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I’m still hoping to see a swimming final in the Beijing 2008 Olympics where a world record is not broken. World record are not broken by a millisecond or so which is usually the case but [...]
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Yesterday, Chinese women gymnasts joined their male counterparts in winning the team gymnastics gold. The minimum age for gymnasts in the Olympics is 16 but watching the Chinese girls (can’t really think of them as women), you would be hard pressed to believe that they meet the eligibility criteria. Following their amazing display at the [...]
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Four years ago during the Athens 2004 Olympics, I wrote about a simple strategy to win more medals at the Olympics. It involved focusing on swimming and gymnastics given the number of events hence more medals in each event. If you have been watching Phelps attempt to break the record on the most medals won [...]
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Remember that spectacular fireworks display depicting more than two dozen footprints through Beijiing leading to the Birds Nest Stadium during the Olympics opening ceremony? It turns out that it was digitally created. Sigh! I knew it was too good to be true.
And the nine-year-old kid who sang “I Sing for my Motherland” when the [...]
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China has dropped the image of Chairman Mao Zedong from its new currency possibly signaling an end of Communist economic policies; political freedom still remains a dream though.
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Note to the Indian government – you do not ban pro-Tibetan protests in a region that is claimed by China but lies within the legitimate borders of India especially if it is a peaceful protest. Given your fascination for the man during election time, the father of the nation would never have approved. In fact, [...]
Patrix | Current Affairs, India | 5 Comments »
Over the past month, new media has been inundated with the progress of the Olympic Torch relay and the hot water it has been getting into. As Jon Stewart eruditely remarked, Tibet protesters are hell bent upon interrupting the relay and extinguishing the torch as it doing so will instantly free Tibet. But I can [...]
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Given the extent of protests worldwide, the Chinese authorities will be glad when the Olympic torch relay comes to China and roam around its countryside before culminating in Beijing on August 8th. In their country, it can safely squash any protests and hide its brutal ways of doing so from the eyes of the world. [...]
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I request those of you who have asked me to stay away from the Olympic Torch Relay to understand that when I do run with the torch on the 17th of April it is not in support of China. In fact it will be with a prayer in my heart for the people of Tibet, [...]
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Finally we have a celebrity in India who has the balls to stand up for what he believes in. Baichung Bhutia, India’s ace footballer refused to carry the Olympic torch when it reaches New Delhi on April 17 [source: ToI]:
Talking to TOI , Bhutia, a Buddhist, said, ‘‘I sympathize with the [...]
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Michael Cera is the only bright spark in an otherwise listless comedy.
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Love political movies so loved this one too. Frank Langella plays a terrific Nixon.
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Outrageously funny. Not recommended for watching with your kids or parents.
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