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Archive for January, 2012
TOI vs The Hindu: Better and the Best
Jan. 30 | I am one of those people who have subscribed to both- TOI and The Hindu. If someone is really sad about this ad campaign match between The Times of India and The Hindu , its people like me! I never had to compare them to judge which one is better or which...
Quality Education in India- A Challenge
Jan. 26 | As a nation whose growth is talk of the town, quality education in India remains still a distant dream. A lot has been written about the system of education in this country. A lot of questions have been raised against it- are we doing the right things...
Time to hang boots- Sachin Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman?
Jan. 24 | Should Sachin Tendulkar retire? Is this time ripe for Indian ‘oldies’ batsmen to bid goodbye? A tough question! Indian batting line-up is the most terrific batting line-up of all the times. According to Sir Ian Chappell, the bowler who has the ability...
Political Parties of India and Politics of Election Symbols
Jan. 22 | In our vibrant democracy, election symbols of various political parties of India play an interesting role. Parties often base their slogans on election symbols while some of them go on to become hits! Mayawati’s BSP has given me my personal favorite,...
Reasons for Indian Test Performance are Chronic, Actually
Jan. 17 | Our team disappointed us badly in the third test of the ongoing test series against Australia but what makes it worse is that the reasons for Indian test performance in the series are chronic actually! Their performance has reiterated that Indian team...
After corruption, Team Anna takes up a new ‘campaign’ during elections
Jan. 16 | After their well-received fight against corruption, members of Team Anna are now going to take up a new campaign to sensitize people about the importance of their votes in a voter awareness drive beginning from Feb 3 in Faizabad, UP. In this drive voters...
Man throws ink at Baba Ramdev, gets manhandled
Jan. 14 | A man later identified as Kamran Siddiqui threw ink at Baba Ramdev while the latter was addressing a press conference in Constitution Club, New Delhi on black money. Reportedly this man sought Ramdev’s opinion on Batala house encounter and when baba...
Review-Sherlock Holmes:A Game of Shadows
Jan. 11 | Game of shadows is the second film on Sherlock Holmes from Guy Ritchie camp. The film takes a different course from the first one, which was more gripping and brilliant in comparison. This one comes across as quite dull and you may feel that there is...
Dirty Picture effect: Biopic on Kanti Shah
Jan. 10 | To most of us Kanti Shah revealed himself in Udaan when three school boys escape from hostel to watch ‘Kanti Shah ke Angoor’. This mild reference to the epic king of soft porn made most of us google him. Now the hate-hate (not love-hate) relationship...
Where is Anna Hazare?
Jan. 8 | Anna Hazare was in Pune since 31st December, where he was admitted in Sancheti Hospital for the treatment of bronchitis. The man who gave Congress a tough time in Hisar by-poll and promised even tougher times if the government failed to pass Lokpal Bill...
Will Windows Phone 7 help Nokia remain in Smartphone race?
Jan. 7 | This is one question to which common sense will dictate us to answer in no but an investment analyst; Credit Suisse’s Kulbinder Garcha has issued an investor’s note to say just the opposite! According to him, this combination of Windows Phone 7 and...
