Country of a Billion Fools?

Bangalore is Mine - 16-FEB-2013

Most of us believe (or rather made to believe) that the 4 pillars of our democracy stands on Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and Press. However, in reality they are just watchdogs of the actual pillars that have overtaken the nation

Cops 'looked the other way' - cricket the reason

silkboard - 1-APR-2011

Quoting from Page #2, DNA, this morning, Mr Shankar Bidari, and Mr Sood like to play the generous cop. Looks like it was okay to do certain things on Wednesday night for cricketing reasons. No comments, but wanted to check if anyone else has reactions to these statements of generosity.

DNA reporter seems to have liked it.

Does Bengaluru need another Cricket Stadium?

kbsyed61 - 12-MAR-2011

After our representatives vociferously vented their anger on ticket fiasco in recent India-England cricket match in Bengaluru, Karnataka chief minister Yeddyurappa had made an announcement that a new well-quipped cricket stadium would be built in the city.

IPL Matches at Night - Who cares for ENERGY conservation?

kbsyed61 - 18-APR-2010

This photo's source is TravelPod page:

Thanks to current IPL controversies, now many questions are being raised including ethical, moral and social aspects. In all of these, I am trying to ask myself a question, even though I am also a cricket lover as millions others. The question I am asking myself is should the sports be played in night which compels to use flood lights?

Given the IPL context in which most of the matches are played at night, It is no secret that these matches need lighting arrangements consuming hundreds of kilowatts of power.

This in turn has many issues that we all need to look into. First issue is a social question. Should the matches be played at Night? When the cities are struggling with power shortages, is it right for sports managements to conduct matches at night which make use of large amount of energy resources?