The beauty of the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is that it is all-inclusive as there is something for everyone to complain about. The biggest lament has come from the middle-class, which in India comprise those –- we are quoting here from the Finance Ministry’s official record –– ‘with the earning capacity below that of the Ambanis’…. Read more →
The ICC and the BCCI seem to have come up with a crafty plan to save Test cricket by basically killing its competitor through, er, overkill. As per this strategy, we have three back-to-back T20 cricket tournaments (Asia Cup, World T20 and the IPL) that roughly involve 3672 matches over three months, so that by the end of it most… Read more →
If anyone is looking to coin a new ‘collective noun’ for journalists, my suggestion is: ‘Vadivelu’. Getting beaten up for no rhyme or reason by effusively emotional individuals in random situations, the role that Vadivelu has made his own in Tamil films, is something journos get to reprise in real life. The latest one being the attack at a Delhi… Read more →
On the Valentine’s Day week, this column, which has a keen sense of occasion, will take up the topic that may be close to the hearts of many youngsters in romance: What is the best way to break up from a love affair? No, don’t get us wrong. As a matter of fact, we want your love relationship to blossom,… Read more →
I think I have figured out what drove Christopher Columbus, or for that matter most other daring explorers, to take off to distant lands unmindful of the extreme dangers involved in their exercise: They must have just ordered refurbishing of their homes. For, home-repair is an exercise guaranteed to push even reasonable men to run off from their family to… Read more →
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