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The Olympics are officially over. The games and China will be forever remembered for largely being exciting and thoroughly spectacular. The closing ceremony was as grand and un believable as the opening ceremony. I just felt that it got over too quickly. Olympic games from past years have tend to last forever. This one ended with lot of stars born and 2 huge superstars to remember for a lifetime. Michael Phelps (Swimming - 8 Golds, 7 WRs) and Usain Bolt (Track & Field - 3 Golds, 3 WRs) are going to be super-star attractions in 2012 when the London games start. Over to the U.S. Open Tennis tournament which starts in New York (for once the pressure is on Rafa Nadal as compared to Roger Federer) and the upcoming NFL season. You can't get bored in America once you start following sports here. But the biggest game of all is just getting started. It is presidential election year and the 2 sides are all but ready for "war" to get to the White House. John McCain vs. Barack Ob...

Sixty years ago on August 20th, in Tamil Nadu, India, a baby boy was born. The second-to-last of many children. He grew up in south India and moved with his family to Bombay to complete his schooling and college. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree and got a job in a bank. By 1976 he was married and well settled into his career and in 1977 his first baby was born. A nasty little rascal at that. Few years later, he welcomed his second gem, a silent but "strong" type. Correction, a silent but "heavy" type. Life moved on and his work was steady in Canara Bank, having risen up within the ranks and transfers to multiple branches including one to a remote village in Tamil Nadu. I haven't seen anyone do more for his family and siblings than this man. He has been the cornerstone of the family he grew up in and a rock-solid support that everyone was looking for. He supported his sons in whatever they wanted to do and become in life leaving nothing to chance and...

China is the host of the 29th Olympiad and they have welcomed the world with open arms leaving politics to the politicians and lawmakers and the games to the athletes. The opening ceremony on 08/08/08 at the Bird's Nest stadium was simply the grandest spectacle I have ever seen for any event. One World One Dream is this olympics' motto and by the looks of it, China is doing all it can to bring the world together. China finished second to the USA in 2004 in Greece and they have revenge on their minds as they want to win the overall medal tally and desperately the gold medal tally, at all costs. Estimated amount spent by China to get Olympic-ready, $43 billion. Boy-o-boy, they are proving to the world what they are made up of. Just as The Rock from WWE would say, "Just bring it". India's Abhinav Bindra made a billion of us beam with pride and happiness by winning the gold in the 10m rifle event. India's first gold medal since the 1980 Moscow olympics when the H...

"Why so serious?" asks the knife wielding Joker in The Dark Knight. If you seriously haven't watched the movie yet, I strongly recommend you do that. No, don't wait for the DVD or an online print, go watch the spectacle on the big screen. You will not be disappointed. It is not the same comic Batman that we have seen with George Clooney and Val Kilmer in leading roles. This is Christopher Nolan's Batman who also directed Batman Begins. This is Christian Bale's Batman who played the lead in Batman Begins and reprises his role as The Dark Knight/Bruce Wayne. And finally, this is Heath Ledger's Batman who is undoubtedly the bestest fit for this role. I can't imagine anyone playing the character of the Joker so viciously and making a comic book fantasy absolutely believable and astonishingly spine-chilling. The Joker exploits Gotham City 's resources to get to Batman. Not only to get to Batman, but to actually see who is the man behind the mask. Ev...