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Cricket news
- Low scoring match sees RTA SpeedBlitz Blues fall short against Queensland
- Dolphins 137/9 v Eagles 106/5 *
- South Africa 299/1 * v Bangladesh
- Zimbabwe braced for rare home series
- Pathan fined in a draw-filled day
- Bandekar and D'Souza seal it for Goa
- Proteas smash twin centuries
- Smith and Amla tons hammer Bangladesh
- Smith, Amla put SA on top
- Scoreboard: SA vs Bangladesh
- Miandad appointed PCB's director-general
- Tanvir's career-best leaves Baluchistan in tatters
- Smith and Amla punish Bangladesh
- David Leggat : Boilover unlikely against formidable Aussie foes
- Cricket: Victory could be all in the toss for Black Caps
The farm loan waiver
I'll follow up on this post simply by referring to the (on the surface at least) sensational announcement in India's 2008 budget of the waiving of a large number of loans to small farmers, and by linking to two topics on what is rapidly becoming my favourite website for Indian news, IBNLive.com:
Farm Loan waiver
Union Budget 2008
The counterpoint of the obscene wealth of the IPL against the widespread rural poverty is something that I will continue to watch.