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  1. Saina is Swiss Miss, once again

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    / March 19, 2012 / 1 Comment
    She is barred from eating Swiss chocolates. So Saina Nehwal seems to make it up by making the Swiss Open her own. For two years in a row now, the title win at Basel in Switzerland is what she has gifted herself for her birthday. The Swiss Open follows the...

  2. Boycott the London Olympics

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    / January 27, 2012 / 2 Comments
    It is unfortunate that the organisers of London Olympics should remain adamant about continuing Dow Chemicals, the infamous successor to Union Carbide, to continue as the sponsor of the games. It is equally unfortunate that the organising committee should have the audacity to say that it was the Indians who...

  3. London, as safe or unsafe as Lucknow or Karachi

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    / August 9, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By T S Sudhir “Aren’t you guys surprised that this is happening in a First world country like ours?” asked our Professor, shaking his head. None of us reacted. But the expression on our faces conveyed that none of us liked that `put down’ tone of the comment. This was...

  5. An Olympics that cares in the land of Big Ben

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    / July 27, 2011 / Leave a comment
    Exactly 366 days from now, Abhinav Bindra, Vijender Singh and Sushil Kumar would be defending their gold, silver and bronze won at Beijing. Saina Nehwal would hope to do better than the quarter finals stage at the London 2012 Olympics. India would hope to leave its mark on the Olympics...

  6. Breathless, Kashyap takes your breath away

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    / May 18, 2011 / 1 Comment
    By T S Sudhir   Arvind Bhatt won the National badminton championship at Rohtak in Haryana this January. He defeated P Kashyap 21-13, 21-17  in the finals.  That’s what the records book will tell you. But there was another champion, though he remained uncrowned. Parupalli Kashyap. For him getting there required more...

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