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Monthly Archives: June 2006

World Cup notes - 1

Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Togo, the team I am rooting for, plays today. Here is hoping Togo and their star, Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor, will be a credit to their continent, civilization and soccer itself, although Steve Wilson seems to be a bit uncharitable to them:
Perhaps the only thing going in Togo’s favour as they make their debut at the [...]

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Ugly side of a beautiful game

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Read the WAPO OPED on the ugly side of soccer worldcup: the importing of women and children to provide commerical sex for visitors.
It is estimated that more than 40,000 women and children will be imported to Germany during the month-long competition to provide commercial sex in the “mega-brothels,” “quickie shacks,” other legalized venues and vast [...]

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Bus Uncle

Friday, June 9, 2006

A tap on the shoulder. A request that he lower his voice, while speaking on the cell phone in a bus. The bus Uncle starts screaming at the young ‘tapper’, offering commentary on life, pressure, etiquette all in obscenity laden stream of consciousness invective.
The infamous Hongkong video, captured by a fellow passenger, has already spawned [...]

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Ah, Togo PM at the World Cup

Friday, June 9, 2006

For all the discussion about Iranian President Ahmadinejad showing up in Germany to watch Iran play whoever, and then for all the festive reception he was going to receive from Neo Nazis and such people, here is a story that warms my heart and show why there is still hope for us non-European, non-western, non-rational [...]

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Reality Check

Thursday, June 8, 2006

To,
Shri D. T. Jayakumar
Minister for Housing, Government of Karnataka, District-in-charge Minister, Mysore
Dear Shri Jayakumar,
Greetings from a warm, sunny Chicago. May I state at the outset that unlike many of our fellow countrymen, I am big admirer of politicians and their genuine desire to do something good for India within certain limitations. Sure, politicians are corrupt [...]

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The Reservations Conundrum

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

I am part of a new group blog of historians ‘Revise and Dissent‘ at History News and Network.
Although this blog came into existence about ten days, I began posting there from today. I wanted to do a series of entries on the recent Reservations saga both here and at Revise and Dissent but it is [...]

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