31 July 2007 - 14:30

India Claim Fifth Test Win in England

Chris Tremlett took three wickets but this did not stop India giving England a thumping with a seven-wicket victory in the second npower Test at Trent Bridge.

India needed just 63 to win and got them with 7 wickets to spare.

Tremlett is all of a sudden being hailed in the UK newspapers as the new England saviour, they would be better off concentrating on the fact that they just lost a test match by 7 wickets.

Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was also fined 50% of his match fee for shoulder-barging Michael Vaughan, not cricket I say !

India's openers were soon into their stride with Karthik, clipping Jimmy Anderson off the back foot to the boundary.

Jaffer followed by hitting Ryan Sidebottom for four in the next over after which Karthik played off the back foot again and cut Anderson for another four.

After adding 37 India's progress was slowed when Pietersen caught a short ball from Tremlett to get Jaffer out.

Tremlett then had Karthik caught above his head by wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

This meant that Rahul Dravid and Tendulkar but Tremlett soonput an end to the partnership with his third wicket for three runs in 27 balls when Tendulkar knocked the ball straight to Alastair Cook at short leg.

Two overs later India completed their victory, however, when Tremlett attempted a yorker and deceived everybody, in particular Sourav Ganguly, to go for four byes.

So Tremlett ended up with impressive figures, but that’s hardly a consolation for a well-beaten England side.

Well done India, bring on Australia !

Surprisingly, this was only India's fifth Test victory on English soil. The final match will be at The Oval in south-west London.

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11 July 2007 - 23:29

Bipashu Basu and Ronaldo - Is it True ?

Beautiful Indian actress Bipasha Basu, who has variously been described as the Indian Sophia Loren or the Eighth Wonder of the World, was seen kissing Manchester United football star Ronaldo yesterday at a VIP event held after the new Seven Wonders of the World ceremony in Lisbon. We don't wish to appear rude but we do wonder why, when there are so many better looking guys around !




Ronaldo was seen getting very upclose and personal with the Bollywood star and of course a photographer was close at hand to immortalize the moment !

The photograph has surfaced just a day after Ronaldo’s girlfriend Gemma Atkinson denied rumours that she had been cheating on Ronaldo with fellow Man United team-mate Alan Smith.


Bipasha Basu is not a Taurean as one might suspect, but instead a Capricorn having been born on 7th January. She says she was not beautiful as a child and that it was her sister who was the good looking one, well I don't know as I've never seen her sister but I shall certainly be scouring the Internet to see if she's there !


Something obviously changed along the way because Bipasha started winning beauty contests, then in December 1996 she was crowned 'Ford Supermodel of the World' which is unfortunate as it makes her sound like a motor-car and she doesn't much like cars. But it hasn't harmed her career at all.

A beautiful Indian woman kissing the Portuguese footballer doesn't seem to have caused much stir, in contrast to all the fuss that was caused just recently when Richard Gere gave Shilpa Shetty one on the cheek. Could it be because Richard Gere is a Buddhist ? Who knows ? The besotted meanderings of the human mind are indeed wondrous to behold ! We wish the beautiful Miss Basu all the best, however, and trust her career will continue to develop as she would wish.


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Shilpa Shetty and Keanu Reeves to star in film 'Hanuman'

19 July 2007 - 00:30

Keanu Reeves, Shilpa Shetty and Kevin Costner to Star in Hanuman ?

Uru Patel’s project to make a film about the Hindu epic Ramayana is nothing if not ambitious. Patel apparently wants to make a film abot Hanuman which was the dream of his late brother Raju Patel.

The director is rumoured to be Hollywood director Luis Mendoki. The two main stars will be Keanu Reeves and Shilpa Shetty, who will play Rama and Sita, with Indian actor Aseem Merchant playing Rama’s younger brother Laxman. Presumably a big name Hollywood star was required to ensure Western audiences would go to watch the film.

In addition it is rumoured that Kevin Costner will play the part of the demonic Ravana. The movie will also require the names of the characters to be altered as it is to be a ‘modern’ interpretation of the ancient epic. So that Ravana will become Robert Ravon and Laxman will be named Lucky. All rather bizarre if you ask me, perhaps modern films are easier to make than ancient epics ?

The title role of Hanuman has not yet been cast but it is rumoured that Jackie Chan turned it down (probably a wise decision). There are reports that a young Chinese actor named Cheun Young will play the part, perhaps this is to appeal to the 1 billion Chinese market ? Something for everyone so to speak ! All this is rumour and conjecture at the moment, Uru Patel has not said anything yet.

Keanu Reeves has already played Little Buddha, so can we expect him to do Jesus and Mohammed too ? That would surely be a unique cinematic achievement !



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4th July 2007 - 23:03

Number of Millionaires in India Increases by 20.5%

According to the most recent World Wealth Report by global investment bankers Merrill Lynch and financial consultants Capgeimini India is now the world's second-fastest producer of millionaires, just behind Singapore.

The reasons given for this increase are high economic growth, the bullish stock market and the ever increasing property prices. The report states "the largest growth of the HNWI (High Net Worth Individuals) population occurred in Singapore and India, where the increases over 2005 was 21.2 and 20.5 percent, respectively." In 2006 India had 100,015 millionaires, compared with 83,000 in 2005.

A millionaire as defined by the report is an individual with over $1 million in financial assets excluding the primary residence or private art or antique collections.

The collective worth of ultra-rich Indians is estimated at well over $100 billion. This is three times the amount required to get rid of India's $33 billion fiscal deficit and would leave India debt-free!

According to the report "Singapore, India, Indonesia and Russia witnessed the highest growth in HNWIs".

India's prosperity is the result of economic growth of over 9% per annum due, in part, to foreign investment and growth in services and manufacturing.

Non-resident Indians also have a greater role to play in leading global wealth-management institutions.

HNWIS like to spend their money primarily on luxury collectibles (automobiles, boats, airplanes etc…) (26%), art (20%), and also wines, antiques and coins (14%).

The report also states that in future "mature markets like the United States are expected to act as an anchor on the world economy as moderate growth rates settle in. With many central banks tightening monetary policy, the period of high liquidity that has so stimulated recent growth may soon come to an end. Finally, the growth rates of Asia and Latin America are expected to ease back as global demand slows. "

HNWIs, led by the ultra-wealthy,also gave an estimated U.S. $285 billion to philanthropic causes in 2006.

Finally, according to the Report the "global perspective of HNWIs continued to increase in 2006, driven by an expanded awareness of international developments, better international fund performance and risk mitigation."

For the full report see : MerrillLynch


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