The motto of the International Cricket Council is “Great Sport Great Spirit”. But the spirit was anything but great after the failed attempt by Australia and New Zealand to install former Australia Prime Minister John Howard as the next ICC President. The reaction from both Australia and New Zealand raises many questions about their perception [...]
One of the criticisms leveled against a Muslim in India is that they are supporters of Pakistan. Of course this is not true in the vast majority of cases. Some of us accuse Indian Muslims of supporting the Pakistani cricket team when they play in India. This is the very same accusation made by locals [...]
I read an article about the upcoming wedding of Bollywood star Manisha Koirala. Overall, I was very surprised about how defensive she was when it came to the nature of the marriage. She said “Yes, I’m getting married to Samrat. He’s from Nepal, like me. But please, it is not an arranged marriage”. In the [...]
Steve Waugh said today that Sachin Tendulkar is a great batsman but Don Bradman is the greatest. I am a fan of cricket and of baseball. Both these games are related (Baseball is an offshoot of Cricket) and use similar terminologies. Both are summer games and in both cases tradition plays an important factor. In [...]
The Indian cabinet today approved the proposal to allow foreign universities to set up campuses in India. The Minister of Human Resources and Development Kapil Sibal said that “This is a milestone which will enhance choices, increase competition and benchmark quality in education”. Foreign investment in education is something that India has allowed for a [...]
In an yet another blow to the Indian Premier League English cricketer Ravi Bopara said that he had concerns about the security situation in India and indicated that he has postponed his trip to India to play for Kings XI Punjab. In a statement he to the Daily Mail he said that “Cricket is my [...]
On August 15, 2009 India will celebrate the 62nd anniversary of its independence from British rule. I would like to take this occasion to list 5 interesting facts about India’s independence. Fact 1: The parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Indian Independence Act 1947 which basically partitioned India (creating an independent India and Pakistan). [...]
