The word "palaver" is a valid word in English and is used to describe a lengthy and complicated discussion, often with a lot of arguing or fussing.
For example, you could say "The palaver between the two political parties lasted well into the night."
As one cynical member of the audience grumbled, it seemed to be a big palaver for the launch of a few marketing tools.What has actually changed in India as Mr Modi pushes manufacturing?
Even before the expenses palaver, fewer people were voting, and more of those who did were voting for smaller parties.
MLB's commissioner, Bud Selig, has repeatedly dismissed the possibility of a mid-season break every four years, so odds of baseball's Olympic return are long.The biggest loser from the palaver is probably squash, which got 22 votes.
The palaver over the power of pill pushers has continued ever since.
But the palaver reawakened angst at the International Olympic Committee's controversial decision prior to the 1998 Nagano Games to put the International Ski Federation FISS) in charge of Olympic snowboarding.Riders feel the FIS preys on their sport's youth appeal to rejuvenate its own stodgy image, but in fact gives them short shrift.
ALL this palaver about Tony Blair being a control freak needs to be put in perspective.
Sitting in a traditional "palaver hut" in the garden of his villa and wearing a glittery green fez, he says, "I don't think anyone should be prosecuted.
The arsenic-life palaver demonstrates that other disciplines are beginning to follow suit.
Even so, the equipment makers argue that, while doable, all this sensing palaver makes white-space devices needlessly complicated and expensive.
For them, in defiance of Mr Hutton's expectations, a shuttle bus will be far more of a palaver.
A repeat beckons of 2004-05 the first time a major sports league in North America cancelled a full season due to labour unrest.At the root of the palaver is the eternal question of who should get what share of the revenue pie.
