Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand crowned as the new World chess champion with a short 20-move draw against Peter Leko of Hungary in the 14th and final round of the Championships in Mexico City on last night. Vishwanathan Anand was born in Madras, India the 11th of December of 1969; he obtained the GM title at the age of 16 years. In 1987 he was the World Juvenile Champion in Philippines. Anand has been in world's top-three for the last 15 years but it is the first time that he is officially rated No 1 in the FIDE rankings. Viswanathan Anand is now eager to see whether his countrymen give him the same grand reception that they had extended to Twenty20 World Cup ...

  I will keep on updating this space. Nach Baliye 3 Message Board Fourteenth Round  08-12-2007 No. Jodi Vaibhavi David Ishaa Total All Total 01 Shweta Keswani and Alex O' Neil - - - - 239 02 Karan Patel and Amita Chandekar 7 7 7 21 362 03 Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi 10 10 10 30 457 04 Shakti Kapoor and Shivangi Kapoor - - - - 38 05 Vikas Sethi and Amita Sethi - - - - 95 06 Karan Grover and Kavita Kaushik - - - - 100 07 Aamir Ali and Sanjeeda Sheikh 9 9 9 27 440 08 Kashmira Shah and Krishna Abhishek 8 8 8 24 354 09 Kiran Janjani and Ritu Janjani - - - - - 24 10 Pooja Bedi and Hanif Hilal - - - - 151 11 Indraneil Sengupta and Barkha Bisht - - - - 18 Choreographer of the Week - Pratap Shetty[Rakhi Sawant and Abhishek Awasthi] Thirteenth Round  ...

2nd week of Nach Baliye and its still “Thanda” in Malaika’s style. Really, I am missing Malaika and Saroj Khan very much. I think instead of Isha Koppikar, the Nach Baliye team should have picked Sridevi. This year it’s No fun at all!!! For price money of 20 lacs and chevrolet car, the couples have to put extra efforts. It was a Fusion theme for the performers. And also today it was a repetition of last two Nach Baliye, first when Kiran Janjani forgot her steps like Varun Badola in first season of Nach Baliye and second when Jodi No. 5(Vikas Sethi and Amita Sethi) did their dance act exactly like last years Manav and Shweta Gohil. Same stone image concept and ...

OK, let’s help our four Indians, now living in China, Meena Barot (35), Prithviraj P (40), Vipul Joshi (27) and Senthil Nachiappan (37), to become Olympic torchbearers for the Beijing Olympics at the opening ceremony of the games, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Atleast one of them should hold the Torch on behalf of each and every India. The contest Expats for Olympic Torchbearers is organised by Lenovo, a personal computer manufacturer. The advertisement says: Lenovo Group along with China Daily will launch the Lenovo-sponsored Olympic torchbearer nominee selection among foreigners living in China, in an effort to seek people who embody the Olympic spirit of constant exploration and striving for ...

Yes it’s a joke, how we Indians portray ourselves in modern world with a very open minded attitude. Where we appreciate a women talking about Aids (Shilpa Shetty) in a huge gathering of truck drivers, and on other hand we try to pull her down and insult her by calling her an uncultured Indian, whereas its not her fault if she was kissed (on cheeks) by Richard Gere. Is she not already embarrassed enough by that kiss? We really are a bunch of hypocrites. Shilpa Shetty shed tears after being stopped at Mumbai Airport by immigration officials who had no record of a Supreme Court ruling which overturned a ban on her leaving the country. They said she was still wanted ...

Moment of Glory for men in blue hijacked by BCCI officials and Politicians. BCCI Officials and Politicians made it like a Political Rally, what was meant to be the felicitation ceremony for the Twenty20 World Cup champions. It was expected that Dhoni and his boys would take centrestage, but BCCI officials and Politicians placed themselves on the front row, completely overshadowing the proud winners of the trophy. If that was enough, RR Patil and Sharad Pawar started glorifying Maharastra in their speech, as if it was Maharastra team who won the world cup. RR Patil went a step ahead and said, "Sharad Pawar should be credited with the victory". Someone should ask him, "Did he select the team or he bowled out Pakistanis in the Final?" ...

Lately, India had lot of success in sports. Is it really the magic of "Chak De India"?  First it was Football, then Hockey and now Cricket. The magic started with the Indian football team creating history after lifting their first ever Nehru Cup title with a 1-0 win over a 10-man Syria in a tough final played in Delhi. Next in Hockey, when India retained Asia Cup beating South Korea 7-2 in a hard fought final in Chennai, and Now Cricket, India beat Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final by five runs to clinch their first major trophy since 1983.  The title song of the Bollywood hit movie "Chak De India" is now an integral part of Indian sport.

 "Blatant misuse of power" - Pahlaj Nihalani Eklavya will be India's official entry for the prestigious Oscar awards. The decision to nominate Eklavya as the Indian entry for the awards was announced by Film Federation of India President Vinod Pande. The other films where were considered for official entry are hugely-popular Chak De India, Gandhi My Father and Guru. This is the third time that a film by Vidhu Vinod Chopra will be going to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His short non-fiction film "An Encounter with Faces" was one of the first Indian films to be nominated for an Oscar in 1980. In 1989, "Parinda" was sent to the Oscars as India's official entry. Pahlaj Nihalani, President of ...

  India won the electrifying final by 5 runs. You can't ask for more from a GRAND Final. The match was full of ups and downs. It brought a hugely entertaining tournament to a fitting climax, which was always likely - after all, the teams tied their group game. Earlier today, India won the toss and decided to bat, and managed to post only 157 with the help of magnificent inning of Gautam Gambhir who scored 75 from 54 balls and Rohit Sharma who scored 30 runs from 16 balls. Pakistan started their chase positively with 21 runs from first over of Sreensanth, but RP Singh had something else in his mind and he keep on taking wickets before Irfan Pathan broke the ...

The Biggest match of Cricket History on the Biggest stage. Anyone can feel the magnitude and intensity of "India Vs Pakistan" in World Cup Final. This is a final not many would have imagined. The tournament has got the best possible climax. The sub-continental rivalry has the right combination of history, piquancy and edge to add up to a thriller. With the ignominious "first-round exits" from the World Cup of 50-over version in West Indies just six months ago, who would have thought that India and Pakistan can set up a dream final at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. India defeated Australia by 15 runs in a thrilling floodlit semi-final, just couple of hours after Pakistan had overcome New Zealand by six wickets, to send ...