life-style ac-tivi-sm: (noun) intentional action in order to bring change in percieved definition of lifestyle in india
To err is human, to err twice is dumb human and to err thrice is Sri Lankan Umpires. Although Australians earned a lot of infamy for the notorious vendetta against Sachin, the Sri Lankans have outdone them by giving three dubious Leg Before Wicket decisions against Sachin in a row. Still, there is not much [...]
Posted in: Sports by Ashwin Mehendale
When Man City, apparently the world’s richest club, bid for the Brazilian player Kaka for a price of £ 100 million, everyone was stunned. Critics said that this hugely exaggerated price tag would result in more senior players being over evaluated and younger players converging towards rich championships such as the EPL or the Spanish [...]
Posted in: Sports by Ashish Padaruth
If you are a fan of the English Premier League (EPL), then you must be rejoicing with the way things are happening at the top of the table. Defying all odds Liverpool, the pride of Merseyside, is in 2nd place with a realistic ambition of winning it, after a gap of 19 years. They are [...]
Posted in: Sports by Ashwin Mehendale
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. And if dreams were fuel, Honda F1 team would glide to the finish line without any crash or slide (Honda’s tag line is ‘Power of dreams’). But since the regulations of the Formula 1 racing do not allow for fuel other than some concoction made from petrol to [...]
Posted in: In & Around, Sports by Ashwin Mehendale
I was in the fifth grade when I was fascinated by a fictional character. His name was Mowgli, and almost everything about him – from the dishevelled hair to the raw energy – seemed to have a magnetic effect on me. Then, in the year 2005, I saw Mowgli again, only this time he was [...]
Posted in: In & Around, Sports by rijoybhaumik
India winning gold was something as unfathomable as walking on the moon seemed a few decades ago. What Abhinav Bindra has achieved is something that each Indian has yet to come to terms with, Bindra included. Never had we thought that an Indian, after a gap of 30 years, would win gold in an Olympic [...]
Posted in: In & Around, Sports by Sahil Khan
The Beijing Olympics sure is the talk of the town. As the sporting fever spreads, the Chinese are certainly setting the sky ablaze, literally. However, it is not only the Olympic torch that is heating things up, but what is really sizzling this season is a campaign undertaken by PETA in Beijing. PETA has had [...]
Posted in: Fortnight China, In & Around, Sports by Sahil Khan