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Triumph of the Eastern Will: How the Olympics came clean about winning
A version of this article originally appeared in The Big Issue Magazine By the time you read this a couple of weeks will have passed since the end of the London 2012 Games. The Paralympics are about to start. Politicians … Continue reading
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Tagged 70s, 80s, Anabolic steriods, communism, DDR, Doping, East Germany, elitism, FTW, GDR, Nadia Comeneci, Olga Korbut, Rebecca Adlington, Tom Daley, Ye Shiwen
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8 Days in Seoul with Images. India’s Dream City?
I was nagged by one question throughout my recent holiday to Seoul. Why does South Korea remind me so much of India? But of an India without slums, heavy pollution, child poverty and endemic corruption? This is a personal write … Continue reading
