Bombay High Court has ordered IPL matches out of Maharashtra after 30 April for this year. It was in response to a PIL which wanted matches out of Maharashtra because cricket grounds needed lakhs of litres of water when there was drought in large parts of Maharashtra. The judgment affects 4 matches at Wankhede Stadium,…
Category: India
Panama Papers
On 4/4/2016 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Indian Express and Suddeutsche Zeitung made public many documents, around 11.5 million, related to firms registered in Panama. Mossack Fonseca is a law firm in Panama. Documents of Mossack Fonseca that have become public have resulted in problems for those who figure in them. Ramon Fonseca, founding…
Tatasky nightmare
Today, 22/3/2016, in the evening my Tatasky English Entertainment Package channels were not accessible. I had paid the subscription on 9/3/2016 which is valid till 10/4/2016. It is unpleasant when you are told you have not subscribed and a nightmare when you have to go through long process of telephone calls and SMSes and still…
India 79 all out
Best laid plans of men and mice go awry. Beware the Ides of March. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. It is not over till it is over. Favourites do not have the divine right to win. So it was for India at Nagpur on the Ides of March 2016. India began as…
The Great Bank Robbery
There are various ways of robbing a bank. One way is to enter a bank, brandish a revolver, and ask cashier to hand over the cash. Second way is to burgle the bank. Third way is to hack into the bank’s computer system and transfer the amount. There are some other ways. All of them…
BCCI revamp
Lodha committee submitted its report on 4/1/2016. The committee consisted of for CJI R. M. Lodha and former Justices Ashok Bhan and R. V. Raveendran. The committee made many recommendations. Most of them are good, some are not clear, and one regarding making betting legal is bad. Good to have former Test cricketers who retired…
Women and temple
Some have challenged ban on entry of females in the age group of 10-50 to Sabarimala temple. Feminists say it is discrimination. Devotees say it is differentiation. For women there is a separate temple where men are not allowed. On 26/1/2016 a group of women wanted to enter Shani Shingnapur temple. Local women did not…
Downfall Down Under
India has lost four ODIs consecutively against Australia. The margin of defeat in any match is not great but losing four ODIs consecutively is a fall. On 12/1/2016 Perth ODI was lost with four balls to spare. India 309/3. Rohit Sharma scored 171*. Australia 310 in 49.2 overs. On 15/1/2016 Brisbane ODI was lost with…
Animal Rights
Love for animals is inversely proportional to love for humans. There are people who talk of animal rights. Some of them oppose cruelty to animals but are not opposed to slaughter of animals for food. Some are in favour of scientific experiments on animals. Some are vegetarians and oppose killing of animals in all cases….
New Parliament Building
India needs a New Parliament Building and that does mean demolishing the present Parliament House. New Parliament Building can be next to the present Parliament House or somewhere in Delhi or outside Delhi. Lok Sabha should have at least one representative for a million people. As per census of 2011 India’s population was 121 crore….