Tuesday

60th Republic Day

The Republic of India turns 60. The popular blog Churumuri calls this, the country's sashtiabdhapoorthi, an opportune moment to lean back and look into the rear-view mirror. Also a link to a remarkably mature view of Indian patriotism (' not nationalistic, not imperialist, not aggressive, but rather self-critical') in Slate. Last but not the least, the new version of 'Mile sur mera tumhara' (in two parts) released today.

Thursday

IPL on YouTube!

IPL 2010 and 2011 will be telecast live on You Tube. That certainly is good news for Indians living in the backwaters of the cricket world (like Italy!). YouTube claims that this is the first major sporting event to be streamed across the globe. That the IPL and Google are confident of making money out of free webcasting suggests that T20 can spread virally but is not a virus as suggested by some!