Priya Balasubramanian Recently, when I grudgingly attended a mandatory workshop at my son’s school, I had a moment of realization. They showed us a video where a diehard cyclist is given the challenge of riding a cycle whose handles had been engineered to move in the reverse direction as compared to a regular cycle. So, […]
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V N Ramamoorthy It has been scientifically established that playing bridge keeps your brain active and healthy. But the side effect seems to be a lot of heartburn! 🙃 Because you don’t know how to deal with the deals you lost. You are happy to brag about that one deal out of one score when
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Priya Balasubramanian If you are a regular subscriber to either the Standard Times, or the Journalist Times, you need no introduction to the Land of Bridge. A thriving kingdom ruled by a benevolent Queen – it’s become a go to place in recent years. The Queen has successfully warded off threats from the Kingdom of
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Priya Balasubramanian She eagerly opened the Journalist Times. Her subscription to the Journalist Times on Sundays was one of the few luxuries she allowed herself. Her flat reeked of her relative poverty in masterpoints. The extra supplement in the Journalist Times promised an even heavier main section. The headline screamed, “Terrorist Trumped,” effectively drowning out
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, The title of the blog is from Alice in Wonderland. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” This sentence applies quite aptly to some of the explanations for bids
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “Ahimsa – is a bad word in Bridge 🙃!” That one day in every year, when we remember the Mahatma is jut around the corner! You nonchalantly resort to all criminal things all through the year and suddenly you become a lover of peace for one day 😢 Well
The HCL 2021 edition was remarkable in the sense that, after a long time, the final was played between two Indian Teams. In this post, Kista takes us through the gigantic third session of the quarter final which saw them overcome the favorites, Russia. Disclaimer : All opinions are entirely those of the author and
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Sukrit Vijayakar The Indian Bridge fraternity lost another iconic character yesterday with the passing away of Bharat (Buddy) Shah. Most of remember him as the manager of VU Graph on BBO. He was present at every major event, regaling everybody with his anecdotes and infusing everybody with a ‘joie de vivre’ with his ever
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “What is your DNA for Bridge? ” Learning to play winning bridge is similar to a lesson in Management, believe you me. 🙂 Bridge has no caste, creed, religion and is common to all blood groups. But your DNA is important for winning! If you don’t have the right
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V N Ramamoorthy Ladies and Gentlemen, “Pairing in Bridge – An Art or Science? ” Marriages are made in heaven – so they say. In Bridge, marriages are made in minds – or should I say ” Mindset “? Sometimes you end up with strange bed-fellows on the table 🙃 and that results in a
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