Just when you thought it was safe to get back… on the cricket field, along comes Shahid Afridi.Now what was the need for Boom Boom (or should that be Big Mouth?) Afridi to say Indians didn’t want to play Pakistan in the World Cup? Has he forgotten that Indians did play Pakistan in a warm [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Hey Afridi, take your feet out of your mouth
Posted: June 25, 2009 in cricketTags: Pakistan cricket, Shahid Afridi, T 20 World Cup, Younis Khan
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Brits are racist. Americans are racist. Australians are racist. Yes, but what about us? It’s a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. Oops, sorry no pun intended.Sure, a lot of people living in the US, Australia, and UK are colour conscious. But the thing is that a lot of them haven’t been exposed [...]
T 20 debacle: The real jokers
Posted: June 15, 2009 in India, selectorsTags: Dhoni, Ishant, Jadeja, Mohinder Amarnath, Suresh Raina, T20
A long time ago Mohinder Amarnath called the selectors a bunch of jokers. I think that epithet can now be used for some sections of the media. Now that India is out of the T20, the ‘experts’ in the media have started pointing out skipper Dhoni’s mistakes. So why did he send Jadeja before Yuvraj? [...]
Dapoli – Making the best of a bad job
Posted: June 15, 2009 in TraveloguesTags: Dapoli, Karde, Kumbharli Ghat
The day (May 23) we checked in to our hotel in Karde near Dapoli, the cook fled. Trust me we had nothing to do with it …but I can’t imagine a hotel without a cook!When we left Dandeli for Kolhapur on the last leg of our holiday, we had hoped that the drive would be [...]
Dapoli: The dolphin spotting was fun… II
Posted: June 15, 2009 in TraveloguesTags: Dapoli, dolphins, Kadyavarcha Ganpati, Suvarnadurg fort
But we did go dolphin spotting the next day, and also visited the Kadyavarcha Ganpati temple which was on top of a hill at Anjarle. The drive to the temple and back was amazing and nerve-wracking, because of the very narrow roads and the steep inclines. But the dolphin spotting the next day was quite [...]
