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Middle East – Sports & Athletes

Toward the end of the 1940s, the men’s football team of Afghanistan came in 18th place in the Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. At the XIV Summer Games, Afghanistan –a country with serious domestic problems– lost 6-0 to Luxembourg. For the first time, soccer players from Afghanistan took part in an Olympic Tournament. Continue reading

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Middle East – Sports & Athletes

Toward the end of the 1940s, the men’s football team of Afghanistan came in 18th place in the Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. At the XIV Summer Games, Afghanistan –a country with serious domestic problems– lost 6-0 to Luxembourg. For the first time, soccer players from Afghanistan took part in an Olympic Tournament. Continue reading

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Movie Review – Gulaal

And I thought that Anurag Kashyap had really excelled himself in Dev D, especially since messing with a proven classic can be a tricky proposition. He succeeded and eminently so! Barely had I recovered from that awesome movie that AK has unleashed another explosion of emotions with a relentless assault on our sensibilities. Set amidst the feudal ethos of Rajasthan the story is about the pursuit of ambition, accumulation of power, innocent & betrayed love. Continue reading

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Middle East – Sports & Athletes

Toward the end of the 1940s, the men’s football team of Afghanistan came in 18th place in the Summer Olympic Games in London, United Kingdom. At the XIV Summer Games, Afghanistan –a country with serious domestic problems– lost 6-0 to Luxembourg. For the first time, soccer players from Afghanistan took part in an Olympic Tournament. Continue reading

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Charlie Wilson is a Covert Winner – A Review of “Charlie Wilson’s War”

There’s something quite remarkable about “Charlie Wilson’s War”; it manages to portray an unknown political story from the 1980′s about the biggest covert war in history that brought down the Soviet Empire not only with insight and intelligence, but with humour, wit and fun. This film is a triumph from start to finish, telling a great story and providing an insight in to history of which most of us would not have been aware. Continue reading

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