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1. India Wins World Sports-Viewing Championship
(Sports/Sports)

... Indians sat glued in front of their television sets between 3.30 PM and 10 PM on Sunday evening using their remotes furiously to switch between ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket, the three channels telecasting ...

2. 25th of June should be declared a Public Holiday
(Sports/Sports)

... it is that the day India created history and proved to the world that we too can win sporting trophies, the day on which the glorious game of cricket forever turned into a national obsession, the day ...

3. Indian Idol
(National/National)

... Goebbelsian education or renovation of decaying forts around the western ghats. Who cares if the forts fall down? The builder mafia could then sell the area available to rich playboys who have cricket teams ...

4. Cricket fanatic waxes eloquent on his love for the game
(Sports/Sports)

If there's one thing that I really, really dig, its the game of cricket. I can spend hours thinking, watching and talking about it without ever feeling bored of it. Every cricket match, whether its ...

5. Warne: In Australia there is no danger of accidental death
(Sports/Sports)

... was quoted as saying by Macquarie National News. Berry said his family members in Australia were concerned about his safety in India. "Cricket has been good to me, but I have a wife and three kids ...

6. Corporate Sport
(Sports/Sports)

... that they advised me properly. Unfortunately in cricket, unlike in any other sport, the captain is the boss,” said a despondent Mallya. And that is where the trouble began. Used as he is to the board of ...

7. Slapping yet to catch on with Indians, despite Ekta Kapoor & Bhajji's efforts
(National/National)

... from Indian cricket team's dressing room indicate that Bhajji's bizarre behavior could having arisen from watching too many soaps coming out from Ekta Kapoor's soap factory. One of our sources maintains ...

8. The Satirical Guide to the Indian Stock Market
(Business/Business)

... just ahead of his eyes. Thus, he never has to wear prescription glasses or contact lens. A dual advantage is that the same satellite beam can be used to access internet, see cricket scores, adult MPEGs ...

9. Hey! Your Product Needs A Celebrity Endorsement
(Entertainment/Entertainment)

... as you know, recently, I've successfully managed to sell an entirely new way of playing cricket. In brief, your company needs me. I've sold many types of products, but I can't remember advertising for ...

10. IPL & Inflation - The Hidden Link
(Sports/Sports)

... club-cricket tournament. According to Dilip Raote, a freelance writer, who writes regularly for several newspapers like Times of India, Mid-Day and Hindustan Times, there is a link between rising food ...

11. IPL not my cup of tea, says reader.
(Sports/Sports)

While the IPL circus has generated considerable excitement in media and public alike, there are some cricket-fanatics who continue to resist the new format and have not been swayed by all the hype, despite ...

12. IPL: Hype emerges as the biggest winner
(Sports/Sports)

The Indian Premium League (IPL) cricket tournament has been a resounding success from day one, receiving record television viewership and setting the cash bells ringing for BCCI, Set Max and everyone else ...

13. Hockey: No national fame, only national shame
(Sports/Sports)

Vinit Sharma, a lanky college graduate looking for a job, loves playing tennis and cricket, enjoys watching F1 racing and dreams of dating Maria Sharapova. Vinit has never in his lifetime spent even ...

14. Media
(Editorial/Editorial)

... cast your spell.   After the crunchy-munchy, we strolled to Adam's Road, under the metro's clickety-clack groan carrying avid yet rabid cricket fans' clamour and then onto the odours of the Cooum ...

15. Imran Khan: Pakistan lost opportunity to have world's most handsome leader
(World/World)

Islamabad: Imran Khan, ex-cricketer and founder of the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) said that by once again rejecting his party at the polls, Pakistan has lost a golden ...

16. Benam Bottlewala's predictions for 2008
(People/Life/People/Life)

... masses will again crown him as the reining god of cricket. * All of these predictions will happen to all twelve signs of the Zodiac. Whether you're a Aries, Leo, a Scorpio or Sagittarius - all signs will ...