An interesting parallel

between the American Presidential Election and the Stanford Farce in West Indies by Alex Try. Can't agree more with Alex!!

Cricket

Just finished watching the entire highlights package of day 3 of the test at Delhi. Well Australians fought hard. But India still has a chance to convert this match into a victory. They need to be aggressive and a little bit of luck will help. The Indians bowled well as a unit. Kumble until he got injured did a decent job. Though his critics would be pointing out to the 70 wicketless overs he has bowled. Mishra was decent. The fast bowlers bowled greats pells but were unlucky with lots of edges going to into empty spaces in the slip cordon. But surely the man of the day was Viru. Well well...What can I say. He bowled great off spin. He flighted the ball and encouraged the batsman to attack him. He foxed three batsman and all of them were balls that an offspinner would be proud of. The one he got Hussey was a gem! Sheer joy when you see the guy you like play well! And man was he smiling or what. The highlights package after tea was more like Sehwag overs only!

Lets hope for more luck for today!

Does seem a

bad plan to me to assist 3 million homeowners especially given that how you determine if a household qualifies is so subjective!

China

seems to adversely affected by the economic downturn. A series of steps to better the situation!

An interesting

piece on the lack of empathy towards the financial sector by Vir Sanghvi

Really

its sickening to get up and watch news like this everyday. I am even scared to look at news!

Well

economist endorses Obama today. A very nice piece that sums up the positives and negatives of both candidates in a sensible manner. You have to agree with the Economist! If only it was the real McCain running for election he might have had a chance. But its a republican McCain who is running for election and he doesn't stand a chance against an articulate opponent like Onama (against Kerry it worked but you don't get dumb democratic candidates always!)

So I guess it seems like Obama will win a landslide victory. Lets see!