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All Rights Reserved. http://www.mid-day.com/images/middaylogo.gif http://www.mid-day.com/ 144 28 Visit http://www.mid-day.com/ http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/mSaw7NHXxPc/191109-inconsiderate-opinion.htm Documentary footage of Indians celebrating their first Independence Day with smiles on their faces and little more than rags on their bodies made the biggest impression on me <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1CsRr96MA5LRfuWLcA0DUC66IRI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1CsRr96MA5LRfuWLcA0DUC66IRI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1CsRr96MA5LRfuWLcA0DUC66IRI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1CsRr96MA5LRfuWLcA0DUC66IRI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/mSaw7NHXxPc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/191109-inconsiderate-opinion.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/hKDHk-EOAAs/191109-pedestrian-deaths-opinion.htm MiD DAY reported yesterday how more pedestrians are killed in Bangalore than in any other Indian city <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C3XxLP3AUy5BMpQCC83oh_IObeE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C3XxLP3AUy5BMpQCC83oh_IObeE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C3XxLP3AUy5BMpQCC83oh_IObeE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C3XxLP3AUy5BMpQCC83oh_IObeE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/hKDHk-EOAAs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/191109-pedestrian-deaths-opinion.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/fPm_AvWMmWg/191109-Kevin-Rudd-John-Hennessy-Parliament-House-Canberra.htm Australia PM delivers emotional apology to Forgotten Australians <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MYJtVqTzv-TSEslwm8ka414_C-M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MYJtVqTzv-TSEslwm8ka414_C-M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MYJtVqTzv-TSEslwm8ka414_C-M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/MYJtVqTzv-TSEslwm8ka414_C-M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/fPm_AvWMmWg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/191109-Kevin-Rudd-John-Hennessy-Parliament-House-Canberra.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/AggPiBma5h8/191109-Denesh-Ramdin-Australia-Chris-Gayle.htm Denesh Ramdin, who will captain the West Indies for the first time in next week's Test against Australia, started his career as a fast bowler and is considered one of the most unobtrusive players in world cricket. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UOTImMLgLh9qWT7HfF0XWpsGqVw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UOTImMLgLh9qWT7HfF0XWpsGqVw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UOTImMLgLh9qWT7HfF0XWpsGqVw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UOTImMLgLh9qWT7HfF0XWpsGqVw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/AggPiBma5h8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/191109-Denesh-Ramdin-Australia-Chris-Gayle.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/BOMufri5sGg/181109-Sachin-Tendulkar-Opinion-Dinner-date.htm It was the best birthday gift ever. Having dinner with the entire Indian cricket team. Meeting Sachin, Sourav, Viru, Bhajji, Yuvraj and the most handsome of them all, Anil Kumble. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_445Sf83FBC7QlqG0D0cabxfGSk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_445Sf83FBC7QlqG0D0cabxfGSk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_445Sf83FBC7QlqG0D0cabxfGSk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_445Sf83FBC7QlqG0D0cabxfGSk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/BOMufri5sGg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/181109-Sachin-Tendulkar-Opinion-Dinner-date.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/mp-FPRz5zDs/181109-Trishna-Krishna-conjoined-Bangladeshi-twins-Surgeons.htm Surgeons in Australia separate conjoined Bangladeshi twins <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rjgnC84BvLSOjJdPR8XnpsyEFCM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rjgnC84BvLSOjJdPR8XnpsyEFCM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rjgnC84BvLSOjJdPR8XnpsyEFCM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rjgnC84BvLSOjJdPR8XnpsyEFCM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/mp-FPRz5zDs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/181109-Trishna-Krishna-conjoined-Bangladeshi-twins-Surgeons.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/QDIatiZ3lDU/181109-Brett-Lee-Injury-Australia-Khalidoscope.htm For Australian fast bowler Brett Lee, for whom there is no greater pride and joy than wearing his country's baggy green Test cap, the heartbreak of losing his place in the Test team is insufferable enough. