What do the ratings measure?
A form rating would only look at what a player has done in (say) the last year, whereas ratings take into account a player’s entire career - though they put more emphasis on what the player has done recently.
How do you decide who is or isn’t included in the list?
Players have [...]
Mahi, described as extravagantly flamboyant & destructive batsman was the most successful head to captain the Indian side. India won numerous series under his captaincy including T20 WC - 2007, CB Series 2007 (beating Aussies at their own den), border Gavaskar Trophy, 4 consecutive series against Srilanka, etc.
He was the recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel [...]
“Civilizations have arisen in other parts of the world. In ancient and modern times, wonderful ideas have been carried forward from one race to another…But mark you, my friends, it has been always with the [...]
One of my less informed colleagues was terrified when he recieved an e-mail telling that AIDS is spreading through needles put in cinema chairs & other places ..
This is nothing new for me …..
In India we have very less (negligible) if any , sex education. People are just not aware of things … Maybe they [...]
What do we mean by patriotism in the context of our times? I venture to suggest that what we mean is a sense of national responsibility… a patriotism which is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
Adlai E. Stevenson
You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America’s Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn’t want to go to war, and the three most powerful [...]
Prime Minister’s speech at Columbia University
New York,
September 24, 2003
Professor Bollinger,
Professor Sachs,
Distinguished Guests,
I am honoured to be here in the oldest institution of higher learning of the State of New York, as it enters its 250th year. I thank Professor Jeffrey Sachs [...]
The Indian economy is finally overcoming some of the obstacles that have traditionally been cumbersome to growth and today, India’s economic growth rate is among the fastest in the world, based largely on a flair for information technology and knowledge-based industries. As a result, India is providing an IT workforce for high tech companies around [...]
India, home to more than one billion people, constitutes for 18% of the world’s population. Indus Valley Civilization (circa 2500-1700BC), earliest known civilization of South Asia, corresponding to the Bronze Age cultures of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete (KrÃti). The remains of settlements belonging to this culture have been found throughout the Indus River valley [...]
Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Mark Twain said: India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of [...]
India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The name ‘India’ is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers [...]
By Kulwant Roy
String serenade
Indian National Army personnel are all military grace as they welcome Gandhi at an event at the Harijan Colony, Delhi, in 1946
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 Nation Builder
Jawaharlal Nehru addresses the press in Delhi in 1947, shortly before Independence
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 Nation Maker
Jinnah, sitting on a sofa like a modern potentate, surveys the scene from atop a truck at a [...]