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
For all the sleaze and slush and slime that I have encountered over the years as a political journalist, I must admit that last week’s relentless exposes vis-à-vis the Indian Premier League really took my breath away. Read more

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This is a story I have told to friends before on many occasions but now I feel the need to put it down in black and white.
When Atal Behari Vajpayee’s government fell by one vote in 1999, I asked Sharad Pawar, “Who do you think was responsible – Mayawati, Saifuddin Soz or Girdhar Gamang?’’ Read more

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Posted by Sujata Anandan on Friday, April 16, 2010 at 8:41 pm
Filed under India · Tagged BCCI, IPL, Jagmohan Dalmia, Lalit Modi, Maratha warlord, Mumbai Cricket Assocation, P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, Shashi Tharoor