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/de1PFR1MpUAcsT8jfHhFN6A49Sg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/de1PFR1MpUAcsT8jfHhFN6A49Sg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/de1PFR1MpUAcsT8jfHhFN6A49Sg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/de1PFR1MpUAcsT8jfHhFN6A49Sg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/QDIatiZ3lDU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/181109-Brett-Lee-Injury-Australia-Khalidoscope.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/8s77v-nAIz8/181109-economic-summit.htm India and the promises we hold were the subject of intense examination at both the first-ever high profile TED India conference at Mysore and the oft-repeated India Economic Summit at Delhi <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4onopQnyOVb9NWhqhw2-paxu1s/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4onopQnyOVb9NWhqhw2-paxu1s/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4onopQnyOVb9NWhqhw2-paxu1s/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/t4onopQnyOVb9NWhqhw2-paxu1s/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/8s77v-nAIz8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/181109-economic-summit.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/auLrRnKydO4/171109-India-Racism-Kevin-Rudd-Muslims-Opinion.htm Yesterday, on my way home from work, I picked up a newspaper from a railway wheeler and hopped in the train as it pulled into the station. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hazl-Kiuc4UBqnJrMDXiB8j5kR8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hazl-Kiuc4UBqnJrMDXiB8j5kR8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hazl-Kiuc4UBqnJrMDXiB8j5kR8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hazl-Kiuc4UBqnJrMDXiB8j5kR8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/auLrRnKydO4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/171109-India-Racism-Kevin-Rudd-Muslims-Opinion.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/ezXhAl-2oi0/171109-khalidoscope-bangladeshi-twins.htm Marathon surgery on Bangladeshi conjoined twins continues in Melbourne, the first such procedure in Australia <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w6hC2MrhqjG30eonLeXRwrSl7QE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w6hC2MrhqjG30eonLeXRwrSl7QE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w6hC2MrhqjG30eonLeXRwrSl7QE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w6hC2MrhqjG30eonLeXRwrSl7QE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/ezXhAl-2oi0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/171109-khalidoscope-bangladeshi-twins.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/vQnItwYa9zQ/171109-Ricky-Ponting-India-Australia-Tim-Nielsen.htm Seeing fresh faces sharpened me during the India series, says skipper Ponting <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDgewohnKu6sIqIiRLE7goMNSV8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDgewohnKu6sIqIiRLE7goMNSV8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDgewohnKu6sIqIiRLE7goMNSV8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uDgewohnKu6sIqIiRLE7goMNSV8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/vQnItwYa9zQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/171109-Ricky-Ponting-India-Australia-Tim-Nielsen.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/to2JWP0fxps/161109-Commonwealth-Games-Four-nation-hockey-tournament.htm I am looking forward to the Indian hockey team's tour to Argentina for the four-nation Champions Challenge tournament. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Om-TmWjjLBIYw5GBhKZjg50RaVI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Om-TmWjjLBIYw5GBhKZjg50RaVI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Om-TmWjjLBIYw5GBhKZjg50RaVI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Om-TmWjjLBIYw5GBhKZjg50RaVI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/to2JWP0fxps" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/161109-Commonwealth-Games-Four-nation-hockey-tournament.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/RrqsvgWxjBg/161109-Passengers-Airlines-Harresment-Opinion.htm Of late, one has been reading reports about sexual harassment complaints being filed by passengers on board aircraft. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yhOSx5_Pgsxcaoal7PXsoUA25_I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yhOSx5_Pgsxcaoal7PXsoUA25_I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yhOSx5_Pgsxcaoal7PXsoUA25_I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yhOSx5_Pgsxcaoal7PXsoUA25_I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/RrqsvgWxjBg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/161109-Passengers-Airlines-Harresment-Opinion.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/OVSsL6eYTPc/161109-Kevin-Rudd-APEC-Teresa.htm Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday stressed the need to accept India as a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic (APEC) Summit given its rise as an economic and political power. