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Ashok Malik
The writer is a Delhi-based senior journalist
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Off the beaten track, the race for 2012Subscriber Only
August 18, 2004 01:51 IST
The five cities seeking to host the 2012 Olympics made their media pitch in Athens earlier this week. Paris is seen as the frontrunner, the ...
Wed, Aug 18, 2004A drop on the court brings relief in India’s Great Athens DroughtSubscriber Only
August 17, 2004 03:13 IST
‘‘Can’t believe they put him on here,’’ said Brad Gilbert to Richard Krajicek. Gilbert, Andy Roddick’s coach, ...
Tue, Aug 17, 2004In faraway Greece, KPS has his fansSubscriber Only
August 17, 2004 01:28 IST
Minutes before the hockey match between India and Holland began on Sunday, the Indian team got off its bus and entered the stadium gates to ...
Tue, Aug 17, 2004Even Pak roots for India but Dutch party on I-DaySubscriber Only
August 16, 2004 02:46 IST
On a wind-swept night at the Helleniko Sports Complex, with the breeze from the port of Piraeus adding to the chill in its spine, Indian hoc...
Mon, Aug 16, 2004Jaws Two: When Thorpe and Phelps compete, hide the kids, it could get real messySubscriber Only
August 16, 2004 01:42 IST
Every Olympics has its one big rivalry, a contest between teams or, generally, individuals that is hyped up as the phenomenon of the Games. ...
Mon, Aug 16, 2004Aiming for the ‘fullstop on the page’Subscriber Only
August 15, 2004 01:13 IST
The Olympics formally began here today with a beast of an event called the 10 metre air rifle shooting for women. Li Du of China won the gol...
Sun, Aug 15, 2004On the stage, it’s glittering Greek myth and in the wings the reality: the fortressSubscriber Only
August 14, 2004 02:49 IST
Helicopters hovering above the Acropolis. Sensor-packed white blimps in the sky, with a landing port just across the Helliniko Olympic Compl...
Sat, Aug 14, 2004When is a world record not an Olympic record?Subscriber Only
August 14, 2004 00:39 IST
As is customary at most multi-sports events now, some of the early competition at the Olympics got underway before the opening ceremony. A p...
Sat, Aug 14, 2004Give Anju a break, they say hockey is your only hopeSubscriber Only
August 13, 2004 02:13 IST
Of the many gifts the ancient Greeks gave mankind, none was more inspirational than the Olympic Games and none as evocative as the name they...
Fri, Aug 13, 2004Kiribati fulfil the Baron’s dreamSubscriber Only
August 13, 2004 00:01 IST
In the first Games after 9/11, it is perhaps appropriate that good news comes to the Olympic family from a geographical Ground Zero. Kiribat...
Fri, Aug 13, 2004Shot in the foot by an ‘air rifle’Subscriber Only
August 13, 2004 00:00 IST
Among India’s immediate neighbours, Bangladesh is often seen as the most sports crazy. It had a bit of an inauspicious start to its Oly...
Fri, Aug 13, 200424 hrs to go, 8/13 pushes 9/11 under Greek red carpetSubscriber Only
August 12, 2004 02:07 IST
With two days to go for the Olympic Games’ mega home-coming party, the Greek capital and its multitude of volunteers are going out of t...
Thu, Aug 12, 2004Carrying the TorchSubscriber Only
August 08, 2004 00:00 IST
Once every four years, the perpetually warring Greek city-states threw down their spears and met in Olympia for the noble endeavour they cal...
Sun, Aug 08, 2004Who owns this government?Subscriber Only
August 06, 2004 00:00 IST
India approaches Independence Day in the midst of a strange political season. The government appears listless, confused and completely devoi...
Fri, Aug 06, 2004Shangri-La CentennialSubscriber Only
July 11, 2004 00:00 IST
Through the parallax view of history, the Younghusband Mission to Tibet, 1903-04, could be one of many things. It could be the last great Vi...
Sun, Jul 11, 2004Modi kept calling him James Michael, RSS sent Lyngdoh a letter: you have made us proudSubscriber Only
July 04, 2004 01:33 IST
In the midst of his battle with the BJP over the postponement of the Gujarat Assembly election two years ago, then Chief Election Commission...
Sun, Jul 04, 2004Another war in a four-letter countrySubscriber Only
June 29, 2004 00:00 IST
In the days before political correctness, Derrida dumbfoundness, and the rest of the lit-crit, poco-pomo jargon, English-language reading li...
Tue, Jun 29, 2004It’s Pak Shining, more straight than spinSubscriber Only
June 26, 2004 02:14 IST
They don’t drink in Pakistan — officially, that is — but if they did they would probably celebrate June 30 with champagne. On...
Sat, Jun 26, 2004Goodbye to Gogia PashaSubscriber Only
June 23, 2004 00:00 IST
Hum to doobenge sanam, tumko bhi le doobenge. (Roughly: I’ll sink, sweetheart, but I’ll take you down with me.)As the BJP tries to...
Wed, Jun 23, 2004Why put your money on plasticSubscriber Only
June 16, 2004 00:00 IST
Myles Curtis wants to make a lot of money for India—and he’s not being altruistic. Curtis is chairman of Securency, the polymer cu...
Wed, Jun 16, 2004Lashkar link in Aussie terror netSubscriber Only
June 12, 2004 00:00 IST
The first arrest made under Australia’s new anti-terrorism laws, in fact the first Australian since 1978 to be charged with terrorism i...
Sat, Jun 12, 2004Food for all blah house for all blah blah no nukes blah blah blahSubscriber Only
May 28, 2004 00:00 IST
From Wall Street to Whitehall, when FII risk analysts and foreign policy wonks sit down to make sense of the Congress-led United Progressive...
Fri, May 28, 2004Family versus ParivarSubscriber Only
May 21, 2004 00:00 IST
In the short span between May 13 and May 18, India’s two largest political parties made long journeys. For the Congress — a party ...
Fri, May 21, 2004At D School, they recall the practical professor who helped fund the librarySubscriber Only
May 20, 2004 00:00 IST
If you put together five economists, you usually get six opinions. That iron law notwithstanding, colleagues and contemporaries of Manmohan ...
Thu, May 20, 2004Journalism of Courage
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