April 2009 - Posts - A Daily Download

April 2009 - Posts

The starlings were here

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
The last of the rosy starlings seem to have left Delhi. And, like their arrival, their departure too hasn't been noticed by most Delhi residents. To me, however, these birds will remain one of the most evocative symbols of the city. Every year, in early April, tens of thousands (some say hundreds of thousands) of rosy starlings -- so called for...

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Dhoni and the hero to zero syndrome

Posted by Sukumar Ranganathan at 
So, M S Dhoni can do no wrong. India's cricket captain, who has been named by Wisden as captain of the Wisden Test XI for 2008, is in that zone that many Indians in public life and several Indian companies have found themselves -- the zone where they can do no wrong. Thus, Dhoni can afford to draw the third Test against New Zealand, after being...

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