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  1. Touch Me Not

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    / July 9, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The world is divided into two kinds of people – those who love touchscreen phones and those who don’t. Naturally, having been a hopeless technophobe since as long back as I can remember, I belong to the second category. And life is really tough for people like us now, because...

  2. Yeddy has his way in Karnataka

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    / July 8, 2012 / 1 Comment
    “In his tenure, Sadananda Gowda did good work and the performance of our government was very good. There were no complaints against him on grounds of corruption but keeping the party’s interest in mind, as a good party worker, he has resigned.” Thus spoke Nitin Gadkari, the BJP’s president with...

  3. 7-up for Federer

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    / July 8, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The verdant aroma of history filled the air around Centre Court as Andy Murray and Roger Federer made their regal entrance into the Wimbledon coliseum like determined gladiators fighting for transcendent glory. As seasoned professionals, their pride was always going to be at stake, but the burden of history added...

  4. Reasserting regal authority, the Fedex way

    Posted by G Veda Vyass
    / July 6, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The hallmark of champions is their will and determination to never bow down and fight their way to glory against all odds. Roger Federer, aged 30 was chasing his 7th Wimbldeon crown and his 17th Grand Slam title. He hasn’t played a single match on grass against the Serb Novak...

  5. Federer exacts sweet revenge

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    / July 6, 2012 / Leave a comment
    It was the final before the grand finale on Sunday – while that may sound disrespectful of the players from the other half of the draw, such was pedigree of the two contestants of the first semi-finals this evening at SW19 outside London. One of them had won four of...

  6. Endgame in Karnataka?

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    / July 5, 2012 / Leave a comment
    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...

  7. Federer lives to fight another day

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    / June 30, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Wimbledon was still reeling from the effects of the tsunami on Thursday, when Lukas Rosol brought down the immovable edifice of Rafael Nadal in one of the most shocking upset stories in Grand Slam history. Even before they could recover from that amazing event, the aftershocks from that tectonic event...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. Dear GHMC Commissioner

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    / June 25, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Dear GHMC commissioner, I commute to work in Hyderabad. My route is through back-breaking and dug-up roads, through clogged and overflowing drains, and through garbage heaps breeding mosquitoes. You might have received a thousand letters, e-mail and other forms of communication regarding the problems. But, the point is, what have...

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