In safe-mode now, Indian cricket must get bolder - and younger
Are We Game?
-The Times of India, January 17, 2012
Are We Game?
-The Times of India, January 17, 2012
17 Jan 2012
In the promiscuous world of international relations, elements of a strategic partnership
"Laying down what India should seek from its strategic partners may be useful in theory, but unrealistic in practice."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : In the promiscuous world of international relations, elements of a strategic partnership
Nations define their relations with other countries variously — partnership, alliance — but when two countries describe their relations as strategic, their ties are deemed to have risen to a new level.
Nations define their relations with other countries variously — partnership, alliance — but when two countries describe their relations as strategic, their ties are deemed to have risen to a new level.
In the last decade, India has signed strategic partnership agreements with over a dozen countries. This is seen as a natural consequence of India's arrival on the global stage as a growing economic power; the acknowledgement of its democracy and its shared values with the democratic world.
Anniversary of shame
"The United States's infamous detention centre at Guantánamo Bay on the island of Cuba recently marked the 10 anniversary of its founding. In all, 779 people have been held, at one time or another, in the enclave and have been treated in ways no civilised society should tolerate."
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Anniversary of shame
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Anniversary of shame
According to U.S. official data, 92 per cent of the 779 had nothing to do with al-Qaida, and the majority have been released without charge or trial. But all have been tortured.
Guantánamo's 10 year is an anniversary of shame; moreover, even U.S. officials admit that the camp's very existence helps terrorist groups get new recruits.
Behind the cricket collapse
"It was not just that India was stripped of its crown in England; the abjectness of the performances in these seven Tests has made people wonder how on earth the honour was earned in the first place. That is an unfair view. "
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Behind the cricket collapse
The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Behind the cricket collapse
The quality of pitches domestic cricket is played on has the most direct influence on bowlers and batsmen. The very structure of domestic cricket and the priorities in scheduling the three formats also need rethinking. In the short term, a transition needs planning.
It will be a test of the Board's intent and intelligence, and a portent of India's cricket future.
BCCI: Billionaires Control Cricket in India
"The ‘bring-us-their-heads' humiliation in store for the Fab Four only hijacks the debate from what IPL is doing to Indian cricket."
The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : BCCI: Billionaires Control Cricket in India
The same body, the BCCI, presides over both private (IPL) and national cricket. It enables huge moneys to be made by one and strangles the golden goose that is the other. The problem is not that our ‘boys' have been playing too much cricket. It's that they haven't been playing cricket. They've been playing IPL T20, where focus, concentration, technique and staying power count for little. And it's showing.
Will Barbie go bold and bald?
"A new campaign is taking off on Facebook asking toy-maker Mattel to create a bald Barbie."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Will Barbie go bold and bald?
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Will Barbie go bold and bald?
The campaigners suggest a “Bald and Beautiful Barbie” will help young girls “who suffer from hair loss due to cancer treatments, alopecia or trichotillomania”. In keeping with Barbie's controversial history, some have disputed these campaigns, on the basis that even if you change the doll's hair, she still presents a terrible body image, the ultimate damaging western ideal.
Tackling health problems
"There we all were, naively thinking the Olympics would bring pride, excitement and tourism revenue to London this summer. But what none of us has properly accounted for are the health risks to visitors - stampedes, heatstroke and mass infections."
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Tackling health problems
The Hindu : Opinion / Op-Ed : Tackling health problems
16 Jan 2012
Duncan Fletcher: One among the many other failures...
If the performance by the Indian cricket team in England was pardonable, their performance in Australia can at best be termed to be deplorable...
There are just too many things that went wrong down under: Batting, bowling, fielding, captaincy, Bouncy wickets --- All in all, a very poor show...
While the spotlight is on the star-studded Indian batting order, a lot has to be said about the coaching and captaincy...
Believes Sumit Chakraberty...
Be the change you want to see...
Just at the dawn of 2012, a 40 year agitation that had prolonged till now about the bad maintainence of hens in Europe has changed and...
How???
Peter Singer explains more about it...
Stocks and Shares
There is an optimism about the way the stocks have fared out in the past few days...
Christopher Kevil predicts the way ahead...
'The world is realising it was unwise to ignore woman-power'
Q&A
with Yoko Ono, once described by her husband John Lennon as 'the world's most famous unknown artist', the avant-garde conceptual and performance artist, returns to India for her first show here.
On art, activism and woman-power, surviving Lennon - and how she felt on being blamed for breaking up the Beatles
Interview - Q&A
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
with Yoko Ono, once described by her husband John Lennon as 'the world's most famous unknown artist', the avant-garde conceptual and performance artist, returns to India for her first show here.
On art, activism and woman-power, surviving Lennon - and how she felt on being blamed for breaking up the Beatles
Interview - Q&A
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
UP's New Star Caste
The state's political paradigm shifts with Congress and BJP wooing the smaller castes
UP's New Star Caste
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
UP's New Star Caste
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
A nobody's lament
Aam admi, remember you're only a VIP at poll-time
A nobody's lament
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
The experiences of an aam admi throughout the year only to see his "status" lifted near the election-time.
A nobody's lament
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
The experiences of an aam admi throughout the year only to see his "status" lifted near the election-time.
Burmese Spring
Myanmar on the road to democratic reform
Burmese Spring
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
Myanmar is embracing the democratic reform at a emphatic rate, which will certainly bring great joys to India and America. India, especially, have always regarded Myanmar as an important country to engage with in terms of the potential for "trade, transport and energy links or security."
Burmese Spring
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
Myanmar is embracing the democratic reform at a emphatic rate, which will certainly bring great joys to India and America. India, especially, have always regarded Myanmar as an important country to engage with in terms of the potential for "trade, transport and energy links or security."
Beat The Gloom
To do that, India needs investment-driven growth
Beat The Gloom
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
"India's projected 7% GDP growth should be applauded, not compared to the pre-2008 9%-plus," thinks the American Economist Joseph Stiglitz. The article calls for the need for investment-driven growth.
Beat The Gloom
-The Times of India, January 16, 2012
"India's projected 7% GDP growth should be applauded, not compared to the pre-2008 9%-plus," thinks the American Economist Joseph Stiglitz. The article calls for the need for investment-driven growth.
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