It’s the biggest match of the World Cup so far, Germany vs Argentina, in Berlin tonight at 8.30 IST, and the numerologists have got their calculators handy. http://www.indianexpress.com/story/7587.html
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh goes today to Maharashtra’s Vidharbha to connect with a region where farmers who have been committing suicide in droves: 1,800 of them have perished in the last 48 …
From Scott Adams‘ blog: *** “Thousands of people are queuing up to worship a man with a 13 inch tail in India. Chandre Oram, from Alipurduar in West Bengal, is …
The defeat of Sania Mirza in the first round of the 2006 Wimbledon tournament last night, on top of the second round crash out of the Australian Open, lobs a question that …
The Arjuna Award winner I.M. Vijayan, a former captain of the national football team, has been denied a visa by the German consulate in Madras to visit Germany for the semi-finals …
Indian consumers are the most optimistic in the world in terms of their expectations for employment opportunities and the health of their personal finances. We top AC Nielsen‘s Global Consumer …
But Unny in today’s Indian Express makes you do just that with this extraordinary word-less cartoon on the LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingham‘s “regret” for the death of Rajiv Gandhi. http://www.indianexpress.com/showcartoon.php?picId=1633
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Like all of us, he too is playing host to age. But age, in his case, seems to be a casual cousin who just dropped by. Not …
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: Nationwide breastbeating has just begun over the arrest of Nadeem Kashmiri, a Bangalore BPO worker, for allegedly being part of a racket that ripped off …
The Hoot reports that during a recent recording of a panel discussion on reservation for an English news channel, a pro-reservation panellist turned to the big TV honcho anchor and said: “Isn’t …
S.S. KARNADSHA writes from Bangalore: Something very interesting has been happening with the July 3, 2006 issue of Outlook magazine. Across the country, in cities big and small—Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Bangalore, …
The admission by the Kannada actress Jayamala that she had entered the sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala Temple and touched the feet of Lord Ayappa idol in 1987 has set off a …
England and America, it is often said, are two countries separated by the same language. AMRITA THOMAS forwards this chainmail doing the rounds on US President George W. Bush‘s amazing …
A churumuri delegation today called upon the Governor of Karnataka, His Excellency T.N. Chaturvedi, on behalf of churumuri readers, to submit to him a memorandum seeking civic recognition for R.K. …
G.N. Mohan forwards a survey of the social profile of key decision makers in the “national” media conducted by the Centre for Study of Developing Studies. Its key findings are that …
Unny, in today’s Indian Express, has some consolation for his countrymen and women moaning over their country of a billion people and several trillion dollars not having a single gold, …
The Indian Rationalist (sic) Association has demanded that India withdraw the nomination of Shashi Tharoor for the post of United Nations’ Secretary-General. The president of the association, Sanal Edamaruku, has labelled Tharoor …
M.J. Akbar, writer extraordinaire, says in the Asian Age that little Togo’s showing in the FIFA World Cup erases all excuses for India’s no show. How small is Togo’s economy? Its …
HARI SHENOY writes: 52 matches down and 12 more to go, and the FIFA World Cup 2006 promises to be quite an interesting one. The group stages had some exciting …
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: What was to be a usual tryst with a couple of mugs of chilled Kingfisher beer at the Pelican Pub on a windy, cloudy Sunday afternoon in …
The BJP has termed the UPA government’s “Communal Violence (Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims) Bill, 2006” as “totally unacceptable”. The BJP’s reasoning is that chapter XI of the Bill, …
Quite possibly the most engaging debates on the reservation imbroglio have come from Karan Thapar on CNN-IBN. With proponents like Arjun Singh and P. Chidambaram, Thapar has played the devil's advocate, roasting …
The threat of punishment is not the only way of stopping crimes and offences. Try cash incentives. The Madhya Pradesh forest department is giving away Rs 5,000 to each farmer …
Following the brouhaha over Lt. Sushmita Chakraborty's suicide and allegations of gender bias in the Army, Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee has today said that "women officers could be considered for combat …