Iconic moments from Ashes history London: Stop any player and ask him why is the ‘Ashes’ significant to the cricketing community, he will immediately say that it is a grand symbol of pride, a rich reward that waits on valorous performances. He will also say many other wondrous things, and that is because he misheard ‘Ashes’ as ‘cashes’, which as… Read more →
When we were young, upon being asked what we would like to become in life, many of us, without batting an eyelid, said: Fighter pilot. There were two important reasons for this: 1) The job of a fighter pilot involved Fighting and flying. (I mean any guy will wet his pants in excitement if the job profile read: firing guns… Read more →
The fine print from National Cyber Security Policy New Delhi: The government has released a comprehensive National Cyber Security Policy, which so far has been read by a sum total of seven people, because policy documents, in general, contain large chunks of prose dense enough to block broad sunlight. But just because the policy document is practically incomprehensible we cannot… Read more →
I recently participated in a survey that, among others, asked the question: ‘Which is the one thing that worries you the most about India’s future?’ There were three choices in the form of 1) The erosion in the credibility of the political class and democratic institutions 2) The civic mess that most of our cities find themselves in 3) The… Read more →
Modi-helmed growth story debunked yet again New Delhi/Gandhi Nagar: A financial and political expert has once again punctured the Gujarat growth story balloon with several of them pertinently pointing out that the Indian rupee, which has been receiving a hammering elsewhere, performing no better in Modi land. ‘It is no secret that the UPA is bungling big time on economy…. Read more →
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