What has this world come to? Why are people acting like thin-skinned tomatoes, squirting out juice at the slightest prick? Our country has become a nation of outrages. People just can't tolerate other people's point of view. To all the outraged people out there, I have a simple message--imagine yourself in others' situation before criticizing them. I am deeply pained and anguished by the horrible stuff written by the paid media denouncing Sachin Tendulkar's fans. Yes, the columnists do get paid.

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Sachin Tendulkar's new hairstyle is the latest sensation. 
Listen in his own words why he opted for this new look:

(Watch the complete video here: Sachin Tendulkar Fecilitated)

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I grew up playing cricket with my neighborhood kids like these.

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greet the players at the Cricket World Cup semifinal match in Mohali

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IPL: Indian Premier League

(This article is a satire on IPL Cricket matches that took place in India. If you want to know about the game, read the Wikipedia entry on Cricket.)

For the past few days, I have been baffled by the declining traffic on this blog. A friend told me that this could be because of the IPL, a new type of cricket competition, taking place in India, and that the whole country was engrossed in watching the game on TV, claiming that it was better than the saas-bahu serials. She said that even the movie industry was expecting a slump of Rs 10 crore because of it. All that sounded strange to me, so I decided to check up with my cricket-stricken family in India to learn more about this insidious enemy.

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