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Monthly Archives: August 2006

Hiatus

Thursday, August 31, 2006

It has been a while since I wrote something. Too many other (and some unexpected) demands on my time. I hope I am back on a regular schedule.
I was hoping to have a clear sense by now of what I want to write here at the Land of Lime, as opposed to the two other [...]

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Play ball

Sunday, August 20, 2006

I am not a Giants fan, on account of my status as an Oakland resident. And on account of Barry Bonds. Didn’t expect to go see Barry and his buddies in my first week in the Bay area.
But I love Baseball and when friends tempted me with tickets to see the picturesque AT&T Park on [...]

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For an Encyclopedia of India?

Tuesday, August 8, 2006

Also posted at HNN/REVISE AND DISSENT:
At Powells bookstore in Chicago, I saw a new Encyclopedia of India edited by eminient South Asian historian Stanley Wolpert. It’s an impressive four volume work, with 580 essays on the history, culture, economy and politics of the Indian subcontinent. Over two hundred scholars have contributed to this international projects.
Despite [...]

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This time we throw up

Monday, August 7, 2006

The one indelible image from that famous tied test of 1986 was Dean Jones puking all over Chepauk. Commentators and fellow fellow players couldn’t stop extolling his bravery as he made a double hundred in a fighting cramps and dehydration. Jones had a fairly successful international career but make no mistake: he milked that one [...]

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Wages of friendship

Friday, August 4, 2006

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King Bhoja has a simple desire. He wants his friend Kalidasa to sing Bhoja’s carama sloka, eulogy.
Bhoja knows that he is inviting death with his request. Overwhelming is that desire to hear how his dearest friend, the greatest poet to have ever lived, might express his sorrow. Naturally, Kalidasa refuses to oblige Bhoja, even at [...]

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Match fixing, Italian style

Wednesday, August 2, 2006

Italy won the World Cup recently. At that time, we also heard about the match fixing, buying referees and such other corrupt practices, which led to four of the biggest Italian football clubs being penalized. Together, these clubs had provided thirteen players to the team. Juventus, the Italian champions, were stripped of their title.
This mother [...]

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