Thats hardly an excuse, Benny and you are wise enough to know that. It is still coming out of the economy, isnt it? We cant refute the fact its a rich-man's sport with a very limited, urban viewership.
I see that sarcasm isnt in short supply, but its well directed here.
I would have loved to see these millions spent on sports for the masses. To improve the condition of our govt. run athletics academies, the sports hostels, the dying sport of hockey, and for training the coaches. As I said...
Waste of resources in my view. All this money can be better spent in developing other sports at the grassroots level. Unfortunately, glamour is all that counts.
Good news. But we gotta do more to attract tourists. We have 10 times the potential of the #1 country, Turkey. Its our attitude and our infrastructure that lets us down. Better airports, better hotels, better connectivity and better policing can make us #1.
Its also not the country not watching it. Check your local pirated CD vendor and he will let you know of the sale of Bollywood movies - the above topics and names included.
Point taken. But China could have surely informed India beforehand that they wont allow a General from a disputed region to travel to a country. Such a step could have surely avoided the fiasco.
Anyway, whats been done, is done. I hope this isnt a major setback and the two countries to talk...
Notice how the words change from 'They' to 'Indian Army' in the same sentence. Normally its the other way around. Dont seem like her own words.
My guess is that she probably did cross the LoC. (Goes to show how porous it is and if a housewife can cross it, whats stopping the terrorists!). And...
No point beating a dead horse, but pray tell me if denying Visas to Generals will please a neighbor.
Everything was going fine, no noise about Arunachal/South Tibet or Sikkim, planned military exchanges and diplomatic visits and then suddenly the bombshell from the Chinese. What do you make of...
Jana, seriously, if our kids were following cartoons while growing up, a mouse or a duck would have been our fav pets rather than a dog or a cat.
And again, you make it sound like Hindus in general are purposefuly pushing into Muslim homes with an underlying objective to promote their...