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Has the BCCI taken our cricketers for a ride?
May 17, 2013 By votecongress 1 Comment
By Sanjay Jha Why does the richest cricket board in the world pay its players peanuts for official matches, thus paving the way for making IPL their real cash bonanza, asks Sanjay Jha For cricket aficionados, ever since the England tour commenced, it has been a season of heartburn or a chronic stomach upset. Overnight from being infallible role models, the Indian cricketers have been pulverised into a syrupy pulp, and the demand for their heads to be guillotined has risen into an … [Read More...]
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IPL’s Law Of Economics
May 16, 2013 By votecongress Leave a Comment
By Sanjay Jha Cricket is recession-proof, says Lalit Modi, VP of BCCI in a sea-side resort in salubrious Goa. Elsewhere, pink slips have become the dreaded color, ad budgets are being slashed … [Read More]
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Generation jobless
May 6, 2013 By votecongress Leave a Comment
Around the world almost 300m 15- to 24-year-olds are not working. What has caused this epidemic of joblessness? And what can abate it? HELDER PEREIRA is a young man with no work and few prospects: a 21-year-old who failed to graduate from high school and lost his job on a building site four months ago. With his savings about to run out, he has come to his local employment centre in the Paris suburb of Sevran to sign on for benefits and to get help finding something to do. He’ll get the … [Read More...]

Should more people vote? Then, let’s revive the festival of democracy
May 3, 2013 By votecongress Leave a Comment
By M V Rajeev Gowda Try this simple quiz. Can you name three candidates contesting from your assembly constituency representing the BJP, Congress andJanata Dal (Secular)? OK, can you name at least one? Chances are that the one name you can recall easily is that of the sitting MLA, whose face has been visible in posters and banners and cutouts over the past five years. If you know the names of the other contenders, it means you are a diligent citizen who reads the newspaper or engages in … [Read More...]

BOSTON ATTACK AND US!
April 26, 2013 By votecongress Leave a Comment
By Anil Dharker Thomas Friedman is probably the most popular of international columnists amongst Indians. That’s because he has an engaging world view, and a special affection for India, seeing more positives in our country’s progress than most of us do. His most recent column, though, was not on India, but on the attack on the Boston Marathon. His theme was “Cave dwelling is for terrorists. Americans? We run in the open on our streets… in shorts not armour, with abandon and never … [Read More...]

Happy Birthday, Sachin!
April 24, 2013 By votecongress Leave a Comment
By Sanjay Jha 1999. It was a decade since his debut in international cricket. He had already become a global phenomenon. India had begun worshipping their national idol with spectacular unanimity — a rare feat by itself. The World Cup tournament was underway, the biggest cricket show on earth. There was mounting euphoria and breathless anticipation all around as India had returned to their ground of renowned conquest of 1983 – England. India was considered a dangerous threat to reigning … [Read More...]
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