Novak Djokovic, who was seen as the main threat to the defending champion Raefel Nadal, has exited the French Open. He became the most high-profile casualty so far this year. He was beaten by Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-4 6-4 . Djokovic looked completely out of touch in the match. Kohlschreiber, seeded 29th this [...]
I would really love to drop into Las Vegas this weekend. Just go there, chill out, go to a casino, hit the poker room, play and enjoy myself. I really love the game of poker. I am not sure whether I am really poker faced but there is lot in that game that I enjoy. [...]
I got this lesson from my cousin who is an electrician. He was called one day urgently to repair a fault in an electric connection. I was with him at that time and tagged along with him. He went in, took one look at the fuse box and smiled. Then, went through every single wire [...]
There are few things which are so destressing and energizing as dancing. The very act of dancing means that the person is happy and enjoying herself. Hence, even if you are not feeling so happy and energized, amazingly, the moment you start dancing, you get the energy from somewhere.
One should also have the right [...]
Do you have a clearly articulated goal or a set of goals in life? First, when I went in for a ‘Life Goal setting’ training, I wondered what it is all about. I have grown up to be a young man without very clear goals in my life. I studied art because I liked it [...]
Nowadays, even the training programs done by corporates are woven into the fabric of outdoor activities and games. One of the games that has caught the fancy of corporates and the individuals alike is the game of paintball. It is a simple enough game but the game is so thrilling and so loaded with fun [...]
Rubina, 9, and Azharuddin, 10, both key child actors in the film Slumdog millionaire which swept the oscars, have both lost their homes this month when the Mumbai (Bombay) authorities demolished parts of their slum. However, the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra has announced it will give new homes to the two child [...]
Venus Williams, the third seed, has crashed out of the French open tennis tournament 2009. She is the first top seed to get out this year. She lost 0-6, 4-6 by Agnes Szavay. Venus, with this defeat, has lost at the third round in the last three years. This must really be very hard for [...]
Getting injured has become part and parcel of playing sports. However, the naturre of injury and the treatment required varies from sports to sports and injury to injury. The sports injury website physioroom.com has an amazing list of all kinds of sports injuries and what happened each time and what kind of treatment the players [...]
The US tax payers are expected to lose billions of dollars, if the General Motors goes bankrupt, as per a study by New York University’s Stern school of business. The sinking company has already gobbled up to 50 billion dollars of tax payers money, which may not come back, if the company does not do [...]
