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The 2008 Olympics is hosted by China and will be held in Beijing. However the Torch relay has seen protests across the globe and that too at some unexpected and unprecedented places. The supporters of ‘Freedom of Press’ have staged protests at some place. However, the principal protesters, who have also managed to get enough political mileage have been the supporters of Tibet.

The Olympics is best remembered by its symbol-the Olympic Rings. These five intertwined rings represent the unity of five inhabited continents (with America regarded as one single continent). They appear in five colors on a white field on the Olympic Flag. These colors, white (for the field), red, blue, green, yellow, and black were chosen such that each nation had at least one of these colors in its national flag. (more…)

Just when the new format of cricket called ‘Twenty-20′ has only started getting into us, a still shorter version called ‘Ten-XI’ has sprung up and someone is actually patenting this new format! This new shorter version will almost be like the One-Day format shrunk to the last ten overs, but it is also a version loaded with rules.

In the set of rules, I noticed that, gone are the days of  a match ending up as a tie or a draw. The rules ensured that one of the teams ended up as a winner. Now I know that most of you will agree to the new format. But we are forgetting that this game is a gentleman’s game! Or should I say “was”! Gentlemen fought their matches with zeal and perseverance but were also willing to acknowledge their inability to defeat the other team and were ready to share the honors with them, thus sharing the points, sharing the win. But ‘No’. (more…)