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The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, is not in agreement with the appointment of Mr. Barnala as the new governor. Excerpts of the conversation between Patil and Jayalalithaa:

Patil: I am sorry to inform you of the change of the governor of Tamil Nadu. ... I have spoken to Mr Barnala and he has agreed.

Jaya: Are you consulting me or are you informing me?

Patil: I am informing you.


Jaya: Whether it is a decision already taken? I would like to have two days to think over the matter and get back to you.

(But Patil said that the time could not be granted because the file had already gone from him, the application said.)

Jaya: Has the order been issued?

(According to the application, "Patil said it can be issued at any time since the decision has already been taken.")

Jaya: How could you take the decision without consulting the CM? Should I not have been consulted before the decision was taken?

Patil: The Sarkaria Commission has made this recommendation, but this is the way we usually do these things. I have spoken to Mr Barnala and he has agreed. He is a very good choice for governor.

Jaya: I am sorry I don't agree with your opinion. The present governor is apolitical. He is a former director general of police with no political affiliation, wheras Mr Barnala is the specific nominee of Mr Karunanidhi.

Jaya again: What crime has the present governor committed? He is totally fair and impartial. What is the reason for wanting to remove him?

Patil: I don't want to discuss reason.

Jaya: How can you remove the governor without any reason?

(According to the application, Patil's reply was that the governor did not take the salute on August 15, 2004, Independence Day. To this, Jayalalithaa replied: In TN, on Independence Day, always it is the CM who takes the salute and hoists the flag. The governor never does it. The governor hoists the flag only on Republic Day. According to the application, Patil said the governor did not host the tea party on Independence Day which he was supposed to do.

(Jayalalithaa said that the governor always hosted the tea party and only this time he was away from the country, and so he could not host it. She specifically asked Patil: "Are you saying that you are removing the governor only because he did not host the Independence Day tea party?")

Patil: Yes, it is a serious mistake but I don't want to discuss the reasons any further.

Jaya: Can you give me some time, at least two days, to consider the matter and get back to you?

Patil: I am sorry. It is a decision already taken.

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It was cloudy Sunday afternoon! London city might face a heavy rainfall any time during the day, the TV channels were shouting. Me and my friend decided to have a go. We reached there by 3 in the afternoon; as it was an unplanned trip we didn’t know where to start and where to end. Let’s walk down to Trafalgar Square, my friend said and I nodded; famous for holding political meetings, rallies, filming and cultural events Trafalgar square lies in the heart of the city as one of Britain’s great tourist attractions. Built to commemorate Admiral Nelson, the square was named after the Spanish Cape Trafalgar where his last battle was won.

What’s next? Asked my friend sang; let’s have a bus ride around the city. We got into the double-decker and went straight to the top-front row making sure we do not miss anything on the way ;)

Everything went well till we reached Westminster Bridge. Walking down the pavements I was watching here and there across the crowd ended up banging my head across a steel pole lying at the center of the pavement that left our trip uncompleted.

Take a look at my right brow,

When the expectations are high and you fail to deliver, this is what the kind of criticism you come across. It’s all happening here (in the web) for Times of India; one of the leading news journals of India is been under criticism from fans all over the world for its lack of professionalism. What it used to be one of the best news journals of India is now turning into a tabloid or even worse than a porn blog. Recently when one of my friend told me that he used to watch those bikini revealing models from his office desktop I was shocked, but later I learned that he is using TOI site as an alternative for porn portal while at work.

If this is not enough, take a look at the ****** comments and articles in the TOI blog section which was one of the discussion topics in today’s TOI blog Team India batsmen’s collective failure! Even someone tried to test the editorial by using some of the worst slang and millions of readers around the world get to read all these shit when they get up in the morning to read good news around their country.

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If you have read my article dated July 31 you know what I am talking here. The championship matches got over few weeks ago and the sports committee at Indore is waiting for a big occasion to honor the heroes. Certainly it’s my team “Jumbus” who proved that they are the best in spite of the tough competition involving 13 strong teams from across the organization. While the rules remained same for chess and carom, there were slight changes to the football rules that only 6 people were allowed to play football from each team. For Jumbus every game was equally important that only a team scoring highest overall points altogether in chess, carom and football would be announced as the overall champions of the tournament.

While Guru took care of Chess, Tamali and Lu took care of Carom; Myself, Goti, Inder, Nags, Guru and Jagi were involved in football. Though the first two rounds of football league matches were easier ones, we have come across real tough teams in the semis and finals. All I loved is the finals that I will remember forever, and I am sure it’s the spectators who enjoyed the match more than the players.

Here it goes…the grand football finals,


It was always in my mind to make a goal within the first five minutes of the game. Things didn’t go good for Jumbus as we missed couple of goal chances in the first half. However it’s once again Jumbus who dominated the show right from the start. Ball Busters almost had their heart in the mouth when Tripathi’s attempted goal was saved by the goalie, which in turn hit the goal post turning in favor of Ball Busters. Our defenders Inder and Jagi were as good as the Great Wall of China that the opponents hardly get to cross the fence except shooting the ball straight over the top giving net practice to our goalie. The tall man Inder, Man of high spirits, man with courage and determination not just want to play defence, it’s he who always wanted to go forward and shoot a goal, but it’s our strategy and strong opponents who hardly allowed him to move from defence position.

The only man whom I will rate as exceeded the expectations is Jagi. To be honest, it was in my mind earlier to have Jagi standing out for the crucial matches and play Lu instead. But it’s he who proved that he can play any position whether it’s defence or forward and went on to score a goal in the semis and one in the league.

It’s Nags the thief, who put the opponents in a dilemma by stealing the ball every now and then to take it to the D area. However Ball Busters were with a solid game plan that there are at least three players covering our striker Nags alone which prevented him from scoring any during the normal game.

Here comes the man with a golden arm, none other than our Guru who has done it for us in style with a penalty shootout followed by a golden save. I could hear him shouting “Sam come back”, “Come on Jagi”, “Come on Inder” etc., throughout the match that shows the dedication our people had. We are proud of you Guru. A special thanks to Tamali and Manager-Lu for their outside support.

It’s not just football that made us the champions, it’ the hard work from our carom duo Tamali and Lu that took our scoreboard to the heights within first two rounds of the tournament. Also, if there is some one who has done well in more than one game, it’s none other than our Guru who has done it in Chess as well by reaching the finals defeating as many teams in the league rounds.

Overall it was a wonderful tournament to witness and be a part of. It’s the morale and the team spirit that took Jumbus to the unreachable.

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