Recently Indian Cricket celebrated 75 years of competing at the highest level in the longer form of the game. These last seven and a half decades have produced some memorable, though fleeting, moments for Indian cricket More…
2007
24/8
Sports
Indian wicketkeeping: A 75-year legacy
by arvindcharan2007
24/8
A story dating back to the 18th century about a certain James Daly, manager of a Dublin theater who, deep into his cups one evening boldly declared he could invent a new word and overnight make it part of English language. Daly hired street urchins and beggars and sent them off with orders to mark the word on every city wall. The word was quiz, and by noon the next day everyone was asking what it meant. The ‘act of asking’ soon became the meaning of the word. More…
2007
22/8
Business
The approaching storm
by shashank
Sub-prime is a word that is increasingly prevalent in banker’s nightmares from New York to London to Tokyo. Over the past couple of weeks the random walk of markets has been converted into a violent lurching. More…
2007
22/8
The politics of the Middle East and South Asia and the relationship of the United States with many of the countries in the region have been fodder for many journalistic articles and fictional books in the past. More…
2007
13/8
Sports
Tendlya Vs Tugga
by Amit Panhale
“If I had to choose somebody to bat for my life, I’d choose Steve Waugh”, blurted a famous ex-cricketer.
It is no surprise then that a lot of people have considered Steve Waugh to be better player than Sachin Tendulkar because of the number of matches he has won for his country. Similarly, Tendulkar has been chastised, abused and wholesomely criticized for his inability to do the same. More…
2007
11/8
Features and Reviews
A Thousand Splendid Suns - A Review
by anjalirama
Right from the beginning, Khaled Hosseini had something to live up to. When you author a first book as critically acclaimed and widely read as ‘The Kite Runner’, you know expectations will be running high for the book that follows in its wake. With ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’, Hosseini has successfully managed to meet those expectations. More…
2007
4/8
So, did your dream house get cheaper? Don’t be surprised if it didn’t. And heck, at least it didn’t get any more expensive. Brokers and builders – at least those in suburbs – are now a lot less arrogant than last year. They’re willing to talk, perhaps even negotiate if you’re a “genuine buyer”. Why? More…
