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Looking back in time: CSK are like the New York Yankees

Mar 30, 2013

I am a New York Yankees fan. They were the only Baseball team I had known about before I came to the U.S. 14 years ago and it was natural that I would start following them once I decided to follow Baseball. I needed to follow American sports on TV #Chennai Super Kings #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #IPL6 Fan Blogs #N Srinivasan #New York Yankees

From the archive: Ganguly knows that there’s no glory without guts

Mar 28, 2013

Love him or hate him, you can't ignore him. Indian cricket's biggest comeback king, Sourav Ganguly has hit the town and has come to the party in a big way! The Pune Warriors had been handed two defeats in a row, one coming at the hands of some shabby bowling by #Cricket #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #IPL6 Fan Blogs #Kevin Pietersen #Pune Warriors India #Sourav Ganguly #Sports

IPL qualifier: CSK’s Cinderella act has run its course

May 25, 2012

The Chennai Super Kings had their fate in their hands. They needed to beat Kings XI Punjab and get in to a comfortable playoff position but failed to do so. They were dependent on the results of the other three games to go their way. Two of them were likely #Chennai Super Kings #Delhi Daredevils #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #Morne Morkel

IPL: Why Mumbai Indians will eliminate Chennai Super Kings

May 23, 2012

A power packed batting line up; an all-time legend whose game can adjust to to any format; batsmen that can launch the cricket ball into the stratosphere with a flick of the wrist; a superstar specialist bowler who can crush the batsman’s toes at will; a young batsman who can #Chennai Super Kings #IPL FanBlogs #Mahendra Singh Dhoni #Mumbai Indians #Sachin Tendulkar

For Chennai Super Kings, this IPL is almost over

May 12, 2012

Done and Dusted. Almost. The chances are pretty slim. Let’s look forward to 2013 already. Let’s use the remaining three games to see whether Sudeep Tyagi and Doug Bollinger are worth carrying in the squad or any reinforcements need to be brought in for next year. Hopeless. I was holding out #Chennai Super Kings #Cricket #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #Sports

Here’s why CSK and RCB are stuck in neutral

May 4, 2012

Two Franchises, Chennai Super Kings and the Royal Challengers Bangalore, finalists from IPL 4, loaded with talent are but stuck in neutral. In fact they are regressing. The results on the field aren’t reflective of the strength of the squads on paper. These are teams that would have prominently figured in #Chennai Super Kings #Indian Premier League #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #Mahendra Singh Dhoni #Suresh Raina

Can IPL help India win the T20 World Cup?

May 2, 2012

India will not win the 2012 T20 World Cup. This is not the pessimist in me speaking. It's cold, hard reality that the IPL frenzied masses (and occasionally, the-should-know-better commentator) ignore. If the last two T20 World Cups were any indication, India will make it to past the preliminary stages but #Delhi Daredevils #India #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #World Cup

Is Sangakkara too cerebral for the world of IPL?

Apr 29, 2012

The last time I wrote, I swore to myself that I’d wait till I have something to write about. Namely, a Deccan Chargers win. Since mid-April, it’s been an eternity in sporting terms. Chelsea and Bayern have now set up the most unlikely Champions League final since, well, forever, Man City #Dale Steyn #Deccan Chargers #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #Rahul Dravid

For the Mumbai Indians, Harbhajan has been a disaster

Apr 27, 2012

The Mumbai Indians–Kings XI Punjab match had an important ingredient that made it as entertaining it turned out to be. No, I’m not talking about monster hits or that the match see-sawing all the way to its end; it was the mind-numbingly bad bowling in the death (Mumbai gave away #Captain #Harbhajan Singh #IPL 5 #IPL FanBlogs #Mumbai Indians

IPL: The best team, not the best individual, will win

Apr 23, 2012

The lesson of the IPL so far has been that the best teams as opposed to the best collection of players will trump over the long run of the tournament. Individual brilliance may win you some matches but a successful run in this IPL is going to depend on how #Cricket #IPL FanBlogs #Rajasthan Royals #Sports

Editor's picks

Hamid Karzai's visit: Why supplying arms to Afghanistan is a hard choice

From across the Hindu Kush, a plea for Indian help. Hamid Karzai wants New Delhi to provide artillery and military transport aircraft. It won’t cost India much—but New Delhi is worried about upsetting Pakistan, and wary of making commitments before it becomes clear which way the political wind is blowing in Kabul.
Sreesanth and IPL spot fixing: Why history makes it so hard to believe the police

