Ok, Lionel Messi has landed last night at about 3 in India, 3:15 to be precise. I have heard that there were thousands of Messi fans outside the International terminal at Kolkata Airport to catch a glimpse of FIFA player of the year. Unfortunately, including the media, nobody could spot him, nor came to know […]
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Tiger! Tiger!
I am in the midst of reading The White Tiger, and I am admittedly totally awe-struck with the Man Booker Prize winning novella. Aravaind Adiga has done amazing well to describe the many faces of our multi-hued state (pun intended). He narrates the story of a villager who is recruited as a driver with […]
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What’s happening to European Football? Well, we know that player transfers and acquisitions have been an integral part of the European football folklore, but things are getting just too hot these days, not just with player transfers, but also with club acquisitions. Manchester City, a club that has not won any major title since 1976, […]
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Like Kumble, Ganguly was also a part of my growing years. I still vaguely and excitedly remember watching him taking off his helmet when he reached his century at Lord’s. In those times, when cable TV was a luxury to have and often considered bad for school-going kids like me, I usually relied on 9 […]
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“When i can run, i will run,
when i can walk, i will walk,
when i can crawl, i will crawl.
But i will not stop moving forward”
Abhinav Bindra
Sixth – 2004 Athens Olympics
Winner – 2006 WC
4th Qualifier – Beijing 2008
Gold Medalist – Beijing 2008
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I had wished for a better Sunday. Not a day when I would see India and Federer lose their respective matches. Once Sri Lanka scored 270-odd I had sensed that India would lose this match, because of the Spin threat Sri Lanka had and because of India’s ability to lose crunch […]
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