<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify"><span style="font-family: Georgia"><font size="3">Muttiah Muralidharan has demanded 750 million Sri Lankan rupees (equivalent to $6.7 million dollar) from former Indian captain and one time great left arm spin bowler Bishan Singh Bedi as damages for making derogatory comments on Muralidharan’s bowling action. Bedi has recently commented that Muralidharan’s […]
From Yellow Journalism to Dirty Media
<p>According to wikipedia, yellow journalism is that ‘features scandal-mongering, sensationalism, jingoism, or other unethical or unprofessional practices’. I searched for ‘dirty journalism’ or ‘dirty media’ but there was not any definition available. It may because it is not discussed before. In my view, dirty media is that which is promoting terrorism and extremism worldwide. Newspapers, […]
Be Prepared
Long time ago in a small riverside town, there used to be a competition at the end of every year. After the competition, the king of the town will give out awards ranging from money to different kinds of valuable properties to the best participants. Some months to the beginning of a certain year’s competition, […]
Coping with the public smoking ban
For those of you who don’t know, the British government introduced a legislation whereby smoking is prohibited within an enclosed public space. Failure to comply with the new law will result in self-righteous remarks, reproving stares and the risk of a fifty pound ($100) fine. So basically a British smoker is one-step below a paedophile and […]
Avoiding in-flight “are we there yet?”
Avoiding in-flight “are we there yet?” By Richard Davis It’s often said that flying is one of the safest forms of travel. That may be true but it certainly isn’t the most pleasant, especially in this post-9/11 era of poverty-stricken airlines. Add kids and summer crowds to the picture, and you may be tempted to […]
NRI’s contribution to sports
NRI’s contribution to sports with a teeming population of about more than a crore and being the second largest populated country in the world i often wonder why we fail even to get one gold medal in the olympics . NRI’S after being succesful in their adopted country think ways and means to improve in […]