With the glut of information regarding the IPL spot fixing scandal and the three cricketers how much of it can we really trust?
Phaneesh Murthy admits to relationship with employee

This is the second time the IT industry veteran has been involved in a sex scandal.
Despite BJP edge over Cong, both NDA and UPA are conjectures

Opinion polls show the BJP and the NDA ahead of the Congress and UPA. But it is the regional parties that are likely to make the biggest gains. NDA and UPA are post-poll creatures

Not just niceties, China and India need to focus on thorny issues

India’s discourse with China has traditionally been trapped in the Mao-ist maze that defines how “friends” ought to conduct themselves. But Chinese statecraft has evolved, and India too must up its diplomatic game.
Why the Indian media gives a damn about poverty

In that sense the poverty line of India is cruel. It is merciless and doesn’t allow the majority of Indians any money for shelter or access to education or healthcare or sanitation or anything else that civilised nations would consider as essential as food.
Goa meet: Will the BJP finally find a way out of its troubles?

Can the party resolve internal discord and take a call on Modi’s PM candidature?
Why Dhoni, Tendulkar can't distance themselves from spot fixing

Try following a game on twitter or with friends or at the ground. At every step of the way, the spot-fixing question raises itself.

Movie Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' leaves you dissatisfied

If you forget the politics and just look at the film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist doesn’t fare much better. It’s a thriller that lacks tension and suspense.
Here's how the Delhi Police stumbled upon spot-fixing in IPL

After monitoring a phone call, the investigation had virtually turned pan-India with some of the bookies based in Gujarat and Mumbai.
Ex-Citi CEO Vikram Pandit, JM Financial join hands for banking foray in India

JM Financial will nominate Pandit as the non-executive chairman of the proposed bank. Pandit and Aiyar will have the right to purchase shares up to the amount prescribed by the RBI in this entity.
Movie Review: The Great Gatsby is the most Bollywood of Baz Luhrmann's films

The great American dream is an integral part of America. It’s ‘great’ in that it symbolises not truth, but hope when the truth is disillusioning; it symbolises not facts, but ideals when facts are unnerving; it symbolises not likelihood, but promise when likelihood is all but bleak.

Google I/O 2013 keynote: New Maps, Search, Plus, and S4 with 'pure' Android

We’re tracking the Google I/O conference 2013 live – what will be unveiled?
Hero worshipped in Kerala, Sreesanth still innocent in his state

The summary of the response in his Sreesanth’s home turf is that of incredulity. They are unwilling to believe that the pacer is guilty.
Why return of Dreamliners won't change Air India's fortunes

The original promise of the Dreamliner has failed to materiallise due to limitations in its flying range. Will Air India continue to pay a price for this?
Did Indira abolish bonded labour or Sonia? NREGA's tall claims

The UPA ads eulogising MGNREGA as a a huge success needs to be taken with bags of salt. The scheme did make a difference, but not as is claimed.

Angelina’s breast surgery possible in India, but there's a catch

So can we test in India and gain from the same treatment privilege that Jolie had? Yes, but there is a catch.
IPL 2013 KKR vs PWI Live: Yusuf kicks KKR out of the IPL

Live detailed updates as KKR take on Pune in a must-win game at Ranchi.
Wrong on Ghaziabad: The Kiran Bedi argument for moral policing

Bedi’s argument that we should focus on the legal wrong committed by the girl slapped by cops is technical, disingenuous and enabling.
Cloak but no dagger: The awfully mundane world of spies

There’s an endearing quality to reports that a CIA spy was arrested in Moscow: he comes across as a bumbling amateur who represents the lost Age of Innocence in the world of espionage.

From here on, Sonia-Manmohan dyarchy is a slow train wreck

The “two heads” power arrangement between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is coming apart at the seams.
Lessons from Karnataka: Cong must stop backing corrupt leaders in Andhra

The fact that it has allowed individuals named in chargesheets to continue as ministers is evidence that the Congress runs Andhra Pradesh as if it is its fiefdom, without a care for ethics in public life.
IPL 2013: How Isa Guha is changing perceptions about cricket presenters

Isa Guha is not your usual female cricket presenter. Apart from being an ex-player, she’s highly educated and injects a breath of fresh air on Indian screens.
Android and Chrome aren't merging for now, says Google's Sundar Pichai

Pichai has emphasised that Google is embracing both Chrome and Android is investing in both at least for now.