World Cup Converts - A Katya Tale

The World Cup has converted kids to Football spectators. How good are they at watching the game? Well, they now want the volume increased for the Spanish commentary on Univision and, if Baab is not watching, Katya screams "Annaaaa ... Yellow card" as soon as a dude gets one!

And, of course, Baab tries to outscream the commentator each time a goal happens ("<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrkT7zWfeT0">GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL</a>") and Katya covers her ears with her hands and runs out of the room screaming for deliverance!!

PS (OT): Will we hear the IPL commentators replacing "DLF Maximum" with "Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeks"??? ;-)

The Yamuna at the Taj - A Panoramic View

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The United Nations at the French Open!

I wish there were a statistics engine for Tennis as there is one for <a href="http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/stats/index.html">Cricket</a>. It would help answer my questions:

a) Is this the first time that a Grand Slam tournament has had <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/french-open/men/p1/">eight nations represented</a> in the quarter-finals of either the men's or women's draw?

b) If it were not for those pesky Russians, there might've been more than the 13 nations represented in the combined men's and <a href="http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/tennis/french-open/women/p1/">women's</a> quarter-finals this year! I find it hard to believe that more than 13 countries were ever represented at a Grand Slam quarter finals (men and women combined), don't you?

Men from <del datetime="2009-06-03T16:42:11+00:00">Mars</del> Sweden, Russia, Great Britain, Chile, Argentina, Spain, France and Switzerland, and women from <del datetime="2009-06-03T16:42:11+00:00">Venus</del> Russia, Belarus, Slovakia, Romania, Australia and the USA.