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Metro Man Sreedharan’s new journey
Delhi Metro man E Sreedharan will in all likelihood board the Kochi Metro. The Kerala government has said that Sreedharan will be in charge of the Kochi Metro Rail project. Fortunately, this is a decision on which both the UDF and the LDF are on the same page. Former CM... -
Hyderabad Metro deadline : July 2017
The clock has started ticking for the Hyderabad Metro Rail project. July 5, 2012 has been marked as day 1 of the project, with a five-year deadline set for completing the project. Which means by July 5, 2017, Hyderabad’s metro rail should be completely on track. The metro rail in... -
Can we have shuttlecocks please?
When he started out as a badminton player, Pullela Gopichand’s biggest worry would be how to maximise the life of a shuttlecock. One shuttlecock in the late 80s would cost six rupees and unless he owned one, none of the established players would be willing to play a game with... -
S P Misra to lead Indian tennis team in London
Non-playing captain of the Indian Davis Cup team, S P Misra has been appointed the team leader of the Indian tennis contingent at the London Olympics. A tough task for the Hyderabad-based former Davis Cupper, given the acrimony and the war of words between the top players in the last... -
Endgame in Karnataka?
The game has gone for over a year now. The game of musical chairs, that is. With the BJP central leadership unable to make up its mind on how to deal with the fresh rebellion a fortnight from the Yeddyurappa camp, it let the music flow and keep the chief... -
New is gold
Meeting school mates after fifty years is great fun. I had recently been to Chennai to attend my friend’s son’s wedding. There, I met so many of my class mates, but I could recognize only very few faces- time had clearly played its role in transforming the once youthful and... -
DMK’s day out on July 4 in Jail
It is back to jail for the DMK-ites, most would snigger. The `fill the Jails’ agitation that will take place in Tamilnadu on July 4 is already giving jail staff nightmares, with very little space available. Usually in `taken into preventive custody’ demonstrations, those arrested are taken to the nearest... -
The Gift
I want to give Mark Zuckerberg a great big collective hug from all of us prehistoric beings (read as ‘those born before the times of the internet’)… You see, Facebook is giving us a very special gift indeed! How else would I have located my teen-time buddy, with whom I... -
The lost childhood
Here is a boy of class IV, leaving apart his education and childhood, engaged himself in fetching neem flowers for livelihood. Neem tree is considered a sacred tree in Hindu religion. All parts of neem tree have medicinal value. Neem is also plays a vital role in Ayurveda medicine. Extracts... -
BJP, a party with diffidence
Oh no, not again. That’s the familiar groan every time, yes, every time B S Yeddyurappa decides to raise the banner of revolt. This chief minister-turned-thorn in the BJP flesh has clearly emerged as the Principal of the Rebel Politicians College of India. The optimist in him refuses to die...