|
India Thinkers Net Archives Index
|
Subscribe
|
|
| << March22, 2004 - [India Thinkers Net]Visually-challenged becomes doctor |
March23, 2004 - [India Thinkers Net] I will contest against Vajpayee: Agnivesh >> |
|
#1 Superstition??™s hand: Yuvraj Singh got on the massage table Indian Express, March 23, 2004, Tuesday Superstition??™s hand: Yuvraj Singh got on the massage table Chandresh Narayanan/Express News Service Lahore, March 23: Cricketers have always been known to be superstitious and this Indian team is no different. On Sunday night as Rahul Dravid and Mohammed Kaif were scripting a remarkable turnaround, the others in the dressing room were busy positioning themselves in lucky seats. For example, VVS Laxman was asked not to leave his seat till the match got over. There is a feeling in the team that India win whenever Laxman sits in a particular place and watches the whole match. In fact, he spent the entire NatWest Trophy final sitting in one position. Yuvraj Singh too had to endure the superstition bug. Soon after his dismissal, Yuvraj got on to the massage table; soon after that, the scoring rate picked up through Mohammed Kaif and Rahul Dravid. As he was about to get up, he was told to keep lying down. Only when the chase got easier and the target closer was Yuvraj told, ??????Utth ja??™??™. Skipper Sourav Ganguly and senior pro Sachin Tendulkar too have always been superstitious. During his captaincy, Sachin would never take off his playing gear even after his dismissal. Sunday was no different as Ganguly and Tendulkar asked media manager Amrit Mathur to stay away from the changing room. Their reasoning: a wicket would fall whenever Mathur was in the room. Through all this, coach John Wright was calmness personfied. He gets angry but never loses his temper. At Gaddafi Stadium, as the lights gained full effect and India??™s chase faltered, he took a walk and came back saying, ??????Cool it, guys. We will do it.??™??™ -------------------------------------------------- #2 The Hindu, March 23, 2004, Tuesday Tribal woman's death kicks up a row By Our Special Correspondent KALPETTA, MARCH 22. The tribal department has called for a report on the death of a 36-year-old tribal woman in Kolavally Ambedkar colony in the wake of allegations that the authorities suppressed the information so that the Chief Minister, A. K. Antony, who was in the district to see the impact of drought would not come to know about it. The woman had died a day before the Chief Minister's visit to Wayanad. It has also been also alleged that the body of the woman was in the colony when the Chief Minister passed through that area on March 19. Tribal department authorities in Wayanad today denied she did not get proper medical attention. The tribal development officer in Bathery said today the department's `promoter' in the locality whose job it is to monitor the situation in tribal colonies, had taken the tribal woman, Kammatty, to the hospital a number of times. In spite of medical attention she got, the woman had died the day before the Chief Minister visited the drought-hit region. A tribal department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, today said the Chief Minister was not informed of the death of the woman `because it was felt there was no need to do so'. However, in the wake of allegations that the matter was suppressed deliberately by the authorities, the Tribal Department 's office in Bathery has asked its `promoter' who is in charge of the Kolavalli tribal colony to submit a report. Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (CHRO) 3, Rams' Cottage Ambalathumukku, Pettah Thiruvananthapuram-695 024 (Ph.: 0471-2476262) Web: www.humanrightsindia.com www.humanrightskerala.com |
| << March22, 2004 - [India Thinkers Net]Visually-challenged becomes doctor |
March23, 2004 - [India Thinkers Net] I will contest against Vajpayee: Agnivesh >> |
|
India Thinkers Net Archives Index
|
Subscribe
|
|
|
Archives powered by Zinester's Mailing List Service
Details on India Thinkers Net |
Browse for more newsletters at Zinester's Ezine Directory
Managed by Zinester's Mailing List Management |