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Sachin with the World Cup

I Wish Sachin Was not an Indian…

This is a guest post by Varun Malpani. Varun is a cricket enthusiast who has never published anything. This piece is the result of his sheer amazement as the way… Read more »

Indian cricket team

India’s T20 Agony: Should we Look Beyond the Traditional Way of Playing this Format?

For India, in the end it all came down to the last match. Pity it was not the last match of the tournament. Prior to the match, the situation India… Read more »

Ajmal Kasab

Court Verdict on Kasab Out, Justice is Delivered, Apologists Please Shut Up Now

The judgment of the Supreme Court is out in the Ajmal Kasab case, as are verdicts of the apologists and the hang-quick theorists. The apologists, of whom there are many… Read more »

Mumbai terror attacks

India Lays Pitch for Cricket with Pak, but what’s the Name of BCCI’s Game?

I don’t know the status of monsoon in Pakistan but it sure did come a huge welcome shower across the border on Monday afternoon, as the BCCI announced revival of… Read more »

Abu Jundal

Confession of a Lay Viewer: Mr Chidu, Talk Less, Think More of 26/11 Probe

I remember a joke in the 1980s, when I was growing up. The late S.B. Chavan — the original ‘Maratha strongman’ before Sharad Pawar, and perhaps known more for his… Read more »

World Cup

Don’t be Dumb, Sports and Politics Go Hand in Hand

It’s one year to the day when India won the World Cup, beating Sri Lanka in the final. And while the whole country is busy celebrating, trying to figure out… Read more »

BRICS logo

The Delhi Summit and Building BRICS for a New World Order

The fourth BRICS summit being held in New Delhi has invited a lot of optimism and curiosity from various corners of the world, albeit a trifle bit scepticism among the… Read more »

Parliament

How they would All React to Army Chief Bribe Claim

The nation stood rocked, shocked and whacked after Amy chief General V.K. Singh hurled a bomb. Reports said he was offered Rs 14-crore bribe to have sub-standard vehicles cleared for… Read more »

Sachin's 100th hundred

Ramblings of a Sachin Fan: 100 Hundreds is Just a Number, Not the Final Destination

It was a day of introspection and honestly I didn’t think much about the game (India vs Bangladesh) as I had work and safely thought India would win the match…. Read more »

Mamata Banerjee

Foot in Mouth Disease is a Killer, Does Mamata Know that?

What’s common between Vijay Mallya and Mamata Banerjee? I agree to disagree with my fellow Howzziter Soumya Datta (Read: Park Street Rape Case, Ex-MLA Murder a Slap on Mamata Govt’s… Read more »