An Open Letter to Times Now Dear Arnab, You and your channel people must have been the only one rejoicing yesterday when Dhoni & Co. were shown the exit door at SCG last night. There anyway was not much happening on the political front these days. At least not big enough for your channel to garner the TRPs, especially with the World cup going on. So what better than wait for an opportunity for the Indian team to faulter once and just pounce on that opportunity to feed the viewers with your channel's hallmark - Sensationalism . How I wish that sometimes you were on the other side of the camera. I would be surprised if you would last the entire length of NEWSHOUR (read Noise Hour). To make things worse, other journalists of your channel ( Siddharth Vaidyanathan ) have started following your suit. I don't blame them. Since they must have seen that the only way to put across your point in front of the audience and become famous, to hell with for right or for wro
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How will we remember this World Cup? We are through with the league stage. Entering now in the business end of the tournament. Fate of 8 teams has been decided, and by the next fortnight, rest shall follow suit. One will emerge as a champion. Rest will ponder on intangibles of the game. Some spells shall change the course of the match, some knocks will define careers, a few will call curtains on their glorious journey over the last two decades. Every four years, the cricket world cup becomes a spectacle for millions, raises hopes for a nation, brings people together and leaves with memories for ages. Memories, I believe, whether pleasant or unpleasant ones have always inspired individuals and teams. And no wonder, each edition of a World Cup comes back with inspired cricketers, some who try to emulate success and some who try to turn new corners in the books of history. Each of the previous editions lived up to the expectation. Countless heroics have come together t