I do not watch cricket. I have little interest and even lesser understanding of the game. But this time around a friend dragged me in and said we should watch the semi finals together for “the fun of it”. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Commonwealth games, Customs warehouse, hindustan times, India-Pak match, MS Dhoni, news, political overtones, Sachin Tendulkar, Virendra Sehwag, World Cup 2011, world cup replica
I was appalled to hear what Farookh Dhondy, well known writer-author, said on television last night. The issue of Commonwealth Games opening was being debated and the fact that the Queen of England had nominated her son, Prince Charles, to declare open the games. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 8:08 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Commonwealth games, CWG, Farookh Dhondy, India, Indians, New Delhi, Organising Committee, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Queen of England, UK
It has become a trend to dismiss Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a “weak Prime Minister”. It was a line formally adopted by the Opposition, mainly the BJP, and one which others parrot. Read more

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Posted by Kumkum Chadha on Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Atal Behari Vajpayee, BJP, bureaucrat, Commonwealth games, Congress, HT Leadership Summit, Indo-US Nuclear deal, Kashmir issue, Left, LK Advani, Mamata Bannerjee, Maoists, Narasimha Rao, Opposition, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Rahul Gandhi, rising prices, Sita Ram Kesari. Babri Masjid, sonia gandhi, Telangana issue, UPA, US President Obama