The Americans like Basketball,Baseball, soccer, autoracing and football . Most of these games are not popular in populous countries like India and China. Among these games Basketball and baseball are very famous and there are local state level and national level games which attracts the attention of most of the US citizens. US government run site amlife.america.gov/amlife/sports/games.html provides all the history and details of these sports. happy sporting.

Astrology is an ancient system prevalent in India wherein experts predict the future of an individual by calculating the position of the various Planets (which they call Grahas) at the time of birth. It starts with the creation of the Birth chart for an Individual which is done in the initial years of the individual (normally before 5 years) based on the place of birth and time of birth and the position of various planets at that point of time. Especially among the Hindus in India, Astrology is used for making all key decisions like business / marriage / handling crisis situations.

For the fourth year in a row, Laxmi Narayan Mittal of Indian origin has been declared the richest man in UK owing to surging steel prices across the globe. LNMittal took the calculated risk of buying out sick / closed down steel mills across the globe in the ninetees and early 2000s at throw away prices. At that time the entire global steel outlook was very bleak and many experts opined that LNMittal might be trapped if the steel glut continues. But he took the risk and went ahead and pumped in more money in those companies in anticipation of global steel demand revival which eventually happened. Now the world salutes his foresight and every indian is proud of him.

ICC chief malcolm speed has been asked to go on leave following serious differences at the top level. As per ICC , he has been asked to go on paid leave from April 30th to his scheduled last day in office July 4th following major difference of opinion among most of the members of ICC and him on many issues including Zimbabwe.

Indian Premier League which hosts the twenty-twenty format of the cricket game has been bid at huge price by leading industrial / cinema people last month. In order to ensure that the returns are earned for the invesments made, they have indulged right earnest in good marketing efforts by adding Cheer leaders for the first time in india. Major politicians have found a political element for mass mileage by voicing their protest against these cheer leaders in the last few days,and some midway has been found with the cheer leaders now being adviced to cover up their body a little more so that they do not look disturbingly sexy.

A research by leading agency has found that vegetarian food in natural form like fruits, nuts, vegetables, dry fruits, garlic , honey and milk products help in maintaining good health. An agency in India took the initiative and applied this food pattern on selected set of patients and found positive results in terms of eradication or improvement in the disease / disorder levels.  Maybe god has given us lot of good things and meticulously we make them bad by frying / boiling / drying and then eating them in wrong quantites and wrong times. A search through google.com throws up various interesting case studies and expert advices which we can ponder on.

Currently China is the world leader in wireless connnections with over 540 million subscribers and US stands at second position with over 250 million connections. India which currently holds the third position with over 240 million connections, is set to become the second largest mobile user in the world by April 2008 since it adds over 10 million subscribers per month. By the middle of 2009 India is expected to be close to 300 million subscribers and widen the gap from US by a big margin. This is indeed a marvelous feat by India considering that in 2000 India had just 3 million subscribers vs over 100 million in US.

With Hillary clinton and Barak Obama getting comparable ratings in various states, it is going to be a fight to the finish. Hillary Clinton is bestowed with excellent family history and has ready acceptance among Clinton wishers. On the other hand Obama is seen as an young and energetic leader which most of the younger generation in US might wish to come to power. The fight is expected to be interested in most of the states and clear picture will emerge by April 2008 end as to who wins the Democratic nomimation.

Yoga is a simple but effective form of physical exercising practiced by Yoga gurus in India. There is said to be over 100 forms of yoga exercises including padhmasanam , eka padasanam, vajrasanam, gomukasanam , vakrasanam , pranayamam etc. which help in ensuring that each part of the body is activated. It is believed to be helpful in maintaining good health and long life , and surprising you need to do it for just one hour per day. Nowadays more and more working people are attracted to yoga since it helps in cooling down your entire body and prepare yourself for the next day full charged up.

Tibet witnessed worst ever protests over the last few weeks with Tibetians seeking independence from China. China has sent huge battallions of its army to Tibet to quell the violence. China has accused Dalai Lama of being the root cause of the violence. Dalai Lama in the meanwhile has wished that he will be ready to talk with Chinese and resolve the tibet issue with more autonomy.