Archive for January, 2010

Shahid Afridi is banned for 2 matches for ball tampering. He was shown biting the ball on the large screen. This happened during the final one dayer against Australia. Incidentally, Shahid Afridi was the stand-in skipper in this match. Well this is not the first time Shahid Afridi has been penalised for ball tampering. He [...]

Well in recent times I have been reading a lot on Emma Watson. I found a blog that updates about her very regularly. In fact I have even started following this blog. In the meanwhile i came across this article both in the Mail as well as on this blog. I liked this article very [...]

Well I have been reading a lot over the internet for the past few days. I have been trying to look for some news on Karan Singh Grover’s where abouts. It is at this time when I just came across one of these articles. I am pasting it here for everyone to read. TV actress [...]

JD Salinger died due to natural causes on January 27, 2010. He was 91 years old. He was most famously known for his novel “The Catcher in the Rye”. JD SALINGER Jerome David “J. D.” Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher [...]

The dream run of Marin Cilic got over in the semi-finals when he lost to Andy Murray 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 2-6. The 14th seeded Croatian was undefeated this year until this semi-final. He won the Chennai Open, successfully defending his title. He played some great tennis in this tournament defeating 7th seeded Andy Roddick in [...]

Well the final scores do depict that India did Thrash Bangladesh, but to be honest it has not really been that easy as the final scores suggest. On the very first day of first test match, Bangladesh did put India in some sought of a humiliating position, by taking 8 wickets without much score on [...]

On the 61st Republic day celebrations the President has approved awards of 442 gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel and others. This includes one Ashoka Chakra, six Kirti Chakras, 26 Shaurya Chakras, three Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 118 Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry),three Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), 28 [...]

On the 61st Republic day celebrations the Padma Awards were given to several Indians for their contribution towards the country. Overall 6 Padma Vibhushans, 43 Padma Bhushans and  81 Padmashree were awarded. Padma Vibhushans: 1. Shree Ibrahim Alkazi(Art) 2. Shree Umayalpuram Sivaraman(Art) 3. Zohra Segal(Art) 4. Yaga Venugopal Reddy(Public Affairs) 5. Venkatraman Ramkrishnan(Science and Engineering) [...]

Well I have just got a bit late to write this post but I was just waiting for the series to get over and then write about it. But I just could not wait anymore especially when he has scored his second hundred of the series. Sachin Tendulkar completed 13000 runs in Test cricket in [...]

Is Karan Singh Grover coming back to Dill Mill Gayye. This has been one of the questions many people have asked me during the past week. There have been many rumours this week that he is set to return soon. I am not really sure how really true it is. In the meanwhile I have [...]

Well India yet again loose in the finals of a tri-nation tournament. In the recent past, or I must say since Dhoni has taken up the captaincy, India have played well, won most of its bilateral series, almost reached to each and every final of a multi-nation tournament very comprehensively. It’s only the Champions Trophy [...]