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The Times of India reports : Australian captain Michael Clarke feels a "team-first orientation of sustained pressure and sacrifice...

In the same New Yorker piece by Adam Gopnik on “imprisonment’, that I had linked to in my previous post, there is this passage in the begin...

In an earlier post, I had linked to some articles which went into the question of why we imprison people. I had quoted Kwame Anthony Appia...

As one who is severely handicapped when it comes to learning new languages, I am always in awe of people who can speak many languages fluent...

Bradman had the reputation of being a run-getting machine on the field, and a hard Australian off it. Neville Cardus narrates an incident i...

In the 26/11 incident, the employees of the Taj Hotel in Mumbai conducted themselves with rare courage – many giving up their lives in tryin...

The book, “Irrigation in India” by Herbert Wilson and published in 1903 carries an excellent description (page 189) of the Periyar dam and ...

Judging from the public response to the defeat of the Indian cricket team, it is clear that we have forgotten that cricket is a sport. Among...

‘The Great Escape” is one of the most thrilling movies that I have seen. The fact that it was based on a true story made it even more admira...

There was a cricketer called George Gunn who played for Nottinghamshire and England. Quite a character, he was, going by the description of...

The Asiatic Journal and monthly register for British Indian and foreign dependencies (page 650) carries this sycophantic letter written in ...

The Makara Sankranthi day that usually falls on January 14th,  falls on January 15th this year. According to Wikipedia: Sankranti is the Sa...

Commenting on the success of the song “Kolaveri di”, A.R.Rahman said, “It is a nice, simple tune. Every now and then a clutter-breaker emerg...

I was amused to read this news report yesterday : East Bengal had to bear the wrath of fans who laid siege to their home turf with players...

There is a tendency to think that ‘ethics’ have a religious basis and must be firmly explained in the form of God’s commands- “Thou shall ” ...

According to this report in Discover, the claim that old violins (such as the ones crafted by Stradivari) sound better than new ones is jus...

In a lovely post on the subject of ‘parenting’, Shruthi writes : Parenting doesn't come with a manual. And to add to that, every chil...

A study suggests that Dhoni and team should stop thinking consciously about their game, and to let their brains do the work automatically. ...

When trying to turn left at any traffic junction in Chennai, one needs to either presume that a ‘free left turn’ is allowed, or wait patient...

If you were given the option to selectively eliminate or minimise the impact of unpleasant memories from your mind, would you go for it? We...