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Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee Kolkata Knight riders [SRK's team] Thought you are supporting them.

Oh I don't remember the team's name. All I do remember is SRK

Originally Posted by anishakaul Oh I don't remember the team's name. All I do remember is SRK

That means you don't follow cricket at all

Originally Posted by anishakaul Who is KKR by the way ?

Lol anisha you only said u r supporting kkr , same sharuks team lol

Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee That means you don't follow cricket at all

Originally Posted by hardcorelinux Lol anisha you only said u r supporting kkr , same sharuks team lol

Of course I do follow cricket, these weird names, I don't remember !!

and Now I do think, rather than passing our time here, it'll be better if we could try and solve some zero-reply threads

Originally Posted by anishakaul Of course I do follow cricket, these weird names, I don't remember !! and Now I do think, rather than passing our time here, it'll be better if we could try and solve some zero-reply threads

ya, that'd be better

Originally Posted by sayan_acharjee 3-4 matches or 1-2 matches? I'm not sure though, but we can assume CSK will lose without him :P

atleast 3 mathes are there ...

Originally Posted by hardcorelinux atleast 3 mathes are there ...

Who cares about csk
Good luck kkr

Originally Posted by anishakaul Mumbai was the original name of Bombay before Britishers ruled India. Britishers had renamed Mumbai to Bombay. After so many years of freedom, the government decided to give Bombay its original name, Mumbai.

Or more accurately the Hindu Nationalist government decided to rename the cities. This didn't happen until the 90s so it wasn't a function of independence which happened nearly 50 years earlier but rather of a certain political party during its brief stint in power.

"Bombay" and "Calcutta" weren't exactly "English" words but more likely the best approximation English speakers could make of the original names.

It's a bit like renaming Peking to be Beijing. It might matter to the local people but not to native English speakers because the names already sounded exotic to our ears.

P.S. I spent 5 weeks in Mumbai right after India and Pakistan decided to test nuclear weapons. I stayed at the Oberoi and ate at the Taj Mahal Hotel so it was weird to see the attacks on those places a couple of years ago.

Originally Posted by jlightner Or more accurately the Hindu Nationalist government decided to rename the cities. This didn't happen until the 90s so it wasn't a function of independence which happened nearly 50 years earlier but rather of a certain political party during its brief stint in power.

Now I remember faintly though !
Are you a NRI ?

Originally Posted by jlightner P.S. I spent 5 weeks in Mumbai right after India and Pakistan decided to test nuclear weapons.

Nice to hear that

Originally Posted by jlightner I stayed at the Oberoi and ate at the Taj Mahal Hotel so it was weird to see the attacks on those places a couple of years ago.

You mean the attacks launched by Pakistan on the Taj hotel, yeah one terrorist was caught alive !

You mean the attacks launched by Pakistan on the Taj hotel, yeah one terrorist was caught alive !

He "confessed" and later recanted his confession. It was amusing to me when I was in India that in the paper it seemed everyone that was arrested "confessed" to whatever they were charged with. I joked to my colleagues that if any of us got arrested for anything while there we should immediately confess even if we didn't do it as it was clear that we would be "encouraged" to do so eventually.

I won't bite on your saying "launched by Pakistan" since their government denies being involved.

Originally Posted by jlightner I won't bite on your saying "launched by Pakistan" since their government denies being involved.

Of course, the Pakistan government also denied the following matters:
1. Being involved in the twin towers attacks
2. Having sheltered Dawood Ibharim
3. Having promoted the terrorist group Al-Quieda
4. Paving way for the terrorists to get in to Kashmir
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Good Morning to all the members of LQ
Back after Saturday and Sunday :P
Bought new shoes yesterday, except that nothing new in life. :P
Have a great day ahead

Yesterday's IPL match was excellent..got a super over match decider after 1 year

Originally Posted by hardcorelinux Yesterday's IPL match was excellent..got a super over match decider after 1 year

Ya, thats right.