An able politician-leader in the works??….

With the Lok Sabha elections around the corner, it’s funny to see the clowns joining the fray to get a chance to “serve the nation”. Well to be frank, I’m not easily impressed with the candidates that land up. Now I would gladly make an expection with a candidate- Shashi Tharoor. He’s a candidate for … Read more

I-Pee-L….

Greetings fellow cricket fans( I guess that addresses 99.99% of Indians). BTW I belong to the remaining 0.01% 😀 So we are in the midst of the 5 week extravaganza called IPL. For the few uninitiated IPL is not the acronym for Iran Pro League, or iPodLinux or Imperial County Airport or others indicated here. … Read more

Elections.. A damp squib??….

Elections to 10 Lok Sabha constituencies were held on Thursday, the 30th of April 2009. In spite of all the bravado after the November 2008 militant attacks, where citizens held candlelight vigils and promised to vote back a better government, the polling percentages for Mumbai (the epicentre of the said event) was abysmal. Here’s the … Read more

Sty-mes of India……

I am a big sports fan… and before anyone assumes anything, I’d like to clarify that I am a fan of Basketball. Since the NBA season 2008-2009 playoffs are on at the moment, I wish I could see some NBA playoffs results in The Times of India once in a while. Well well well… How … Read more