Way back in 2004, couple of months before Athens Olympics was due to begin, there were concerns that several infrastructure projects were way behind the schedule. There were even speculations that if things were not ready at a certain state by a certain date, International Olympic Committee might even push back the games after levying [...]

Oh well. Here we are in UK hanging around with a hung parliament, as predicted by the pollsters. This election has been very interesting. With the American style televised debates, it was much more clearer as where each party stood. Also, when so many politicians (not the main guys) taking to social media forums like [...]

Had someone told me that all it takes is 90 minutes of airtime to change the political landscape of this country, I would have certainly dismissed that as being too hypothetical. But that is actually what happened last Thursday in the first ever Leadership debate, where in the Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg came out [...]

Warning:A very long post.
The fact that it took 50 years for Britain to ape the American style of debates could explain the hype that surrounded the first of the three live leadership debate that was telecast in ITV1 at prime time last night. Not withstanding the traditional campaigning, it is everyone’s knowledge that a televised [...]

Most of the twitterati in UK talk about the volcanic ash that has caused the British airports to be shut down for the day. Seems that the ash might even over shadow the supposedly historic Leader’s Debate today.
Did any one notice the name of the area where that volcano is located. It is Eyjafjallajoekull. Now, [...]

I don’t give a damn to opinion polls conducted in India. In UK though, in the two general elections I have seen (2001, 2005) the pollsters had called it right. But 2010 elections appear to be a very close call and heading for a tight finish. The below Yougov / Sun poll suggests that the [...]

It started with the common cold and fever for Anirud. When we took him to the doctor thinking that it could be chicken pox, he suggested that we consult the pediatrician, who sent us to a different hospital for monitoring his health, as they were not sure about the cause of fever. To cut a [...]