A young girl, Hattie, stood outside a small church from which she had been turned away because ‘it was too crowded’. “I can’t go to Sunday School,” she said to the pastor as he walked by. The pastor carried the child inside and found a place for her to sit in the back. The next…
Andy Murray replaces world number 2 ranking from Rafael Nadal on Saturday by beating him in the tough fight at Montreal. He had won over 5 titles in this season and proving his worth and places himself proudly in the tennis across the globe. Murray is the highest ranked British player since the ATP ranking…
In January 2008, Rahul Dravid was out of team of one-day international squad. Once he was the captain of the team and later on left out from the team on the demand of the new skipper, M.S. Dhoni. Just over a year and half has passed to that day, now selectors have no choice, except…
I was watching CNBC — the financial station — and it suddenly hit me: Everybody’s always hearing, ‘This is what your mortgage is going to be; this is what your car payment’s going to be,’” he told the Burlington Free Press. “People want to get away from that.” As an antidote to rigid financial conditions,…
“I’ve changed my mind,” said my 13 year old daughter, Francie. “I don’t want to be a lawyer anymore. I want to be in the FBI.” I tried to imagine my daughter’s bespectacled face staring back at me from the climbing wall at Quantico, but the image didn’t come easily. Still, I replied, “How cool…
Can you recall DR. A.P.J KALAM’s first mission of “Pruthiv” missile to make India independent in the area of self defense? Can you recall seeing the first Apollo moon-landing? Both are magnificent accomplishments and the achievement is unparallel. We all need mission in the life. Then only we can find ourselves engaged in totality. When…
As for the Indian corporate work force, Ramakrishnan gives them “eight on a scale of 10″. Indian professionals have a strong foundation, skill set and are competitive. They only need a bit of a polish. To polish them, I would like to show them personal compass having 7 tools. CEOs are advised to use these tools…
Sachin Tendulkar has no intention of applying the brakes on his record breaking career and instead wants to score 15,000 Test runs and win the 2011 world cup. Read in his words, “I have given no thought to retirement at all. I am a good cricketer, so I will play a while longer. I still…
Shane Bond said: “I feel like a youngster once again. (It’s very difficult for a pace bowler at the age of 33.) It’s like starting from the scratch. It’s been quite a long time to play for New Zealand. Things are never easy straight up. But, I am up for the challenge. Training schedule getting…
Michel Phelps has broken his own world record in butterfly swimming competition in Rome. He had honoured one more world record on his name. Early, he had cleared 200 meters in 1.51 seconds, this time he had cleared 200 meters in 1.50 seconds in normal swimming suits. Now a day, Polymer suits are available, which…
