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Australia Wants in on India-US Military Exercise

The Australian government headed by Prime Minister Kevin Michael Rudd has informed India that it would like to participate in the joint India-United States Naval exercise named Malabar.  This was conveyed by visiting Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith

Award Winners Are Not Champions

I do not watch a lot of cricket these days.  I follow the game closely but I am not as fanatic as I used to be.  Even as I watch Indian cricketers come up small in game after game in key tournaments I do not get down on myself as I used to before.  I [...]

Did You Root For Pakistan or New Zealand?

Did you watch the Champions trophy semi-final between Pakistan and New Zealand?  Which team where you rooting for?  Even if you did not watch the game which team did you want to win?  I have no data to prove my conclusion but I am willing to guess that the

And the Couch Potato King is …. America!!

The Economist released a report indicating that an American family watches more television per day than any other country.  According to the report an American household watches about 8 hours of television per day.  It is almost double that of the silver medalist

An Indian Who Loves American Football

Yesterday was the eagerly anticipated beginning of the football season (The National Football League (NFL)).  All the teams in the country played a game except the Pittsburg Steelers (the defending Super Bowl champions) and the Tennessee Titans who played a game against each other on Thursday.  For most of the season (the season ends with [...]

What is Wrong With Indian Cricket?

On the surface everything appears calm.  Cricket as a game and many of the players on the national team are household names in India and most of the cricketing world.  Indians would tell you that economically India is also the engine of world cricket.  For the most part this is true.  Advertisement and sponsorship money [...]