People around the world have varied opinions about the WikiLeaks spilling the beans. Some believe, even though illegal, it is a new level of transparency while others believe it is forbidden-type of illegal and puts thousands of lives in danger. I am not sure whether it is illegal or not. That’s because anything on [...]
Archive for November, 2010
National Pride? Bull Shit. We play for money.
Posted: November 28, 2010 in My ThoughtsTags: Asian Games, Cricket, India, Sachin
I sometimes feel pity on the people who equate the Indian cricketers as gods, sultans and walls. It’s all about money, honey! G.B. Shaw rightly said once “Cricket is a game played by eleven fools and watched by eleven thousand others”. The first figure still remains the same while the second has changed to [...]
Asian Games: Flying Fairies and Bad Ass Boxers.
Posted: November 27, 2010 in Current Events, My ThoughtsTags: Ashwini, Asian Games, Boxers, India, Joseph, National Pride
The flying fairies have done it again. So did the boxers. And Rowers. And Swimmers. And Wrestlers. And Shooters. Indian sports men did a commendable job at Asiad with a total of 64 medals including 14 golds (till the time this post was written). The best thing in this show was that the Indian [...]
Everyone acknowledges that the current downturn in economy has taken its toll on many geographies across the globe. The US economy has also suffered a lot, if not the most, in recent years. The struggle that businesses in the US are facing these days is published across the globe in almost all the available channels [...]