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India in ODIs

The first ODI between England and India got off to a flying start in Rajkot. Why only the match?

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The Dhoni Magic

The Dhoni magic has worked again. As it had worked in South Africa all the way from the start of the inagural T20 World Cup right up to this point. It has been only Mahi, Mahi and Mahi. Why is it that when the mantals are in Dhoni's hands, India tend to perform better?

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Indian Series Win

India at last managed to win the coveted Border-Gavaskar trophy. But you know, it's India's second series win against Australia since 2000. First it was in the 2000-01 series and now its this time. The series will go down in the history books as the one favouring all the Indian players. First it was Gautam Gambhir, who got his first double hundred.

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9/11

It has been more than seven years till now from that dreaded attack on the World Trade Center. America was woken up - cruelly - by terrorists like Osama Bin Laden and Zawahiri who echoed India's concerns that terrorism was growing in the world and that India had a lot of threat.

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India Vs Pak

India faltered once again in the finals of the Kitply Cup played in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Men-in-Blue went down fighting to their arch rivals, Pakistan, after both India and pakistan got the better of the hosts to set up an expected final.

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Katrina Kaif's Crush

"Akshay Kumar - the action hero of Bollywood - is too interesting a fellow and its boring without him", says his Katrina Kaif. Katrina has been his lady in Namastey London, Welcom and now in Singh is King. According to Katrina, Akshay is a energy resorvior and keeps the energy level of the others in the higher levels too.

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Meditation

Today's is a stressful life. Now why the word stressful? But before answering this question it is necessary to introspect our own self. Why have we become stressful? Who is responsible for this stress? What has caused us to become stressful in spite of robotic technologies being used in day-to-day life?

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I need to write!

When I started contributing to writing sites, I understood that I need to write. Write daily and write correctly. Writing daily is a very important part of this business. Business, in the sense that, if you want to turn your knowledge and your passion for writing into some earning source.

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Mendis

Who is this Mendis for God's sake?
'A star is born', 'Sri Lanka finds another Murali', 'Lanka's trimph card' are all these 'glorifing' phrases really necessary and needed for a newcomer? How deserving are they? As 'find' was used for Ishant Sharma when the lamboo was Down Under, what will you call Mendis? A fluke? or a find?

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Skysurfing

Skysurfing is a type of neither surfing not only diving. It's actually a sort of skydiving. The skydiver is one who does skysurfing. The diver wears a board to his feet and does aerobatics very much life surfing. All this is done during the free fall. Surfboards are rather bigger. As compared the boards used in skysurfing are a little smaller.

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Square and Square roots

1, 2, 3, 4, ... are natural numbers. But 1, 4, 9, 16, ... are perfect squares to boot. Because all have square-root viz 1, 2, 3, 4, .... But there are some numbers which act nasty. For example 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, etc. Whose square roots can't be found exactly. Remember 'exactly'.

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Thoughts

At times, it is better to kep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all their doubts.
----- James Cinclair
Civilizations, like empire, fall, not so much because of the strength of the enemy outside as through the weakness and decay within.
----- Jawaharlal Nehru

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Ask Him Your Wishes

We humans - off of us live in this materialistic world. And when you say 'materialism' what all you think of - wishes, and so sorrows, jealousy, sex, anger, attachment, the pains all that. Any human in any birth in this world always wishes. As a mind is never empty, so is he never wishless. His wishes are constantly on his mind and they are innumerable.

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India Vs. Pak Test - Day 1

Who would have imagined India's recovery from 60 odd runs when almost half of the team was sent back to the pavilion? And who were among those sent back? Last match's double centurian Wasim Jaffer and centurian VVS Laxman - both dismissed cheaply this time. The Wall too could not resist the attack and crumbled. And who dismissed all these star cricketers?

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India Vs. Pak Test Day 5

India needed just 3 wickets with about half an hours play remaining. But eventually it was the bad lights that forced the players to call it quits. And because both the teams had already agreed that no flood lights would be used, India had to abandon the thoughts of forcing a win. No one might have dremt that the pendulum might swing so fast in India''s favour.

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India Aus Test 3 Day 4

Mission possible!
India once again came in the way of the Australia and win No. 17. Winning 17 Tests in a row remained just a distant and ever unfulfiling dream for the Australians. India really fought well and played more as a team. Australia were defeated in Australia only twice in the last 5 years. The last triamph was at Adelaide that too again by India back in 2003.

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Great Prizes

Sushil Kumar not only made India proud, but also got huge rewards instantly. First it was the Railway Ministry and the Delhi Government who gave him Rs. 1.04 cr. Another Rs. 55 are coming his way. The Railway Minister Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav promoted him from ticketing inspector to Assistant Commercial Manager. Then the Dehli Chief Minister announced Rs. 50 lakh.

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India at the Games

Wrestler Sushil Kumar made India proud by winning a bronze by defeating his opponant from Kazakistan on the 12th day of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. It is the second individual medal for India after Abhinav Bindra won a gold. It was Abhinav who gave India a first ever individual gold in the 112 year olympics history.

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Waves at the Big Boss House

The fans and supporters of Shilpa Shetty might have heard some 'heartning' news. The flashed yesterday on the TV News channels like Times Now. The news item was that the infamous participant of the Celebrity Big Brother - Jade Goody - was diagosed with cancer. And that she would have to rush back to England - only hours of the start - for treatment, which probably might be even surgery.

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The Big Boss

The season 2 of the Big Boss - the Indian version of the Celebrity Big Brother has taken off from yesterday Sunday 17. The news is not that its The Big Boss. The news is not that its being hotsted by Shipa Shetty. The news is not that its not on Sony Television. But the news is that there is the so-called vilian of the Celebrity Big Brother participating in it.

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