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For the last decade or so, I have felt as if I am living through a dystopia. I have titled this column ‘The Dystopian Moments’ and not called it ‘Our Dystopias’. So, I want to make it very clear that my focus is not on our current political or social situation in the country. My […]
A total of 11 players from various disciplines have been selected as nominees for the sporting honour of year 2021 – Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. Tokyo Olympics gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, Lovlina Borgohain and Indian wrestler Ravi Dahiya are to be awarded the Khel Ratna. Also read: Khel Ratna Award Was Renamed Because […]
When a 60 plus-year-old man Kisanbhai (name changed on request) shouted that Muslims should be beggars, not hotel owners, he meant it very sincerely. Not taking into consideration that his son who lives in the United State of America works for a Muslim-owned company, he furiously shouted anti-Muslim slogans. “This is my country. America is […]
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has said it has no information on public requests – and RTI documents show that the ministry hastily issued a circular on the renaming after Modi’s tweet. Amidst euphoria over the Indian men’s hockey team’s brilliant performance at the Tokyo Olympics in August this year, the Narendra Modi […]
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has expanded itself with the two new sets of teams to join the bandwagon after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) awarded the franchise rights on Monday. A Kolkata-based business conglomerate paid a whopping Rs 7,090 crore for Lucknow. While CVC Capital Partners, a European equity firm […]
Samaira Jindal Everyone would agree with me when I say that FRIENDS is an all-time favourite sitcom of almost every person on this planet. It all started when Crane and Kauffman (founders/directors) began thinking about the time when they had finished college and started living by themselves in New York; Kauffman believed they were looking […]
Led by 27-year-old Babar Azam, Pakistan handed India their opening match defeat in ICC T20 World Cup 2021by a historic 10-wicket victory. In Group 2 match of Super 12 stage of the tournament, Pakistan broke their 29-year-old spell of not winning a single match against India at the World Cup tournaments. Elated with joy, Azam […]
Disclaimer: We advise watching the series mentioned in the article with parental supervision. Anish has watched this series under parental guidance. Anish Ganpathy While the practice of watching movies in theatres is fading away, it is bringing us closer to a new way: binge-watching web series. A new concept in India that we have adapted […]
Last week, I spoke about “The Parsi Spirit”, essentially focusing on the entrepreneurial spirit of the Parsis as also touching upon Zoroastrian religious ethos. A Gujarati friend, professor, and author, living in Spain, Kandarp Mehta told me that he expected more about Parsi litterateurs, ‘coming from your background’. Reasonably valid point. If you want to […]
Let me start by saying that no one sleeps worse than a baby. I don’t know how this phrase originated, but it’s all lies. After three months of sleep deprivation, new parents ask themselves whether they will ever get a good night’s rest again. Not to fear, all is not lost. It is at the […]
Cricket is the most popular sport in India, It is also the second most popular sport across the globe. Cricketers who are part of the National Indian Cricket Team earns a huge sum of money and fame. Star players like Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar are nothing less than legends, their wives are […]
Mithilesh Khandwala Cricket, a sport in many countries, is a factor that binds and unites the people of various castes, creeds and sects of India. Be it 1983, 2007 or 2011, the trophies remain celebrated by all with equal zest and enthusiasm, showcasing the spirit and love of India. The Indian Cricket team has also […]
This week, the news about the Air India sale to the Tatas was all over the town. Also, in our pandemic days, Adar Poonawalla’s Serum Institute of India has received good as well as bad press. There have also been some Marxist voices about the Air India sale being a “corporate sell-out”. In that context, […]
When Tanay Mukherjee started performing Durga Puja in London in 2008 he never thought in his wildest dreams that soon he would be the most sought-after priest in the United Kingdom. This year he is the most popular priest in the UK, performing five Durga pujas back to back. As Saptami is being celebrated as […]
Former captain MS Dhoni will not charge any fee for mentoring the Indian cricket team during this month’s T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman, BCCI secretary Jay Shah. The iconic former captain was brought in as a mentor by the BCCI last month when it announced the squad for the mega-event, scheduled to […]
Recently I came across a curious term – ‘Momsomnia’ referring to the procrastination mothers do after their babies are asleep. Instead of catching up on much-needed sleep themselves, they watch Netflix, read a book or spend hours scrolling through social media. It is a form of insomnia in which mothers become so accustomed to checking […]
This is the week for the Nobel Prizes. The 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature has been rightfully and aptly awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah, the Tanzanian novelist. His native language is Swahili but he writes in English and lives in England. The Nobel citation for Abdulrazak Gurnah reads: “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the […]
“We need to look at the role that women play in perpetuating gender-based abuse. A lot of abuses that we consume in popular media, shown as happening to women in Bollywood movies or TV dramas, is women abusing other women. Popular culture normalises it for society,” says Mandy Sanghera, award-winning philanthropist and human-rights activist from […]
“In South Asian societies, we genderise so early on,” says Nandita Das, actor, director and human-rights activist, about the inherent gender discrimination in South Asian societies. Speaking at the opening panel of eShe’s South Asia Union Summit Led by Women. Das was among 50 eminent women from 13 countries who came together to seek solutions […]
Aarushi Trivedi Freedom is such a satisfying word. Freedom to me is just being completely lazy and not following one single rule. If I would have the freedom, then I would -: Wake up early at my very own place, and I will invest everywhere and gather up the money. I would sit at my […]
