Racism reared it’s ugly head yet again, as Kiran Pande, an India born engineer working with Chevron, took her former employers to court for wrongful termination of service.

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Got a shock when reading the newspaper today morning. Homi Bathena, the founder-owner of the erstwhile Jazz Garden had met with an accident on the Bombay-Pune highway and was no more. Apparently, a bus rammed into his car, though some other passengers in the car survived.

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This entire controversy created by the exclusion of Rahul Dravid from the Indian One-day team to play Pakistan has been totally blown out of proportion, with allegations and accusations flying thick and fast between ex-cricketers and the selectors, and every TV channel lining up long forgotten has-been cricketers on their “expert” panel to comment on [...]

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A record 1,730 guitarists made it to the Guinness Book of World Records on October 26th, playing Bob Dylan’s “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” for just over five minutes, breaking the existing record held by guitarists from Kansas City. Although more than 2,000 guitarists were expected, those who showed up just barely managed to help break [...]

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The Formula 1 circuit is seeing some interesting times. After Kimi’s Championship victory was put in doubt due to the inquiry into fuel irregularities, Hamilton then stepped in to say he didn’t want a title on appeal, and would rather fight for it on the racetrack.

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