The Hill's next big player is made in India The India lobby is also eager to use Indian
Americans to put a human face - not to mention a voter's face and a campaign contributor's face - on its agenda.
Beyond jealousy for cricket Instead of blaming cricket, federations of other sports should learn to promote their games professionally. In fact, they can take a leaf out of the BCCI book on how to treat their champions.
CONSUMER CORNER
Information is power I am horrified at the number of citizens, even among the highly educated, who have no clue on who to dial in an emergency.
GOING GREEN
China in three colours The more I see China wrestling with its environment, the more I'm convinced that it is going to prove much easier for China to have gone from Communism to capitalism than to go from dirty capitalism to clean capitalism.
Remembering forever... Soldiers walk by war graves after a commemoration ceremony for WWI soldiers from Australia and New
Zealand at Tyne Cot cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium, on Thursday. Tyne Cot is the largest Commonwealth military burial site in
the world. AP
Champions in sports other than cricket complain that Indian cricketers get disproportionate rewards as compared to them. Are they justified in complaining? Is the recognition of achievements related to the popularity of the game? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to send in their opinions. Most readers feel that cricket is over-glorified and its players are pampered at the cost of other sports. Others contend that cricket is the nation’s religion and the players certainly deserve the booty.
