Pssst? Heard this one about Games?
[2008-03-05 07:32]It is generally acknowledged that China is well on its way to becoming a superpower.
Everyone is talking about the weather
[2007-12-14 07:51]Newspapers traditionally use a navigational tool called "cross-refer" on the front page to guide readers to a related story on an inside page.
Happening place, this Party
[2007-10-23 08:00]I played host to two friends from India during the National Day holiday. Dutifully - and grudgingly - I took them to the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall, among other attractions; cleverly telling them that the Summer Palace is best seen only in summer.
Odd or even? Why not spread the bet?
[2007-08-29 07:11]Robin Williams once asked why it's called rush hour when nothing moves.
Irrational exuberance? Or madness?
[2007-05-30 07:27]Alan Greenspan's oft-quoted warning of "irrational exuberance" did not prick the Internet stock bubble in 1996 - it merrily continued to inflate until the crash at the turn of the century.
No harm betting on a good cause
[2007-04-04 06:43]Some people may not know it, but a World Cup is being played now. In the part of the world I come from, it's simply the World Cup; the soccer version usually follows three years later.
Change climate change
[2007-02-10 07:00]Time magazine famously had YOU as the Person of the Year for 2006 essentially for being interactive.
Let Lenovos and Tatas pitch in
[2007-02-02 07:10]When the founder of one of India's greatest industrial empires was audacious enough to think of building a steel plant in the late 19th century, it drew derision from a senior British colonial official.
Let the G in GDP be for green
[2007-01-08 06:38]The time has come to talk of many things, not of cabbages (plentiful in Beijing winters) or why the sea is boiling hot (global warming?).
Golf elitist? Why not make it egalitarian?
[2006-11-29 06:36]If you happened to cast a cursory glance at Chinese newspapers over the past few months, you might be forgiven for thinking there had been an outbreak of golf-itis.
If 60 is the new 40, when can I retire?
[2006-09-27 06:15]First, a confession: In the brash years of my youth, I decided 40 was old, and time enough to retire and live life to the fullest.
In India, China is everywhere
[2006-09-13 08:56]India, revelling in its new-found economic might, came up with what I thought was a catchy slogan at this year's World Economic Forum summit in Davos: India Everywhere.
