Comments on: 5 Things Happening in South Asia Unrelated to Cricket

By: raja

raja — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:53:15 +0000

there should be some strict rules brought in the game of cricket as in the football or in some other games. players of two teams should be banned from exchanging dialogues or emotion in the ground. issue of green card or yellow card as per specifications can be brought in cricket to avoid unacceptable activities like harphajan incident.

By: shiva

shiva — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:55:00 +0000

March 23rd was the 76th death annivesary of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru. Trust a paper-star crazy country to forget its real heroes.

By: indianoguy

indianoguy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:31:31 +0000

Indian media is covering the crisis in Pakistan quite extensively, This is the headline news in almost every news paper/Channel. Here is a good article about this crisis

By: Neale

Neale — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:18:17 +0000

Last night on NPR Neal Katyal was very impressive The guy is a legal rock star material.

By: milieu

milieu — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:45:21 +0000

It isnt India which is arriving. It is India's priveliged middle class. Ofcourse it is good for india that it's culture is being celebrated (a little) in the West. But for too long that culture almost seemed to require certification by the west to be considered a culture. And meanwhile there are the teeming hungry millions out there who are not worried about culture but about their next meal. Am ~~almost~~ feeling like a party popper here, which is not something good.

By: Whose God is it anyways?

Whose God is it anyways? — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:08:07 +0000

“Why the lack of US coverage of this latest PK crisis (which is slightly ‘cedar revolution’, if you replace hot Lebanese babes with bloodied young Desi attorneys)? Maybe if the story doesn’t fit in a “frame”, it doesn’t get covered. PK is about fundies, taliban, and dictators, not rioting lawyers in Reservoir Dogs suits.”

reading the bbc “have your say” on this topic, and some of the comments from westerners, it’s probably because their interest in musharaff really only stems from what he can do to help the west in their “war on terror”. unfortunately, the wishes of the pakistani people or domestic issues are secondary to them. if it looks like this dispute was going to lead to his downfall, then it would be a top priority. a “strong” musharaff at the expense of his own people is preferable to them.

By: Neyyappam-phile

Neyyappam-phile — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:02:26 +0000

Amardeep — thank you for the respite from the cricket…

BLASPHEMY!

Had to tie this to cricket somehow.

Whew, a sane voice at last.

By: hari

hari — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:55:19 +0000

The other interesting thing that's going on in PK is that, with all of this controversy, the new chief justice is Rana Bhagwandass, who is from the very small Hindu minority, like Danish Kaneria.

Had to tie this to cricket somehow.

By: Neale

Neale — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:34:23 +0000

...anyone in India want to buy amchi L.A. Times?

By: Anil

Anil — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:12:05 +0000

Junebugg – Thanks for the links — helpful in giving some context.