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Union Budget
Fri, March 01 2013
If Ravi Shastri, SM Krishna and Salman Khan were to present the Union Budget
When it comes to presenting the Union Budget, form is as important as substance. Even a lacklustre, dull budget, if presented with an amount of style and flourish, can go a long way in reviving the animal spirits, kick-starting the investment cycle, boosting productivity…er…you get the drift, we suppose.
Sat, March 17 2012
Satire: Shastri kidnapped ahead of Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th ton; released later!
On a day when the Union Budget and Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th century hogged all the limelight, an incident which went completely unnoticed was the kidnapping of former Indian cricketer and commentator Ravi Shastri. Sources say that a group of die-hard Tendulkar fans had been lurking outside Shastri’s residence, which had been bugged.
Fri, March 16 2012
Will Sachin’s 100th hundred swamp the Union Budget coverage in Saturday’s front pages?
By CricketCountry Staff
When Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in men’s One-Day Internationals (ODIs), the Railway Budget presented by Mamta Banerjee on that day swamped by the maestro’s achievements in the front page of the following day’s Indian newspapers.