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  1. India is a wounded tiger, it has to strike back

    Posted by
    / January 15, 2013 /
    “If his (Hemraj’s) head could not be brought back (from Pakistan), we should get at least 10 heads from their side,” was how Sushma Swaraj reacted to Pakistan’s barbarism across the LoC. Call it Swaraj’s Sunny Deol moment but you cannot deny that it echoes what most Indians are feeling...

  2. Don’t undermine the CAG

    Posted by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP
    / October 21, 2012 /
    There’s an old Chinese saying “when the finger points at the moon, the foolish looks at the finger.” Some from the Government – the executive – have attempted a not so credible attempt at portraying the Supreme Court and the CAG – the two institutions that have spotlighted the recent...

  3. Is BJP helping Manmohan Singh get a 3rd term as PM?

    Posted by
    / September 1, 2012 / 2 Comments
    Monumental ignorance of its politicians like Akin, Palin, Ryan and Romney, exposed through their statements, shape public opinion and the course of the presidential election in the USA. In India, the ignorance of the electorate and its inability to grasp complex issues, and the political opposition portraying Prime Minister Dr....

  4. Will Laxman walk into the Hyderabad sunset?

    Posted by
    / August 9, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Will he? Won’t he? That’s the question that is agitating many a VVS Laxman fan, as the selectors meet on Friday to select the team for the two-Test series against New Zealand. Staring at them will be Laxman’s scoresheet in Australia where he scored 155 runs from eight innings with...

  5. He won’t be “back again”

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    / July 24, 2012 /
    I had written a post titled “The Two veterans” a year back but somehow did not send it to TSR. I regret that since one of the veterans – Suresh Saraiya  died recently at the age of 76. I have been following cricket from 1956 and fortunate to witness the...
    Posted in Cricket, Sports
    Tagged commentary, , suresh saraiya, tony cozier, v desikan, west indies

  6. An old childhood memory

    Posted by
    / May 18, 2012 /
    Some interesting developments led me to dredge this thing up from fading memories of a childhood spent on the Indo-Pak frontier. This was a doggerel that we kids used to recite in recess and generally have fun. There are many versions, mostly harmless. But this one isn’t, largely as an...

  7. Obama is the Salman Khurshid of America

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    / May 4, 2012 / 1 Comment
    How else does one explain the campaign that President Barack Obama is running to get his tenure extended at White House by four more years. In a no-holds barred campaign, Obama has accused Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs to India when he was the Governor of Massachusetts....

  9. Krishnamachari Speaks

    Posted by
    / February 29, 2012 /
    “Dropped?” “No, rested.” “Axed?” “No, rested.” “Removed?” “No, rested.” Krishnamachari Srikkanth’s tongue hasn’t rested ever since he and colleagues, chose to “rest” Virender Sehwag. Never mind, the Indian media still chose to go with the more controversial-sounding “axed” and “dropped”. In fact, if Cheeka is to be believed, no one...

  10. Revealed : Why Sachin is not scoring his hundredth 100

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    / February 24, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Received this email (author not known) on why Sachin Tendulkar is failing to score his 100th ton. It’s because … 1. When Sachin made his 10th Test century (177), Sourav Ganguly (Dada) was at other end. 1996 at Nottingham vs England 2. When Sachin made his 20th Test century (126 not out), Dada...

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