Update: India rises, cricket's still bollocks

What could improve unnaturally fast bicycling? (Punamiya seems to have averaged a speedy 35 mph over a distance almost three times as long as a Tour de France time trial). Vaguely sexual verbs and virulent nationalism!

"MLA Harishchandra Patil, KDMC Mayor Pundalik Mhatre and Thane Police Commissioner D Sivanandan were also present at Dombivili and felicitated him. 'People nowadays do not pay proper attention to cycling and most of them are mad about cricket. People should understand that there are many such events where we can beat people in international competitions. My race was an attempt to prove this,' said Punamiya.

Television: the great inspiration

50-year-old imitation art jewelry (knock-off of a knock-off?) dealer Vinod Punamiya ran away from home after failing his high school exams many years ago. He watched television, decided to race his bicycle against trains, and beat the Mumbai-Pune leg of the Deccan Queen Express by 22 minutes. Now I impatiently await Bollywood's version of Breaking Away.