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		<title>Happy B&#8217;day Sachin. Great job entertaining millions. But please retire now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar. You have done a fantastic job entertaining millions over past 2 decades. But please retire now from all forms of the game &#8212; except IPL.

When it came to retirement of players like Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid it was an easier decision as their performance went down significantly from their  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/happy-bday-sachin-great-job-entertaining-millions-but-please-retire-now" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t worry, the Indian cricket team is not involved in match-fixing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent allegations of match fixing involving some members of the Pakistani cricket team
have come as a shock to the cricketing fraternity and fans worldwide. Sports commentators are wondering whether the game of cricket has been permanently tainted by this scandal. Naturally, people are asking if this is an isolated incident or if Indian  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/dont-worry-the-indian-cricket-team-is-not-involved-in-match-fixing" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>suck they india</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a sorry performance by the Indian cricket team. Suck they indeed.

Before the team left for Sri Lanka the main story was that Tendulkar needed 172 runs to surpass Brian Lara&#8217;s record in Test cricket (which probably was obtained in lot fewer tests). At the run rate Tendulkar is managing these days it will  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/suck-they-india" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maharashtra: item girl ? No Problem; Cheerleaders, cover em up</title>
		<link>http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/34</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bollywood is famous the world over as the movie capital of India. Bollywood is in Mumbai (Bombay), the capital of the state of Maharashtra.

Movies produced in Bollywood, Maharashtra &#8212; and elsewhere in India &#8212; typically feature an item song performed by an item girl. An item song is defined in the dictionary as:

<blockquote>An  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/34" class="read_more">... read more</a></blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>Isn&#8217;t &#8216;winning&#8217; the best brand ambassador?</title>
		<link>http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/isnt-winning-the-best-brand-ambassador</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The owners of the IPL (Indian Premier League) have paid big bucks for brand ambassadors: Katrina kaif for Bangalore Royal Challengers, Hrithik Roshan for Mumbai Indians, to name two. Bangalore Royal Challengers have lost 4 games in a row and Mumbai Indians haven&#8217;t done well either. The (initially) lowly rated Rajasthan Royals have won several  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/isnt-winning-the-best-brand-ambassador" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;obnoxious little weed&#8221;, indeed</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:45:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Babu Srinivasan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, Matt Hayden called Harbhajan Singh an  &#8220;obnoxious little weed&#8221; and was reprimanded. They patched up in India where they are playing in the IPL tournament. There was another incident in Australia involving Harbhajan and Symonds.

Yesterday, Harbhajan was in a bad mood as Mumbai Indians lost the third IPL match in  <a href="http://blog.srinivasan.biz/sports/obnoxious-little-weed-indeed" class="read_more">... read more</a>]]></description>
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