Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had said several months ago that if there were a Nobel prize for dirtiness (or lack of hygiene), Indians would be toppers every year. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, September 24, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Filed under India · Tagged chilli pieces, Commonwealth Games, curry leaves, drumstick, Environment Minister, hindustan times, hygiene, jairam ramesh, Lalit Bhanot, news, Nobel prize, Organising Committee, Tam-Brahm, Venkaiah Naidu
As the Commonwealth Games scene gets murkier every hour and Suresh Kalmadi sinks himself deeper into the quagmire by the day, I cannot but help recall Sunil Dutt, UPA 1’s first Minister for Sports and a man so honest that it was almost painful to watch his integrity. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 13, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Filed under India · Tagged 2004 Olympics, Bal Thackeray, blackmail, Bollywood, Bombay bomb blasts, Commonwealth Games, hindustan times, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister for Sports, MS Gill, news, Sanjay Dutt, scam, Sunil Dutt, Suresh Kalmadi, TADA, UPA 1
Bal Thackeray is in the habit of referring to Suresh Kalmadi as a frog. Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 11:06 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Bal Thackeray, BCCI, bjp, Board for Control of Cricket in India, Commonwealth Games, Congress, CWG committee, frog, INC, Indian National Congress, Indian Olympic Association, Indian Premier League, IOC, IPL, Lalit Modi, Lok Sabha, Pune, saffron alliance, scamsters, Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena, Suresh Kalmadi