimitable fashion, put his foot in his mouth, when he said Yuvraj Singh is all ready to take Sourav Ganguly’s vacated place in the Test batting order. This statement was the result of the Punjab left-hander scoring two successive ODI centuries against an England team that seemed more rattled on the field than even the employees and the guests of the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai when the terrorists struck. [More]

Now, the desperate responses begin. When the so called 'leadership' of our country should be coming together to protect that which makes this nation unique, we see them turn and bite each other and everyone around them like rabid dogs. First let us take the item that is in the news now - ... [More]

Kevin Pietersen must have wondered what sort of Indian juggernaut has hit his team in India. The England captain, so new to his job, began with wins against South Africa, but has been rudely brought to earth in this country. [More]

The horror in Mumbai is winding down as I write this. Over the last 50 hours or so, I have been following it on TV as well as online for my own coverage of it on this site. Some of you may remember my earlier (maligned) post on Indian nationality. Sadly, we can see that it turns out to be too acc... [More]

While there is no taking away from the blond Aussie leg-spinner, Shane Warne, the status of being the best of his type ever, it becomes boring when occasionally he makes a statement to keep himself in the news. One has heard so much about his book, Shane Warne’s Century, the novelty has go... [More]

England’s captain, Kevin Peterson has been hit by a missile named Yuvraj Singh. After the Punjab left-hander smashed successive centuries and then, to add insult to injury came up trumps with the ball in the second ODI in Indore, Peterson and his mates must have been left wondering, how to at least effect some damage control. It was good that the England captain revealed a sense of humour, when he said that the only way to stop Yuvraj is to lock him up. Peterson might know that it was precisely what the older citizens of his adopted country wanted to do with Donald Bradman. [More]

Was Finance Minister P Chidambaram wrong in urging companies to slash prices to overcome depressed demand? Not quite, but his government should make the first move and lower oil prices. [More]

It is good for Andrew Symonds that he missed the disastrous Australian tour to India. Even if he had come, it is unlikely he would have made a difference, when some one as consistent and sober as Michael Hussey could not. [More]

The English media went miles ahead of their Indian counterpart in glorifying Yuvraj Singh's pluck in Rajkot. The Guardian, while lambasting Kevin Pietersen and group, went to the extent of saying: "All he seemed to do to create shots possessed of the grace of Garry Sobers, the power of Clive Lloyd and flair of Brian Lara was to wave his bat somewhere in the vicinity of the ball." [More]