Madhumita thinks that by excluding Pakistani players from the IPL, the animosity between India and Pakistan has just been prodded further:
Had the Pakistani players being included in the IPL teams, no dramatic progress would have been achieved on the India-Pak relationship. When sixty years of efforts from our various governments couldn’t thaw the ice between [...]
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For those of you who scoff at Sachin’s greatness
Published by November 29th, 2009 in Sports. 1 CommentFor those of you who scoff at Sachin Tendulkar’s greatness, here is Swapnil’s rebuttal:
Forget about the tailenders, if our top batting order had added even 1 run each to their paltry scores, we could have won the match. Criticizing him for not being able to finish that match is akin to that joke where a [...]
One of the best articles I’ve read so far about Sachin’s twenty years of being part of Team India, comes from Greatbong:
To me personally Sachin’s most endearing quality is that he still cares. Unlike his colleagues who hang out with groupies after a defeat shrugging it off as a bad day in office, even after [...]
Green Revolution and Norman Borlaug
Published by September 28th, 2009 in Food, Poverty and Sports. 0 CommentsRoshan researches and writes about the father of Green Revolution, Norman Borlaug.
It is interesting to note that Borlaug, an American, did all his work in developing countries during a period that saw a boom in American economy. That means he could have possibly found a good job in the US, and lead a comfortable life. [...]
That is what Guru calls it and that is what he has done.
Honestly, I myself would never have fallen into this (death) trap. What I termed A stupidity upon that time was Once in a Life Thing …
The start of the event (9pm in the evening) must have been etched in every participants’ memory [...]
So, the defending champion India is out of competition. The Indian team certainly deserves something. Brickbats, bouquets or simply a break ? See yourself.
Alok welcomes them.
Come back home our heroes, come soon.. Come earlier than you were supposed to come as if the union budget would not have been presented without you back in India. [...]
Fake IPL Player gives you the inside view of what is going on in South Africa.
Here are some of the clinchers.
… We have reached the stadium for the opening ceremony. Our owner Mr. Vinnie Dildo is here with his ravishing wife (My…she’s hot) and his son. Haven’t seen the rest of his bumchums yet… We [...]
‘Elections for Kashmir will be held in Ireland’
Published by March 24th, 2009 in Cinema, Democracy, General Elections 2009, Humour, India, Politics and Sports. 0 CommentsPagal Patrakar breaks some fake news:
“First they shifted Indian movie shootings to abroad venues. Then they shifted IPL matches. After Bollywood and Cricket, it was but obvious that Politics was next in line, and it has happened now. I won’t be surprised if Religion, another favorite pastime of Indians, is also shifted abroad. So watch [...]
Why did you move the IPL?
Published by March 23rd, 2009 in General Elections 2009, Politics and Sports. 0 CommentsOn the i3j3 Cricket blog, that is the question:
If it was truly all about security of the Indian voter, dare I ask why the government did not consider moving the elections by a month? After all what is more important to an Indian voter (I mean Indian fan), to see Tendulkar’s action or Varun Gandhi’s [...]
Sunil describes his experience of playing football for U19 team in Haryana-
Next day, in morning we were told to meet at Gurgaon bus stand at 7 a.m. We all reached by time and on the spot we were told that on very day we have a match at 1 p.m. As we were champions of [...]
Another black day for Pakistan
Published by March 3rd, 2009 in South Asia, Sports and Terrorism. 3 CommentsKamran Abbasi at cricinfo blogs calls it the end.
Brave Sri Lanka did not deserve this insult, and all sympathies are with their players and the officials who have been injured. Questions will inevitably be asked about the security arrangements, despite the regrettable deaths of several policemen. How could such a high profile tour have been [...]
Tanvir Kazmi has a blog that covers every marathon going on around India or even around the world. Here is the latest feature on the Dubai marathon:
So, the people organizing this run have thrown the big money to get big names come to their event and raise its visibity and popularity. Gebreselassie has been criticized [...]
JDB participated in Mumbai Marathon. Here is a first hand account from a first timer.
As we went past chowpaty, our body had warmed up. My body had become an automatic ‘machine’ by then. I had set the pace and it’d go on. I was happy that my body was responding to my call. Soon we [...]
Brijesh interviewed the current Kerala Ranji team wicketkeeper, and has published it on his blog:
You have seen the growth of Sreesanth as a cricketer. You have played with him long before he got selected to play for India. You played with him few days back in your match against Jammu Kashmir. Can you share your [...]
Suresh Rana- Winner of Raid-de-Himalaya
Published by November 19th, 2008 in India and Sports. 0 CommentsDisha Singh at myHimachal talks to Suresh Rana winner of Raid-de-Himalaya.
Disha: Your most unforgettable moment/s?
Rana: The worst memory was when the raid got stuck in Sarchu (the Himachal& J-K border towards Ladakh) and we all had to be evacuated. It was pretty grim as we could not do anything to the forces of nature. It [...]
Read what Sanjay has to say as he chronicles the career of the man:
It was you under which we witness the most historic wins. That Very Very Special Eden Gardens Test, that Natwest Final where you took of the ur shirt. In there anyway one can forget them. Then there was the overseas victory in [...]
So says Mohan:
She starts off by calling Gautam Gambhir a “serial pest”! Gautam Gambhir can rest assured that he has made it into the annals of “great” cricketers because the author goes on to claim that Gautam Gambhir is “the new Harbhajan Singh”.
Why? Because he has been “emboldened by his success against the best team [...]
The whole nation, and the cricketing world around the globe was shocked by Anil Kumble’s decision to retire yesterday. Justpazz pays a retirement tribute, narrating the incidents leading up to the announcement:
In the weeks to come, Kumble’s defiant statement was overshadowed by Saurav Ganguly’s decision to retire from international cricket at the end of the [...]
As India’s most successful cricket captain walks into the sunset, Suresh Menon at Cricinfo narrates how, with illustrious contemporaries like Tendulkar and Dravid, he had to bring his other qualities out to the fore.
“Like Tiger, he initiated a self-confidence movement in the team. He got the players to believe in themselves, supported the youngsters, and [...]
If you like to drive and better still on the mountain roads, myHimachal is blogging about Raid De Himalaya, I would go take an Avomine and go to sleep, I get such bad motion sickness on mountain roads!
Image from myHimachal
And why not Dravid? Or Laxman? Or Tendulkar? Malhar asks some pertinent questions:
Collective failure of all of them against Sri Lanka was most appalling. More than the figures, the qualitative decline in their Cricket was clearly visible. One did not get to see the fighting Dravid, or an attacking Tendulkar. Nor did we see neither [...]
And so began a small attempt which rubbed our noses in the rock-bottom dirt of our feminist aspirations to equality. I think we could muster up some 7 names. This was Delhi in 1989, and a well-known school where children of broad-minded, educated parents were known to be enrolled. And in a batch of some [...]
Here is a blog dedicated to the Nehru Trophy boat race and other boat races in Kerala. The blog also explains the history, participating teams, boat races in Kerala, types of boats etc.
This aquatic festival fosters a sense of unity and fraternity and sports man spirit event and attaching foreign tourists also. In the year [...]
Sajjiv Balakrishnan is a cartoonist and he has posted some ‘sportive‘ cartoons and caricatures in his blog Sportato. It is mostly the Cricket players, but still a very good work. Check it out.
Shreyas is hooked on to the Tour de France, and he tells you why.
After many years of bliss ignorance, this year I vowed to learn all about this event and the more I learn about it, the more I believe that it is easily the world’s toughest sporting event. For example, did you know that [...]
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