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The WSJ has a detailed article today on the struggling Jet Airways. Without a doubt it was India's best airline at its peak. It was a huge disappointment to see Jet Airways cancel it's flights to India from SFO so quickly after introducing them. With the airline industry struggling the world over its not surprising that airlines in India are now hit by the decline as well. Hopefully, Jet can stage a comeback!

Vir Sanghvi describes the issue of dynasty in Indian politics in the HT. Farooq Abdullah is the second generation of the political dynasty founded by his father Sheikh Abdullah. (His son Omar is Chief Minister of J&K.) Prithviraj Chavan is from a well-known Maharashtra political family. Salman Khurshid’s father was a minister in Indira Gandhi’s government. Dayanidhi Maran is the son of Murasoli Maran, a minister in A.B. Vajpayee’s government and is a close relative of M. Karunanidhi. Selja is the ...

Shahrukh Khan's Kolkata Knight Ridders finally won a match. It had to happen. Sooner or later McCullum was going to strike and some team was going to suffer. It was Chennai's turn. When McCullum gets going, boy he can be dangerous. Dada continues his struggle.  KKR can play spolier by beating RR in their final match.  Meanwhile, the fake IPL player has promised to reveal his identity tomorrow! Apart from the brilliant batting by KKR, the other surprise of the day ...

There are no shortage of articles on Pakistan these days.  There are many out there but this one summarizes things very well and has plenty of interesting links. A Grand Conspiracy Theory From Pakistan Asked, by the same pollsters, to say who they believed was behind the attacks in Mumbai, the largest number of Pakistanis pointed the finger at the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s intelligence service. Sounds like hatred and dislike (and obsession) for India is not restricted to the political and ...

If media reports are to be beleived, Pakistan is in a terrible state and the situation is fast deteriorating.  Taliban is ready to take over.  Zardari's days are numbered. The military is simply not doing enough to contain the extremist threat. Here are two very interesting articles on the situation in Pakistan. The first is an editorial from the NY Times while the other is a view from India in the Hindustan Times. 60 Miles from Islamabad Mr. Kayani complains that his troops ...

Check out this piece on CNN. Hopefully voices like this will bubble to the top on the Republican side. This is the first time I have seen something remotely constructive from the opposition since the US election. One can only hope such voices prevail and don't get crushed.

I have been a huge fan of Dhoni and his approach to the Indian captaincy. But I think Dhoni missed a great opportunity to force a win in the last Test and drive home the point that he is a consistently brilliant captain who is fundamentally different from all other captains India has had in the past. This article captures this thought extremely well.

Check out this Jon Stewart video. Its a classic Left response to the complete craziness on display on the Right.

Check out this interesting story of a chef in NY. Originally from India, he went on the become a chef after a Bachelor's in Biochemistry. I’m out of the restaurant on weekends, and people at Tabla know not to call me unless they really need to. I spend that time at home with my family, cooking three meals a day. It drives my wife insane. She doesn’t understand why I can’t just relax and eat cold cereal. I tell her I ...

Interesting piece by Deepak Chopra. I am sure Rush will return the favor if he hasn't already. I know people who listen to Limbaugh every morning. They don't believe a word he says. They deplore his rhetorical sins. They detect the whiff of hypocrisy. Basically, they tune in out of sheer incredulity. Rush Limbaugh is dead weight when it comes to finding a solution to anything. Like Sarah Palin, his spiritual bride, he lurks in the shadow of the human psyche, expressing ...