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usLeoAQdiO-kMNa9qA4EIvruzY0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usLeoAQdiO-kMNa9qA4EIvruzY0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usLeoAQdiO-kMNa9qA4EIvruzY0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/usLeoAQdiO-kMNa9qA4EIvruzY0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/OVSsL6eYTPc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/161109-Kevin-Rudd-APEC-Teresa.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/rkrgaOznNPU/161109-jackky-bhagnani-goa.htm Right now, I am quite excited about my trip to Goa with my closest group of friends <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P35a8FyYFZzE5TC6IMlUSv0Jb0U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P35a8FyYFZzE5TC6IMlUSv0Jb0U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P35a8FyYFZzE5TC6IMlUSv0Jb0U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/P35a8FyYFZzE5TC6IMlUSv0Jb0U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/rkrgaOznNPU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/161109-jackky-bhagnani-goa.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/1Ldwrlvq4z0/131109-Goa-Jackky-Bhagnani-wedding-anniversary.htm Right now, I am quite excited about my trip to Goa with my closest group of friends. We leave today at 4.55 am, the first flight of the day. That's how excited we are to be meeting up after such a long time! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6sP3dh6FCmHnFfubVvzLdW1KSXs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6sP3dh6FCmHnFfubVvzLdW1KSXs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6sP3dh6FCmHnFfubVvzLdW1KSXs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6sP3dh6FCmHnFfubVvzLdW1KSXs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/1Ldwrlvq4z0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/131109-Goa-Jackky-Bhagnani-wedding-anniversary.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/CoXbu7zPq80/131109-Sex-Om-Puri-Opinion-Prostitution.htm Sex sells. That's a pretty well-known fact. It isn't a revelation. It's time someone told Om Puri and his wife Nandita to stop pretending. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JK_mpvV7QEDwvVl_DV004zxUsF0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JK_mpvV7QEDwvVl_DV004zxUsF0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JK_mpvV7QEDwvVl_DV004zxUsF0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JK_mpvV7QEDwvVl_DV004zxUsF0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/CoXbu7zPq80" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/131109-Sex-Om-Puri-Opinion-Prostitution.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/fSAhlNJAxZY/111209-Rohit-Bal-Fashion-show-Model-Opinion.htm The cacophony in the crowd was unmatched as actors Katrina Kaif and Ranbir Kapoor were expected to walk the ramp for designer Rohit Bal's finale at the recently-concluded India Fashion Week in Delhi. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ALh2vY7mluC4mfB9FNo3OnLz-SU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ALh2vY7mluC4mfB9FNo3OnLz-SU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ALh2vY7mluC4mfB9FNo3OnLz-SU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ALh2vY7mluC4mfB9FNo3OnLz-SU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/fSAhlNJAxZY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/111209-Rohit-Bal-Fashion-show-Model-Opinion.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/DA1JY0Fjf2Y/121109-Coast-Guard-Chetak-helicopter-Phyan.htm Sometimes it is great fun when one knows the inside story and allows others to play the game of deception. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5SjnHVUvuKD3qiElQ1aDCUTeks/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5SjnHVUvuKD3qiElQ1aDCUTeks/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5SjnHVUvuKD3qiElQ1aDCUTeks/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Y5SjnHVUvuKD3qiElQ1aDCUTeks/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/DA1JY0Fjf2Y" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/121109-Coast-Guard-Chetak-helicopter-Phyan.htm http://feeds.mid-day.com/~r/mdopinion/~3/TOXG_tRzGvY/121109-hansika-motwani-opinion.htm It's quite late (10.30 pm) and I am getting ready to go to bed. I am in an extremely relaxed state of mind <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rVxLiC9_11bCPAZke6FG6v0NXTo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rVxLiC9_11bCPAZke6FG6v0NXTo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rVxLiC9_11bCPAZke6FG6v0NXTo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rVxLiC9_11bCPAZke6FG6v0NXTo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/mdopinion/~4/TOXG_tRzGvY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2009/nov/121109-hansika-motwani-opinion.htm