It was a day of idol worship on Tuesday – across India and in the virtual space – as the one and only Amitabh Bachchan turned 80. A milestone in the iconic actor’s journey as in terms of sheer longevity, there have not been too many of his age as active and still so acceptable […]
‘’You can take the craze of Diwali in Delhi, Christmas in London, summer carnival in Rio de janeiro, Valentine’s Day in Paris and then add it to the month-long madness of Olympic Games or the World Cup and cram all that into a span of five days and you still wouldn’t know what you are […]
An elite sportsperson would always like to sign off from his or her playing arena rather than the confines of a press conference. The end may not always be a fairytale one, but it gives them a chance to get one last feel of the familiar turf where they have shed the blood and sweat […]
Over the past week, I had been itching to write about Roger Federer. What kept holding me back, for a change, was the dilemma on what to write after the avalanche of emotions swept legion of his fans off their feet at his anticipated retirement after this Laver Cup. While I have been exactly no […]
Is Carlos Alcaraz just what the men’s tennis needed at the moment? It seems so with the surge of excitement that the Spanish 19-year-old has created – keeping his date with the US Open crown and the men’s world No.1 spot on Sunday. It’s not as if the current year has been lacking in drama […]
It’s still early to say if Sri Lanka can add to their impressive tally of five Asia Cup titles, but it will be quite a poetic justice if they can. It can certainly go a long way in applying some salve to the wounds of the people from the Emareld Isles, who had been coping […]
It was nothing short of a coup at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Friday afternoon when Kalyan Chaubey, a former national team goalkeeper, routed the iconic Baichung Bhutia by 33-1 votes to be the first international footballer to take over the president’s chair. Chaubey, an active leader of the BJP, had been in […]
The ongoing Asia Cup in the UAE, whether one likes it or not, boils down to that one match more often than not. Yes, one is talking about India-Pakistan, though there have been the odd cliffhangers that have kept you on the edge of your seats. It’s with this in mind that the Asian Cricket […]
Hardik Pandya has hardly put a foot wrong ever since he returned to competitive cricket in the IPL last March. A streak, which continued with his audacious Man of the Match-winning performance in their opening win of the Asia Cup in Dubai in the big game against Pakistan. The sense of occasion about his […]
He was to Satyajit Ray what Jean-Paul Belmondo was to Jean-Luc Godard (or the French New Wave) or Toshiro Mifune was to Akira Kurosawa. There must have been a good enough reason why Soumitra Chatterjee, who died due to COVID-19 on November 15, acted in 14 of Ray’s feature films – but then the 85-year-old colossus […]
