Check out the latest blog that I’m working on: The Unofficial IPL Blog at http://www.unofficialipl.com/. I’m totally addicted to blogging (I’ll bet it shows ) and I’m really crazy about the IPL too! Cricket, Bollywood and Big Money all in the same package? This is going to be great!

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The high drama of the IPL auction unfolded today with some mind-numbing numbers. Dhoni was sold for the highest (yet) for Rs. 6 crores! Check out the list of prices some of the top players netted: Andrew Symonds Rs 5.4 Crores, Murlidharan 2.4 Crores, Shane Warn: 1.8 Crores, Jayasuriya 3.9 Crores!
That’s a lot of money [...]

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Forget Beijing Olympics, check out the Rural Indian Olympics! Some feats are quite extraordinary, I must say!

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China’s economy has been growing at a break-neck speed for the last several decades, and many economists have been warning that China’s economy has been growing too fast - and going out of control. But China has been dodging this fate it seems. But inflation seems to have finally caught up with China.
The inflation rate [...]

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Check out this cool collection of car logos and how they have evolved over time. The “web 2.0″ effect is unmistakable, as the later logos have the typical reflections and curvy lines that have become a rage on the web. Check out this ford logo collection below. (Click for larger image)
  

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I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently: Why do cellphone operators charge as much as Re. 1 for sending a simple SMS? It just doesn’t make any sense.
Consider this: A SMS is basically 160 chars + some headers = about 200 bytes of data transfered over the network. Cost = 100p/200 bytes = 0.05 [...]

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The Japanese are really innovative people, you’ve got to hand it to them. Reuters is reporting on their latest plan: To launch paper rockets from the International Space Station to see if the paper-rockets make it back to earth! Too funny!

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I’m really starting to like all the cool stuff BCCI is doing with the IPL. As you probably already know, the IPL has contracted the world’s top 80 players to play in the IPL. Now, they have to decide which team gets which players. To do this, they’re going to hold a LIVE auction on [...]

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Shell, one of the world’s largest energy company, has on it’s website a letter by the CEO Jeroen van der Veer, where he talks about the energy future of the World. The article is surprisingly frank and honest. Interesting perspective.
But what’s more interesting is that if you read between the lines, I think Jeroen is [...]

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And reuters is reporting today on something I’ve known for a long time - That the more you fight with your spouse, the longer you’ll live. I suspect that it applies not only to fighting with your spouse, but also with your dog, with your car and with the auto drivers.
So go forth and fight. [...]

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