F1 Race in India- Good or Waste of Money?

Famed athlete P.T. Usha has said that the Indian Grand Prix is useless waste of money. Do you agree with her? In fact, PT Usha does not even consider motor or formula 1 racing a sport.

"I feel very bad because such hi-fi business has nothing to do with 99% of Indians. It is a criminal waste (of money). First, Twenty20 cricket spoiled the spirit of Indian sports, and now here comes another avatar which will mostly attract corporate money, who (Corporate) rarely spend for sports promotion. Only God can save the Indian sports," Usha said.

Top Shooter Gagan Narang thinks that Formula 1 racing in Indian should be open to viewing for everyone not just people with lot of money. He said, " "Let's face it that the sport is not for everyone. Only people with money will have the access. It has to be marketed well. I have heard from Indian friends abroad that turning up for Indian GP is more expensive than Singapore GP. That beats the purpose."


Its high time for change in way sports in perceived in India. Commercialization is the way to go. These corporates can pump in huge money in sports which will only enable them to pose as a proper career prospect. These traditional sports person keep cribbing for the lack of sports facility and funding from the government. We all know what our government cannot do in 100 years, our corporates can do in months.

I am pretty sure that if we can get good funding through commercialization, we have enough talent to shine in all possible sporting arenas. F1 is mistaken as a richmen sport it is not,the investments are huge but look at the opportunities it has created in employment,technology and resources,TCS provides services for ferrari,more than 10000 ppl will get jobs at buddh,it will help in tourism,will generate money as its reaches to more than 300 countries,and even the CEO of sauber team(monisha) is an indian origin women,it provides work for engineers n many others,its run with lot of thoughts not something like wht happened with cwc n athletes also found guilty for doping,n its corporates like tata,sahara who are providing facilities for our athletes,if u dont support anything at least dont discourage it,was the money spent on CWC was usefull?

Aakash Tablet Review, Price- World's Cheapest Computer in India

Check out review and price of Aakash, the world's cheapest computer released in India

The world’s cheapest tablet,  is priced at just Rs. 29999 ($61)and is known as Aakash. The tablet runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) and has a resistive touchscreen 880x480 resolution with a weight of 350 grams. The tablet also includes 265 MB RAM, two USB ports and a 32 GB expandable memory slot.

Aakash the tablet, comes with a one year replacement warranty and can play formats like DOC, DOCX, PDF and PPTX. There is a also a 3. 5 mm headphone jack.

The low cost computer will release commercially in the month of November. The commercial version does not have subsidy and duty waiver and includes features like a SIM to connect to the Internet and an inbuilt cellular modem

The government has bought the tablet for Rs 2250 from DataWind and will be accessible to students across the country, mainly post-secondary students.

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Irom Sharmila; World's Longest Hunger Striker; Save Irom Sharmila

Irom Sharmila is the world’s longest hunger striker; having rejected food and water for ten long years. A noble achievement but something that should leave a lump in our throat. While the other leaders are going hammer and tongs about their high profile fasts and having close door meetings with the echelons of the government; there is one woman who has silently yet in a strong-willed manner fought a long ridden battle for ten long years.

Irom Chanu Sharmila, called the Iron Lady of Manipur is a civil rights activist, social worker, journalist and poet. The reason she has been on hunger strike is to demand that the Indian government repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958; which she believes is responsible for violence in north-east part of India; particularly in Manipur.

On November 2 2000, in Maloma, a little town in Manipur, ten civilians fell to the bullets of Assam Rifles; a part of India’s paramilitary forces; while they were waiting at the bus stop. The incident became infamous as ‘Malom Massacre’. Sharmila, a 28 year old daughter of a veterinary worker, began to fast in protest of the killings. Actually, she would fast customarily every Thursday since childhood; but when the killing happens; it was a Thursday, too. She continued with the fast and has been doing ever since.

Irom Sharmila’s demand has been that the Indian government must repeal the AFSPA, which gives soldiers the right to detain any Manipuri citizen on the doubt of being a rebel. Three days after the strike, Irom was arrested by the police under section 309 of Indian Penal Code, as an ‘attempt to commit suicide’. Her health worsened quickly and the police gave her nasogastric intubation to keep her alive. Since then, the lady has been regularly released and then arrested under Section 309 an act with imprisonment up to one year or a fine, or both.

By 2006, Sharmila a modern icon of peaceful protest went to Raj Ghat to pay her tribute to her inspiration Mahatma Gandhi. She has written letters to the Prime Minister, the President and the Home Minister. Apart from a nomination to the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize by a woman’s organization called North-East Network in Guwhati, she has also been awarded the 2007 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights.

It is a sad thing that Sharmila has been ignored by the media, the government; her access to her friends, supporters and family have been denied. Human Rights Agencies and the UN have found that this law is continuously violating basic human rights and leading to various ills, exploitation and vengeful repercussions in the society. The center’s apathy towards the case and an indifferent attitude towards Irom Sharmila cannot be negated. There is a candle light prayer being organized on June 25 at 6pm to support the non-violent protest and relentless dedication of the Iron Woman of Manipur, Irom Sharmila. Please join the SAVE SHARMILA CAMPAIGN