As usual a flawed idea that still has to go on!

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/hnytasM4zVTEWmQnt1fc1N/Replacing-food-with-cash.html

Good that the government is dismantling it.

Virender Sehwag retires

Well he has practically retired long ago - but he officially does so now. He was a pure joy to watch. If I had a dream player to be reborn as I would choose to be Sehwag. He played each ball on its merits and forgot about it the next second. If only i could live with that motto.
Anyway - he retired from cricket in his own cheeky way with the following quote.

I also want to thank everyone for all the cricketing advice given to me over the years and apologise for not accepting most of it! I had a reason for not following it: I did it my way!

Thanks for all the entertainment - I have missed watching you live; of course I still have your youtube videos that I visit often. Be it the first 100 in Bloemfontein on Debut. I remember you play a drive through the covers with a straight bat high on the toes for a boundary  and Geoffrey boycott on commentary approves - "I got to tell you, this lad can play". Was he right or what!

Good luck for the rest of your life!

An archive of all the great pieces on cricinfo - here

I agree with the author's sentiments

http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/Ztn7TNVzfcFEUwTcRtz4hJ/Why-I-wont-return-my-Akademi-award.html

The age

Well - once you get to an age - you have to hear things that happen that are very unfortunate. it makes you feel sad and depressed. But, there is no way to avoid the effects of time.

This is just plain stupid!

http://www.livemint.com/Politics/BHA848bVK23YAoea2Ii9PI/NDA-to-ban-cow-slaughter-in-Bihar-if-it-wins-Sushil-Modi.html

Along expected lines

http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/NJkrCa9HnuxzAbX0khDxNJ/Grim-lessons-from-a-lynching.html

Agree

A piece criticizing Modi's and his party's response by Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Have to agree - the responses from BJP ministers is appalling and outright wrong. I mean people getting offended for other people's action is completely illegal. You have no right to tell me what I should eat or not. If you are offended stay home and pray to God for my sins - but how is it ok to kill people to save cows. I mean the religion does not allow killing of cows but it allows killing of people?
Unless BJP gets its act together on their fringe elements Indian progress will lose momentum very soon.