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Jegannath Ramanathan
IPL: How Dravid’s strategy helped Rajasthan beat CSK
With the victory against table toppers CSK, Rajasthan Royals are almost certain for a playoff spot. Barring a big slip-up, the Royals should finish among the top two and get a chance at qualifying for the IPL finals. The win also made it a perfect eight on eight record at #Cricket #CSK #IPL 2013 #IPL 6 #IPL6 Fan Blogs #Rahul Dravid #Rajasthan Royals #Sports
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Jay Mazoomdaar
Lessons from those splendid but empty European forests
A few days back, I was walking the fascinating old forests of Boubinsky Prales in southern Czech Republic. A few patches of virgin wilderness, primarily beech forests with more than 200-year-old spruce and fir trees dotting the higher slopes, still survive in the Sumava mountains as the second oldest natural #ConnectTheDots #Tigers #Wildlife
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Aakar Patel
Karnataka elections: Narendra Modi is brave, Rahul, Sonia opportunists
The Congress won elections in Karnataka this week, and the side story was the deflation of Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi. He campaigned in the state (and received raucous crowds as he always does these days), but his party was hammered. This is seen, correctly, as his inability to influence national elections. To #Congress #Gujarat #InMyOpinion #Karnataka #Karnataka 2013 #Narendra Modi #Nehru #Pluralism #Politics #Rahul Gandhi #Secularism #Sonia Gandhi
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Shining Path
39 MLAs with serious criminal charges, did Karnataka’s voters get a good deal?
Governments, so far from being always the cause or means of order, are often the destruction of it - Thomas Paine, Rights of Man. This is in continuation to the 2-part series that was published here on Firstpost before the Karnataka polls, wherein the contestants were mapped against metrics such as #B. S. Yeddyurappa #Congress #criminal case #disproportionate assets #Karanataka Elections #KJP #PoliticsDecoder
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Gautam Viswanathan
Ferguson’s retirement offers hope to Man United’s rivals
When a nation loses a leader, there is a vacuum in power at the top. The more influential the leader, the more he has done for his people, the more known he is throughout the world, the more respect he commands, the greater the vacuum. And the harder it is #David Moyes #KickingAround #Manchester United #Sir Alex Ferguson #Soccer #Sports
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Sourav Majumdar
87 deals worth $3 bn in April: Deal Street warms up
Deal activity appears to be warming up just a bit, with 87 deals bringing in a shade under $3 billion in April 2013. Experts reckon that cross-border deals, in particular inbound ones, will now begin to get a big boost after the Jet-Etihad tie-up, the Unilever announcement and the Diageo
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Sourav Majumdar
March IIP boosts green shoots theory, but it’s not a recovery
The March Index of Industrial Production (IIP) print, which came in at 2.5 percent, will provide some relief to a beleaguered government and the Reserve Bank of India, coming as it does on the back of sluggish industrial activity and sputtering growth. The February figure has been revised slightly to #Ashwani Kumar #C Rangarajan #Economy #IIP #Numbers #P. Chidambaram #Pawan Kumar Bansal
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Arjun Parthasarathy
5 reasons why bulls are back in govt bond market
Bond market volumes touched all time highs of Rs 1,23,725 crore on electronic screen on 9 May, 2013. Ten-year benchmark government bond yields dropped to levels last seen in July 2010 on the back of heavy demand for government bonds. The benchmark ten-year government bond, the 8.15% 2022 bond yield closed
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Nikhil Taneja
Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate popcorn film
Oddly enough, after watching Star Trek Into Darkness, it’s not director JJ Abrams or even Benedict ‘Sherlock’ Cumberbatch you feel the urge to write about; but rather, Christopher Nolan. Star Trek Into Darkness is a perfectly adequate summer blockbuster film. It is impeccably tailored to please both the Trekkies and the #Benedict Cumberbatch #MovieReview #Star Trek #Star Trek Into Darkness
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Gautam Viswanathan
The Good Scot: Here’s the Ferguson-Moyes connection
This article was first written on 2 January, 2013. We are republishing it in light of David Moyes' appointment as Manchester United manager — and his Scottish connection with Alex Ferguson. Manchester United's comeback 4-3 victory against 'wee club' Newcastle United once again drew adulation of a 'never say die' attitude from commentators #Alex Ferguson #English Premier League #Kenny Dalglish #KickingAround #Scottish managers
