LONDON
PLANE CONFUSION
LONDON
PLANE CONFUSION
Heathrow, the world라이브 바카라 busiest airport, gets busier on Diwali. Incoming flightshave to approach the airport over Hounslow, a heavily Indian area that gets more brightlylit than runways on Diwali evening. This year the night flights were therefore switched toanother runway to avoid pilot distraction and confused visibility from aerial crackers.The Brits too buy crackers for Guy Fawkes Day (November 5), but they are easilyoutcrack-ered by the enthusiastic Indians on Diwali. Meanwhile, despite complaints ofnoise and other pollution, (which are never taken seriously) busy roads a hundred milesnorth had to be closed down to make room for Indians at a Diwali mela, attended by over30,000.
KATHMANDU
HIGH ON CRICKET
Nepali cricket fans have reason to cheer. In mid-October, the Himalayan kingdom finallyhosted its first big-time cricket match. The home team was knocked out early from the10-nation ACC trophy, which finally went to defending champions Bangladesh. But thanks toStar TV, Kathmandu was finally on the world라이브 바카라 cricketing map. Yet it was SubhashChandra, chairman of the Zee Network, who delivered a big six: he revealed that Zee, inpartnership with the Cricket Association of Nepal, plans to build a world-class stadium inNepal. The cricket buffs here now feel it라이브 바카라 just a matter of time before Tendulkarand Azhar wield their willows amid the snowcapped peaks. After all, when you have aneutral venue right here within South Asia, why do Indians and Pakistanis need to fly allthe way to sweltering Sharjah?
NEW YORK
SOBERING THOUGHT
Still on cricket, the mega insurance firm MetLife has found a new skipper to promotecricket among youngsters in the US—Sir Garfield Sobers, perhaps the world라이브 바카라greatest all-rounder in the game. At a banquet in his honour, the West Indian legendaccepted the challenge to coach youngsters in the New York area in a bid to promote thegame, but was frank to admit his sadness at the lack of the growth of cricket in theUnited States.Sir Garfield was given a ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ by MetLifeat a black tie event organized by Max Shaukat who heads an outfit called World CricketLeague.
JERUSALEM
NEIGHBOUR LABOUR
The expanding Israeli hi-tech industry has a labour prob lem. They need thousands ofsoftware engineers and computer programmers, but are reluctant to invite foreign workersinto the country for security reasons. So, knowing that India has qualified softwareengineers, this tiny country has hit upon an ingenious way of getting around the dilemma.Indian engineers and programmers are now working next door in Cyprus (as India라이브 바카라communications system was found to be unreliable) for Israeli companies like Oreq, via theinternet. Talk about the global village. "Probably in a dress and preferably one thatwould be dry-cleaned"