Cool Chilli says, Steyn washes Indians away.

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Dale did not have to strain much. He bagged a career best 7 for 51 on the third day of the first test to ensure that India followed on.

Muse: The Hindu (Feb 9, 2010)

Attempts at ‘Hold-up’ fall flat as Tongue ties her up

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A woman trying to hold up two Memphis Credit Unions failed in both as she either could not communicate properly or fumbled while opening her purse. 

Muse: The Economic Times (Feb 8, 2010) 

Dear Reader, (Feb 8, 2010)

The first two days of the first Test match between India and South Africa has gone the visitors way. Zaheer Khan gave some hopes in the first hour of the match. Then on, it has been Jacques’ and Hashim’s play ground. Amla made a ‘churan’ of the Indian attack. Local fans saw nothing to Kallis the No 1 Official Test side in the world. 

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Cool Chilli says, Iranium – 20

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Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, has asked his atomic energy chief to have Uranium enriched upto 20% level. 

Muse: The Hindu (Feb 8, 2010) 

Amla makes ‘churan’ of Indian attack.

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Hashim Amla’s career best 253 ensured that South Africa could put pressure on India in the next three days. Saving the match is not a tall task but India’s batsmen would now need to apply themselves.Muse: The Hindu (Feb 8, 2010) 

 

Feb 5, 2010 Dear Reader,

It is said of the great Indian epic Mahabharata, ‘Whatever happens in Life, finds a mention/echo in it. If the Mahabharata does not refer to something, it  can never be’. Draupadi a proud and learned princess, is unfairly  pledged by her husband in a game of dice. When she is dragged into the Royal court, she asks the Elders there the following:

1>What right did an husband have to pledge his wife? 2>Also did he pledge her while still a free man or after pledging himself first and losing his own independence. In the latter  case, how could a slave pledge a free woman’s independence.

Draupadi’s plight could be due to her partner’s indiscretion or weakness for the royal game of dice. But Srikrishna saves Draupadi’s honour and the Elders finally step in to restore sanity.

The people of Andhra Pradesh are justified in being as agitated as

Draupadi once was. Hope the Srikrishna Committee provides succour.

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Feb 5, 2010 Dear  Reader,It is said of the great Indian epic Mahabharata, ‘Whatever happens in Life, finds a mention/echo in it. If the Mahabharata does not refer to something, it  can never be’. Draupadi a proud and learned princess, is unfairly  pledged by her husband in a game of dice. When she is dragged into the Royal court, she asks the Elders there the following:1>What right did an husband have to pledge his wife? 2>Also did he pledge her while still a free man or after pledging himself first and losing his own independence. In the latter  case, how could a slave pledge a free woman’s independence.  Draupadi’s plight could be due to her partner’s indiscretion or weakness for the royal game of dice. But Srikrishna saves Draupadi’s honour and the Elders finally step in to restore sanity.
The people of Andhra Pradesh are justified in being as agitated as Draupadi once was. Hope the Srikrishna Committee provides succour.
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Whether Hastinapur or Hyderabad, Srikrishna gets Commissioned

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The Central Government has set up a Commission to resolve the Telengana issue. Retired Justice Srikrishna is easily one of the most respected persons in the public eye. The issue has  become so complex (thanks to some snap decisions intended to break a fast) that even the Gods would dread to intervene.  But then, as in the Mahabharata, there is always a Srikrishna to depend on….

Muse: The Hindu (Feb 4, 2010)

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The Central Government has set up a commission to resolve the Telengana issue. Retired Justice Srikrishna is easily one of the most respected persons in the public eye. The issue has  become so complex (thanks to some snap decisions intended to break a fast) that even the Gods would dread to intervene.  But then, as in the Mahabharata, there is always a Srikrishna to depend on….   Muse: The Hindu (Feb 4, 2010)

New Tides along Malabar coast. Money from Gulf ebbing, But migrants’ money flood the Bay.

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Trust the vagaries of fortune to glance at the Keralites’ economy as well. The global slow down has seen less money from Gulf coming in. Now we find workers from the Bay of Bengal states of Orissa and West Bengal among other migrants taking up jobs in Kerala and sending money back home.

Muse: The Economic Times (Feb 4, 2010)

Dear Reader (1st Feb, 2010)

Dear Reader, 

We are seeing a lot of ‘firsts’ with the Congress and this Congress regime. A few are captured below…. 

> A foreigner takes over the reins of the Congress Party, the party we once used to be proud of, for having thrown off the foreign yoke. 

> Sonia Gandhi’s face appears in all government advertisements. One used to see photographs of politicians occupying official positions in government releases. But the photograph of the person heading the party which is the major constituent of the coalition forming the government is a ‘first’. 

> Another first is a non-Indian government representative (Sonia Gandhi) going to the Beijing Olympics as India’s representative. Her son and daughter joined her. Not sure whether any other family pet also accompanied. Mr. Suresh Kalmadi anyway was already in Beijing to receive them. While his country men hope he has better goals in mind, Kalmadi scores these brownie points by lobbying for Sonia vis a vis our PM or President. 

> But the latest first would be the funniest, if it were not alarming. The Congress has decided to try second. It has decided to appoint a rebel party-man as second CM in Meghalaya. This definitely clouds Constitutional propriety. Mamma mia ! 

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Cool Chilli says, ‘Saffron brothers’ mara-mari over Marathi’

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The BJP/RSS’ stand that all Indians need to be given equal opportunities in Maharashta has queered the pitch for its poll-partner, the Shiv Sena. The Shiv Sena continues hammer and tongs with its harangue on mother tongue. 

Muse: The Times of India (Feb 1, 2010)