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An analysis of the current political, security and societal developments in India as it readies to reclaim its place among the great nations of the world.
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T20 JUGGERNAUT GATHERS SPEED, CRUSHES F50
It was going to happen one day. But so soon, after just one IPL tournament? The T20 juggernaut is gathering speed faster than anyone had ever imagined and is fundamentally changing the way in which cr...
DHONI NEEDS A LONG BREAK
The irony could not have been more telling. The Asia Cup Final in Karachi saw the Sri Lankan innings being powered by the ‘old man’ of international cricket, Sanath Jaisurya, while the response of...
MIGHT OF T20 JUGGERNAUT BEGINNING TO SHOW
The unexpectedly stupendous success of the inaugural tournament of the Indian Premier League(IPL) is already beginning to impact the world of cricket like nothing has since the game was first played.T...
IPL: BIGGER THAN BIG AND GETTING BIGGER
The inaugural Indian Premier League tournament has ended in a befitting climax. A last ball win for Shane Warne led Rajasthan Royals over MS Dhoni’s Chennai Super Kings in a carnival like atmosphere...
CRICKET'S NEW POWER CENTRES PROMISE MUCH
Move over ICC and BCCI. Your time of absolute power and control over cricket is over. Thank God for that.The inaugural Indian Premier League tournament is not just changing the way cricket is played a...
IPL: THE NEW HEAT OF ACCOUNTABILITY
The Indian Premier League, so far hogging media space due to leggy cheerleaders and some blistering action on the field, is now in the news also for the first heat of accountability that has claimed t...
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE: THE FUTURE IS GLAMRICKET
BCCI’s billion dollar baby, the Indian Premier League (IPL) has kicked off in spectacular fashion, with a scintillating opening ceremony masterminded by the larger-than-life Vijay Mallya, owner of t...
SEHWAG THE SLAYER
You’ve liked it before, so he’s back with some more, SHAFT’S BACK IN ACTION! So ran the tag line of the 1972 Hollywood flick Shaft’s Big Score, where Shaft was the very black, very cool, very ...
DHONI BEGINNING TO DIVIDE AND DESTROY TEAM INDIA
Mahendra Singh Dhoni had looked absolutely composed when India won the last One Day Match against Australia, even as his team mates were going crazy with the excitement of beating Australia in Austral...
AUSSIES WEEDED OUT; BE CAREFUL DHONI
Team ‘Indiabulls’ has done it! It has shown the world who the real “obnoxious little weeds” are and how they are to be weeded out. The Indians have faced the worst type of MAO instigated behav...
POLITICIANS, CRICKETERS, CATTLE AND AUCTIONS
The Indian Premier League (IPL), a Twenty20 cricket competition modeled on the lines of European club football, has already made the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) richer by close to $1....
IT'S THE WORLD CUP EXCUSE AGAIN!
Mahendra Singh Dhoni seems to have learnt all the wrong things from Greg Chappell. Guru Greg, when he was ‘coach’ of Team India was completely clear that with him around, there could be no oth...