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Sachin Tendulkar and the awkward realisation that this nomination has a price

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, May 10, 2012 1:59AM UTC View Comments

It is almost a week since reports appeared in some papers that Sachin Tendulkar declined to share information on the penalty that he paid to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation for moving into his new house in Bandra, Mumbai without obtaining the vital Occupation Certificate. An application under the Right to Information had been filed with the...

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Shall We Elect the President?

By Bala Murali Krishna Mon, May 07, 2012 7:16PM UTC View Comments

India may have run its course in tokenism as far as presidential choices are concerned. More than one Muslim has held the position as the country’s titular head; and a Sikh (Zail Singh), Dalit (K.R. Narayanan) and woman (incumbent Pratibha Patil) have each held the august office. Unless somebody comes up with a Christian or...

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Sachin, Rekha & the nomination game – nothing new, nothing by the rule book

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, Apr 28, 2012 2:55AM UTC View Comments

To begin with some verbatim quotes. Article 80 of the Constitution of India: “The Council of States shall consist of – (a) twelve members to be nominated by the President in accordance with the provisions of clause (3); and (b) not more than two hundred and thirty-eight representatives of the States and of the Union...

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50 most popular athletes on social media – Sachin Tendulkar’s 14th

By Sriram Vadlamani Wed, Feb 01, 2012 12:25PM UTC View Comments

Sachin Tendulkar is the 14th most popular athlete on social media. Tendulkar has 7.5 million fans/followers between his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Though quite a few other cricketers have a presence on social media networks, none of them made it to the list. In fact, Tendulkar is also the only Indian on the list. A big...

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Imran Khan’s Tendulkar suggestion: Poor strategy on a new playing ground

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:52AM UTC View Comments

Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Kahn. Pic: AP.

Imran Khan was a very good cricketer – one of the quartet of the world’s finest all-rounders to have played in the 1980s – the other three being Ian Botham, Richard Hadlee and of course India’s own Kapil Dev. But that was a long time ago. Today he is a Pakistani politician aspiring for a...

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