Manchester United and England star striker Wayne Rooney had to be stretchered off the ground, after a challenge from Chelsea’s Paulo Ferreira today at Stamford Bridge. It was a heart-wrenching sight to see the 20-year old clutch his right foot in agonizing pain. The expression on his face said it all. Even the hostile Chelsea […]
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This past weekend, Ilaiyaraja and Lakshman Sruthi joined hands to bring One Man Show - a live concert, in which the maestro sung some of his best compositions for movies.
Friend Selva was there, and he terms it one mesmerizing experience, despite the troop not being at their best, nor some female singers, whom the organisers […]
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The Champions League semifinals ended as expected, with the teams which scored in the first leg, making it through, after (surprising) nil-nil draws over the last two nights. Barcelona have surprised no one by sailing through to the finals; Arsenal are anything but. The final should be an interesting match-up, as it pits two teams […]
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Computer programmers, especially the not-so-fortunate ones, are condemned to life of monotonous coding, the key to which lies in three strategically located keys - Ctrl, C and V.
“So, which project are you working for?”
“ABC-ZYX, Inc.”
“Oh, that Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V thing? Poor you!”
Well, not any longer. We are all “internalizing” - the fine art of looking […]
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The controversy over the plagiarism allegations levelled against Kaavya Viswanathan (of How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life fame) have come to such a pass that one has to fall back on Nietzsche to find solace - “There are no truths, only interpretations.” Plagiarism is very tough to fight, because it […]
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After living a life of 22 years and 340 days without doing anything significant to get my name into a national newspaper (my mom tells me some local newspaper even published my photo for winning a local Math Olympiad - those were great days!), I got indeed a pleasant surprise today, to find my name […]
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Sun TV, which had hit the capital markets with a 600-crore IPO, listed on the bourses today. And boy, was it a super-duper hit! The IPO, with an offer price of Rs. 875, opened above Rs. 1000 at start of trade today. But as the day wore on, it breached 1100, 1200, 1300 and finally […]
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For the last few months, ESPNStar has been getting on my nerves by including Hindi commentary in the football broadcasts. Though they might want to take football closer to the Indian audience, this is not the right way to do it. For the commentary is downright bad.Throughout the match, the commentator tends to give himself […]
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Like all great careers before, Alan Shearer’s comes to an end. Yes, the Lion of Gosforth, the pride of St. James’ Park has decided to call it a day. A sparkling career, though not one littered with trophies, yet in its ability to wow the spectators, was nothing short of the very best.
The Telegraph sums […]
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A couple of days ago, I watched Thillu Mullu for the umpteenth time. It is, without doubt, one of the best comedy movies in Tamil. Visu’s dialogues and screenplay couldn’t have been better as K. Balachander turned Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s runaway-hit Golmaal into a movie that was just as good, and one which had not a […]
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We are all extemely fortunate to be watching Ronaldinho perform during the peak of his career. If not, we would never have known what we had missed!
My knowledge of such footballing greats like Pele, Cryuff, Puskas, Yashin, even Maradona is limited to an odd clipping on TV, or a book or column on the history […]
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Captured 5 minutes ago…
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This Sunday, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2 - 0. The win was much more comprehensive than the scoreline would suggest, with United dominating the game for almost 80 minutes. Wayne Rooney was in magnificent form, and led United in a comprehensive demolition of their traditional rivals.What follows is not about football. It is a revelation […]
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clumsy artwork: Yours truly
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With the football season nearing a close, all of Europe is abuzz with transfer speculation. Will van Nistelrooy stay at Manchester United? Is Henry Barcelona-bound? What’s going to happen at Real Madrid - a clear-out?
Well, at least one club would consider itself lucky at having made a swift move. Blackburn Rovers have signed a star […]
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