When the IPL commissioner commandeth, the team owners obeyeth. So when I said, ‘No Paki players this time’, no one dared bid for them.
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A former RAW chief gets the rules bent to obtain diplomatic passports and immunity
You may win the tactical fairness battle but consider the long-term costs involved—a life-long cosmetic prison, irreversible health damage
The Washington-based economist who was part of the team to be awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize weighs in
Excluding Pakistanis from the IPL was a sordid affair, and Modi its unctuous author
Rough neighbourhoods, night jobs, the compulsion to stay—a deadly triad makes soft targets of Indians
A former RAW chief gets the rules bent to obtain diplomatic passports and immunity
You may win the tactical fairness battle but consider the long-term costs involved—a life-long cosmetic prison, irreversible health damage
The Washington-based economist who was part of the team to be awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize weighs in
Himalayan blunder or fudged fact? Anyway, Dr R.K. Pachauri’s is a fall from grace.
Pakistan smarts under a cricketing slight
Excluding Pakistanis from the IPL was a sordid affair, and Modi its unctuous author
When tough talk yields no results, tougher measures are needed
Rough neighbourhoods, night jobs, the compulsion to stay—a deadly triad makes soft targets of Indians
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