Priyanka Gulati It was with a sense of awe that I stepped into Kiran Nadar’s exquisite house, a mesmerizing collection of art, ranging from MF Husain to Raja Ravi Verma, welcomed me with their gaze. While anticipation for our interview pulsed through me, I secretly yearned for a brief delay, hoping to bask in the […]
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “Is Bridge akin to a horse racing? ” You bet, bridge and horse racing have many things in common! In a race club there are stables while in bridge there must be tables. Grooming and seeding are relevant to both. It is another matter that a brid(g)egroom always arrives
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When you find yourself in a bad contract, there is no need to despair or feel depressed but hope for the best. You will be lucky sometimes, as the distribution of the opposing cards will be such that you score an absolute ‘top’ instead of the ‘bottom’ that you feared. To illustrate this, let us
V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, In the wake of the tragic miss for qualification on Sunday, the question “Did the Tiranga lack “Shiv Shakthi”on World forum? ” must have hit a lot of minds. The whole world has acknowledged that “India” has arrived. This decade, this century belongs to us! The world’s largest democracy,
There is many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. Indian supporters had a first hand experience of the meaning of this proverb as they saw what looked like an almost certain slot for qualification slip from there grasp and smash into smithereens yesterday. On the encouraging side, the ladies put on another sterling
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The open team had a bad at the office on Day 7 at Marrakesh leaving them in 9th position and having tough matches to qualify. The ladies team put in another heartening days performance and have acquitted themselves creditably albeit that they have no chance of qualification. Do follow our mini bulletins. And all contributions
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Day 6 at Marrakesh was day of solid performances from the Open and Ladies teams. While the Open team has all our hearts beating with excitement at the prospect of qualification, the Ladies team has given us hope for the future. A quick reaction to a couple of comments received on yesterday’s post. Let me
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Day 5 at Marrakesh was a good one for the Indian open team, a disastrous one for the seniors, a heartening one for the ladies and a nothing (for want of a better word) day for the seniors. As we come to the closing stages of the round robin, only the Open team has any
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Day 4 at Marrakesh was a good one from India and has left one brimming with some hope albeit only time will tell our final standing. The Open Team has continued to maintain its solid steady performance keeping our hopes up. The seniors team posted two big wins yesterday to raise hopes of the possibility
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Day 3 at Marrakesh continued to be one of disappointments with all teams except the open virtually out of the race for qualification. The Open Team, while it still does have a chance, will have to play hard to make the cut. We hope they do! We have, today, some pictures from Marrakesh, shared in
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