Incredible Bush Miss Incident – Bad Aim of an Iraqi Journalist

The whole world is talking about the bad aim of an Iraqi journalist, who wanted to show his undulating love and deep respect to one of the greatest caricatures of recent times, George W Bush. The Iraqi journalist who goes by the name of Muntazer al Haidi was apparently peeved at Mr. Bush for not giving free Reebok or Nike shoes to poor Afghan and Iraqi children who have been rendered homeless and orphans

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Condemning Terrorism – Darul Ulooms Welcome Move

The Darul Uloom’s fatwa against all sorts of, “Islam sponsored” terrorism, although a bit too late, is very very welcome. At a time when not only India but also the entire world is passing through a very very critical period due to the un abated terrorist activity by a section of miss directed and miss guided people, Darul Uloom Deoband’s action must be hailed as very wise and laudable.

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Sycophant Politicians – Arjuns Salvo Backfires

Central Human Resources Development Minister Arjun Singh’s latest salvo projecting Rahul Gandhi as the nations next Prime Ministerial candidate should not be viewed as only a statement of sycophancy by one of the senior most national leaders. Although sycophancy is nothing new in Indian politics and the Nehru-Gandhi family is perhaps the luckiest one in the country to have an unending list of brazen sycophants during all these years since independence.

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Cricket Injuries – Too Much Cricket

Of late the number of injuries to the cricketers of team India is increasing rapidly. In recent past there have been cases when player(s) had gone on foreign tour hiding his [their] injury, which showed up only during the course of play. This had had placed the team in some precarious position in the midst of the tour some times necessitating SOS calls for replacement from home.

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Great Debacle Indian Hockey in Unreliable Hands

Where do we go from here? The knockout punch that we received at the hands of Great Britain in the finals of the Olympic qualifying hockey tournament played in Santiago, the capital of Chile, was nothing sort of a national catastrophe! Thanks to the defeat Indian hockey team will not be seen in the Beijing Olympics to be held later this year. The pain that this defeat has inflicted on the Indian hockey lovers is difficult to bear.

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Fighting Terrorism – Chance for Pakistan

Can Pakistan survive the terrorist onslaught that seems to have the nation at its mercy? The country which for decades nursed, sponsored and abetted terrorism against it’s neighbor India, now finds itself at the receiving end. A surge of attacks by the Al-Quida and other terrorist groups regularly at different places of the country bear testimony that the country is in grave trouble.

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Provincialism – Internal Threat To Indian Unity

Parochialism is nothing new in our country. Although the Indian constitution has decided the federal form for the country, the monster of provincialism shows up any where at the slightest pretext. The nation since it’s independence from the British rule, has been sporadically witnessing the ugly and inhuman side of xenophobia within the country for decades. There had been occasions when Bengali’s were targeted in Assam and Orrissa.

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Umpiring Errors – Cricket Umpires Must Take Machinery Help

Growing numbers of umpiring blunders on cricket field is becoming a matter of great concern for the cricket lovers as well as for the people who are running the game. Umpires are feeling the heat more now a days especially because the entire concept of cricket has undergone a sea change. Gone are the halcyon days when cricket was a gentleman’s game and used to be played more for pleasure than for money.

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Ganguly Dropped – An Audacious Selection

God save Indian cricket! The country’s most popular sport is once again in turmoil. And once again at the center of it all is team India’s ex-captain, Saurav Chandidas Ganguly. Two years back, India’s the then coach Greg Chappell shocked the cricket loving fans of India by plotting the ouster of Saurav Ganguly – first from the team captain’s hot seat and then from the team itself!

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Taslima Nasreen – Indian Government in a Fix

The UPA government at the center is in a fix. It appears that it itself dose not know with the controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen. The world famous writer had long been forced to leave her motherland as she has offended the Islamic fundamentalists there by her allegedly anti Islamic writings. There after she took refuge in India and made Kolkata her second home.

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