I am in the middle of reading Shashi Tharoor’s An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India. If you have been living under a rock like I was, then you may not have heard about his Oxford debate where he smashed his contemporaries on why Britain should do reparations to India. At this time, […]
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Why does a non-football fan like me still watch the World Cup 2018?
I am not a football fan. I get why a lot of people are and believe me I have tried when I was in college. However, I just am not a football fan. I am a fan of ordinary humans doing extra-ordinary things, however. This is pretty much why I am watching the World Cup. […]
World Champions!
It’s Diwali in Mumbai. I can hear to the fireworks still going on … as Dhoni and the Indian team is getting prepared for lifting the world cup. Cricket is a religion in India, and you could see it today as many Indians in the stadium were praying during the last few tense moments. The […]
To IPL or to IPO?!?
This is a follow-up to Sudhir’s post on IPL. Yesterday I was reading the Economic times whilst the bai was cleaning my room (that’s the only time when I took a break from Sacred), and there it was … in the big headlines pattern. IPL teams can raise capital through going public … or via […]