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Tendulkar Smashes 200, India 401 against SA

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

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India’s batting legend Sachin Tendulkar smashed a world record 200 not out against South Africa at Gwalior in the second ODI of the three match series. It is the highest ever score by an individual in a one day international, the previous record being 194 runs by Charles Coventry of Zimbabwe. Tendulkar reached the milestone [...]

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India score 400+ against Lanka, create history

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

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India scored a world record 414/7 batting first in the One Day International cricket match against Sri Lanka at Rajkot. Having won the toss, India skipper MS Dhoni chose to bat and saw India pile up a mammoth 153 run opening partnership between Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Sehwag scored a quickfire146 off 102 balls while [...]

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Will Delhi manage to host 2010 Commonwealth Games?

Thursday, September 24, 2009

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So, I came back to my hometown aka New Delhi, India’s capital and pride but also shame for some reason after 11 months in the UK. Its a time when frantic construction is taking place all over the city to prepare for the Commonwealth Games. But how near or far are we? Firstly, let me put [...]

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Nine Lives by William Dalrymple

Monday, April 13, 2009

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Luck by chance I landed on the website of one of my favorite authors, William Dalrymple, whose new book – Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India – will be published by Bloomsbury in October. I’ve copied this excerpt of the accompanying blurb from the Amazon UK website: “Nine people, nine lives. Each one [...]

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Sad Day for Indian Democracy

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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India prides itself on the fact that is the largest democracy in the world. And why not, with a population of over 1.2 billion people, having a functioning democracy in a troubled neighborhood with the likes of Pakistan and Bangladesh – where army rule has been the norm more often than a civilian government, it [...]

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Shivaji to Rival Statue of Liberty

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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Mumbai residents have got another reason to compare their city to Manhattan. The Government of Maharashtra says it plans to build a statue off the coast of Mumbai to rival New York’s Statue of Liberty. The statue will be of the Maratha warrior king Shivaji, a hero in Maharashtra and the rest of India for [...]

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Terror Strikes India Again at Jaipur

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

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Terrorists have struck an Indian city again. Jaipur, famously known as the "pink city", witnessed 7 bomb blasts within a span of 20 in a radius of a few hundred metres.

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21 Highlights of India’s Union Budget 2008

Monday, March 3, 2008

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It has been hailed as a win-win budget by all, barring the few crtitics that are there to find the cons in each year’s financial plan. P. Chidambram has ensured a populist financial plan, with gains galore for the poor and the middle class. Following are 21 highlights of India’s Union Budget for 2008-2009: 1. Changes [...]

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Barack Obama Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi

Saturday, February 23, 2008

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Barack Obama, Democratic front-runner for the US President, sees Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration and has a portrait of the apostle of peace in his office to remind him that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. “In my life, I have always looked to Mahatma Gandhi as an inspiration, because he embodies the kind of transformational [...]

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