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  1. Indian tennis – The Dirty Picture

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    / June 27, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The outrage expressed in Sania Mirza’s open letter (Read entire letter here) was exactly my reaction when she was `offered’ as partner to Leander Paes if he agreed to `accept’ Vishnu Vardhan. I remember telling a friend then that the All-India Tennis Association (AITA) is attempting to be a benevolent...

  2. Sania Mirza speaks her mind

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    / June 26, 2012 / 1 Comment
    I feel absolutely thrilled and emotionally overwhelmed to have qualified to represent India at the Olympics in London. I am extremely grateful to the International Tennis Federation for the faith they have reposed in me by giving me a wild card entry that gives me a cherished opportunity to represent...

  3. Badminton on court, Sanskrit off court – the Sindhu way

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    / May 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    After a three-hour long gruelling session on court, P V Sindhu is relishing her breakfast of puri-subzi and watermelon juice at the canteen at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy. Destresser is in the form of a loud Telugu film showing on the 32” inch LCD, which Sindhu tells me, is...

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. Indian Cricket – Two Wasted Generations?

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    / January 18, 2012 / 3 Comments
    By Raamesh Gowri Raghavan The country is wallowing in self-pity currently, as the high priests of its religion are bested at their altars. Our national depression has no larger reason than the failure of the national cricket team; issues like corruption, casteism, black money, scams etc can be ignored. Enough...

  10. 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...

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