Shreya Chakravertty<br> The multitudes of screaming fans jostling to make room for their camera phones so they could take a precious picture of the Englishman at the Los Angeles International Airport showed the star power was not going to disappear soon.

Yoginder K Alagh | Charawak<br> Among characters in prehistory,which is part myth,the Charawaks are my favourite. They were outliers who always questioned and made fun of the rituals of dominant Brahmanical dictums.

Aabha Rathee<br> The reactions have been completely contradictory. One group,led by his now erstwhile sponsor Kellogg,and seconded by the USA Swimming,took the moral high ground.

Coomi Kapoor | Blog Bytes<br> "Where do you live?" is a common query after an introduction. Sometimes it is a simply a way of figuring out a person's social standing. Stereotypes spring to mind depending on your address.

PRATAP BHANU MEHTA | SWARAJ AUR SAMVIDHAN<br> It is election season. And so Ayodhya has to return as a subject of discussion. The crisis continues to signify a breakdown of our legal and constitutional arrangements.

Daksh Panwar<br> Tendulkar went on to fall to dubious leg-before decisions in the two matches that followed,and the streak ended only when he decided to sit out in the next.

C Raja Mohan | Raja-Mandala<br> Washington ended speculation on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's travel plans by announcing that her first assignment abroad will be in Asia.

Harneet Singh | Fully Filmi<br> Be it the daring climax scene in ‘Ek Chalis Ki Last Local’,the pitch-perfect performance of ‘Manorama Six Feet Under’ or the brazen chor act in ‘Oye Lucky Lucky Oye’,Abhay has acquired the badge of being the most fearless actor on the circuit.

Bibek Debroy<br> Towards the end of February,CSO will disseminate figures for Q3 of 2008-09 and one will know how bad the slowdown really is.

G S Vivek<br> Established,popular faces of world cricket were in their official T-shirts,mixed with a variety of accessories.

Deepak Narayanan<br> I remember desperately wanting Nadal to challenge Federer for the top spot in 2007,even though he himself kept saying,and still does,that the Swiss superstar was the best the game had ever seen.

Shreya Chakravertty<br> After more than 20 years in charge of Manchester United already,manager Alex Ferguson could easily fill books with football formations,smart transfers,and how best to impart the 'hair-dryer' treatment.

Uthra Ganesan<br> LTDP is the latest buzz word in Indian sport -- it stands for Long-Term Development Programme,a grand idea to make the country a sporting power.

GS Vivek<br> Cricketers such as Yuvraj and Sehwag who can pick their bats after a week and start whacking the ball around.

Bibek Debroy<br> The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) has said there will be 10 million job losses in the export sector by March.

Bharat Sundaresan<br> For someone who plays online fantasy cricket,the build-up to a series involving New Zealand must be traumatic.

GS Vivek<br> His scores might not suggest any problems,but Yuvraj,like all batsmen,is finicky about his bat.

PRATAP BHANU MEHTA | SWARAJ AUR SAMVIDHAN<br> Two institutions,two different crises,but the story is eerily familiar.

C. Raja Mohan | RAJA-MANDALA<br /> Although many NATO and European countries have troops in Afghanistan,only the British and Canadian armies earn some respect for their willingness to fight along with the Americans.

Coomi Kapoor | BLOG BYTES<br> Who is the better known Gandhi today? The Father of the Nation or descendants of the Congress first family whose members have ruled India for most of the last half century?

G.S. Vivek<br> It was noon on Sunday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina were busy sampling seafood...

Aabha Rathee<br> The green and yellow fringing her dress was certainly no coincidence,and as her fairytale continued into the week,Australia's exuberant fans made sure Jelena Dokic's opponents had more than just the tennis to contend with on court.

Daksh Panwar<br> The first anniversary of Harbhajan Singh's hearing for abusing Symonds,almost coincided with the off-spinner being conferred with the Padma Shri.

GS Vivek<br /> It's rather unusual for an Indian cricket captain to be sitting with just five cameras and a handful of print reporters.

Shreya Chakravertty<br> The keywords 'federer,boring' on a web search throw up 173,000 links.