Finally

a problem of utmost importance has been identified by the Prime Minister on the eve of the 64th Independence Day

Ian Chappell on the brilliance of Sehwag

Well, Ian Chappell compares how Sehwag is like an Australian legend named Don Bradman here.

Could you have guessed this?

Read th full piece here

With Sehwag you have fear and hope, with Gavaskar it was like hitting your head on a rock at the sheer futility of bowling. Gavaskar would never have got stumped on 99, and he wouldn't have tried to hit a six on 195 either. Two different styles you could not hope to see in a lifetime. But at the corresponding points in their career (79 Tests each), a mere 88 runs separate them. The difference in batting average is but 0.68.

Will the US government never

learn from the crisis of 2008. Still you see such schemes!
The damning statement from the piece!

This is really unfortunate. If you can't afford a substantial downpayment, then you don't need to be buying a home. And you certainly don't need the government urging you on.

Awesome

article by Pratap Bhanu Mehta on the distressing state of affairs under the current congress government.

Excerpts

The sense of crisis brewing across the nation now requires us to ask some graceless questions about political responsibility in the current government. In Kashmir, the government has irretrievably squandered an opportunity for real political progress; instead of hope, the stench of violence, intimidation and resentment again dominates the air. In the Northeast, the era of damaging blockades and political deadlocks is back. In Andhra Pradesh, the success of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi casts a shadow not just on the future of the state, but also on the ability of the Congress to sustain its momentum. Our neighbourhood is in disarray. Although the challenges posed by Pakistan are beyond the control of this government, its inability to swiftly take advantage of the propitious political circumstances in Bangladesh is sending disastrous signals: India is a power that cannot be respected. The modest gains that resulted from welfare outlays have long been dissipated by inflation. There is an odour of corruption and callous squandering of resources on so many fronts. Despite an opposition teetering on the brink of ideological and political bankruptcy, the government seems to be unable to muster confidence, resolve or far-sighted imagination.

I challenge you

to find a more bull shit quote than this one

The captains... say it's a batting wicket, bowlers have no chance. They don't have the bowlers to have a chance
Anurudda Polonowita, Sri Lanka's national curator

Can't an American ever admit

honestly that America funds terrorism in Pakistan (not directly, but thats how its funded). In a typically convoluted fashion Tom Friedman alludes to this fact in his New York Times Column here