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Random Rant about Pawar and CWG
1) If there was one Indian government body that was respected by one and all, it was the Supreme Court of India. Even the most crooked politician used to sit up and listen when Supreme Court gave its orders. Sharad Pawar seemingly has begun to buck this trend (and the herd shall follow) with an [...]
Karma and Zen
1) In the corporate world, you often hear the argument which more or less centers around the Just-World fallacy. Typically, we’d like to believe in a Just-World where efforts result in benefits and hard work and dedication leads to success. Anything contrary to such a philosophy would result in cribbing at coffee corners and many [...]
What is Progress? – The Arundhati Roy-Maoist saga
As I read through Arundhati Roy’s magnum opus article in The Outlook on the Maoists and their plight, I was struck by one thought which was probably the underlying fundamental of the entire issue – What is progress? Rather, how do you define progress?
Some examples of progress are universally agreed upon. For example,
- The [...]
IPL Economics
With the brouhaha around the new IPL teams and their steep prices, one wonders if it makes economic sense to buy these new IPL teams or has it something to do with human behavior (ego?) to own and run a team. (As an aside, I was talking to my friend the other day and he [...]
Other Sports in India (i.e, All Sports (minus) Cricket)
Let’s not bother complaining about popularity of other sports in India. Let’s just enjoy cricket. Only cricket.
Yes, you heard that right.
Let’s not bother.
On the eve of the kickoff of the Hockey World Cup in New Delhi, multiple thoughts cross my mind. First and foremost, how many Indians know that a hockey world cup is going [...]
Sachin 200-dulkar – The Master
I was a 14 year old teenager, who had just finished his Xth board exams when I watched an innings. An innings I would remember for a long long time. In a bad way.
It was the 1997 India-Pakistan match at the Chepauk stadium. A lot of hype was built around the match in line with [...]
Telangana Issue – A Comprehensive Overview
The furor in Andhra Pradesh woke me up from my blog slumber to write this post. I am, in no way claiming to be an expert in political matters of Andhra Pradesh. This blog is a viewpoint to present the data and let the readers make their own decision about the validity and viability of [...]
Sachin ‘Twenty’dulkar
Only a few sportsmen in the entire recorded history can lay claim to the ‘Legend’ status. Of those few, there remain only a handful who have attained ’super-natural iconic’ status – Diego Maradona, Don Bradman, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer among others. But none of these sportsmen have played with consistency and enthralled millions over a [...]
Cricket Commentary and Commentators
The common complaint nowadays while watching cricket, apart from India losing, is the extent to which the standards of commentating a cricket match have fallen. I agree, but only partly.
Some of the great moments in the game have been wonderfully captured by equally good, if not great commentary of those times. I still recall vividly [...]
Limited understanding…
I have a limited understanding of a number of things. I also have no understanding about multiple things. In fact, the equation is ‘no understanding’ > ‘limited understanding’ > ‘a little more than limited understanding’. Total understanding of any one thing tends to zero.
Having got the disclaimer out of the way, my thought structure has [...]
