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WORLD CUP POLL: Good, bad, boring?
How was it for you, the FIFA World Cup 2006? Did football’s quadrennial showpiece live up to its reputation as the cradle of the world’s greatest sport? Or was it …
Prasanna woke up and asked,”Have France won?”
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: As I sat on the stone bench on my apartment’s terrace, gazing at the Chamundi Hill, the youngest geological exhibit of Mysore city, a mere 2.5 million …
A flawed genius who showed his flaws & genius
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: It wasn’t the fairy-tale send off we—or he—envisaged. It wasn’t the triumphant end to a magnificent career. Instead, Zinedine Zidane will be remembered for the …
A head and a butt that overturned the World Cup
BUT, THEN, THE ITALIANS ARE NO ANGELS THEMSELVES
Why Italy’s win is India’s win. (Well, almost.)
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: For all those gloating over Italy’s victory and moaning over India’s absence from a moment like this—a World Cup presence if not triumph—take heart, we …