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Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer to get a 200 in ODIs scoring unbeaten 200 off 147 balls against South Africa in Gwalior.India won the match by 153 runs.

Kathryn Bigelow makes history at Oscars by winning Best Director trophy for the movie The Hurt Locker

The Women's Reservation Bill has been finally passed in the Rajya Sabha after opposition from some of the parties.

Indian opener Virender Sehwag became 'Wisden Cricketer of the Year'for the second time in a row beating off competition from England capital Andrew Strauss and Sri Lankan Tilakaratne Dilshan.

Spain became the World Football Champions after defeating Holland in the final match played on 10th July.

MS Dhoni Indian cricket captain has snapped up a three year deal with sports and talent management firms Rhiti Sports Management and Mindscapes worth Rs 200 crore.

Saina Nehwal becomes World No 2 in Badminton.

Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 test wickets reaching the mildstone in the last test against India of his illustrious career.

Tiger Woods is still the highest earner in the world of sports with an earning of $90,508,163

Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar hit his 48th Test hundred to lead the Indian fightback on 3rd day of the second test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

World No 2 Saina Nehwal selected to get Khel Ratna award.

Indian women's 4X400m relay team scripted history by winning the 13th gold for India at the ongoing 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.

Indian men's and women's kabaddi teams maintained their supremacy by clinching the gold as India created history by recording their best-ever medal tally in the Asian Games by adding six more medals on a productive 14th day of competitions on Friday

Hurdlers Joseph Abraham and Ashwini Chidananda provided a huge boost to the country's medal haul in the 16th Asian Games with their gold-winning feats while teen sensation Vikas Krishan bagged a boxing gold

Boxer Vijender Singh wins 14th gold for India at Asian Games by clinching the 75kg weight category title.

Wimbledon Champion Novak Djokovic rose to NO 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time while Serena Williams dropped to 175th on the WTA list ,her lowest spot since 1997.

10 Congress MPs and 39 MLAs including 11 ministers and 34 TDP MLAs resigned over Telangana issue in Andhra Pradesh assembly.

Anna's fast ended after 12 days.Victory for people.

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The Ways Of Writers

Macaulay at times travelled fifteen miles to write a para and studied twelve books to write a chapter.

Dr Johnson wrote 48 pages of The Life of Savage at a stretch sitting up all night.

Coleridge composed Kubla Khan in a dream.

Blake said his poems were dictated to him.

Shakespeare never blotted a line.

Virgil poured out a great number of verses in the morning and passed the day in correcting inaccuracies.

Pope wrote his first thoughts in his first words and then gradually amplified,decorated,rectified and refined them.

Shelley sometimes passed his finger fiercely through his hair when writing verses.None but he alone could read his pages which looked like an awful mess or quagmire of words.

Byron wrote after taking a peg of wine.

Walter Raleigh wrote in perfect solitude.

Azad,Gandhi and Nehru wrote in prison cells.

Tagore wrote his most beautiful poems in the nosiy waiting rooms of the Railway station.