BCCI’s blue-eyed boy

Saturday, 27 September 2008 15:51 by Rajan Bala

For a batsman who is struggling even to score 25 (for schoolboys it is considered to be the score to get into a newspaper), it does seem surprising Yuvraj Singh has got the nod to lead the Board President’s XI against the visiting Australian team. [More]

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Gopi Chand's off-court battle

Thursday, 25 September 2008 22:40 by Jagannath Das

Former All England badminton champion Pullela Gopi Chand got a shock of his life when he came to know that three of the five acres of land allotted to him by the previous Telugu Desam government in 2004 for a badminton academy would be taken away by the present government. According to the stat... [More]

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Et tu Greg or et tu Pawar?

Wednesday, 24 September 2008 11:08 by Rajan Bala

It is unclear if Greg Chappell is the assistant coach under Tim Neilsen of the Ponting-led Australian team here in India, or an advisor. The designation does not matter, for nowadays people are not finicky about such a matter as long as the position is lucrative. [More]

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Taxing the poor to pay the rich

Tuesday, 23 September 2008 17:36 by Musa Kaiser

Pay cents and dollars to pay for the billions lost! That's is what the US government wants millions of US citizens to do to help get the US out of a crises that a few thousand of its greediest (and most smart?) people created! [More]

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The fall of titans … History in the making …

Tuesday, 23 September 2008 16:12 by Musa Kaiser

What if the State Bank of India went bankrupt and disappeared? Impossible you say? Okay, read on … As I write this, there is history in the making in the financial world. Two very well known & once respected financial institutions, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch have well, to put i... [More]

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Ramzan's warmth and fervour

Tuesday, 23 September 2008 10:23 by Ali Bin Abdulla

The holy month of Ramadan brings welcome bonhomie, touching all faiths and reminding all of us of simple human virtues [More]

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Meeting Chiranjeevi's brother

Monday, 22 September 2008 12:53 by Kalyan Chakravarthy

Some of those who have followed Pawan on-screen and off-screen sum him up in varied phrases as a falling star, great hero gone astray, eccentric etc. But off-screen, in person, Pawan Kalyan comes across as a down-to-earth, thought-provoking personality who loves to do what he deems fit. Take it or leave it. [More]

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Can India be the favourites?

Saturday, 20 September 2008 12:02 by Rajan Bala

It has been rather amusing reading the predictions by Harbhajan Singh and the director of operations at the National Cricket Academy, Dav Whatmore, as to how India has to be the favourite to win the ensuing Test series against Australia. Hope they are right. [More]

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The Alpha Male on Wall Street

Thursday, 18 September 2008 14:43 by Bala Murali Krishna

I will no longer resist the urge to weigh in on the financial crisis gripping the world. Over the last several days, all of us have read a million words about the Wall Street tsunami, and many experts continue to be baffled by how this could have happened. [More]

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The price of Singur fiasco

Wednesday, 17 September 2008 10:50 by Bala Murali Krishna

The Bengal region doesn’t appear to be a good hunting ground for the Tatas. The group’s bid to invest heavily in neighbouring Bangladesh has been languishing for years. [More]

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