WC Final 2019: Cricket won, ICC lost
There is no doubt that we got to see one of the most exciting and tension-filled one day internationals yesterday between England and New Zealand. And this happening in the final of a tournament as...
View ArticleWho are Duckworth and Lewis and why ICC adopted their method?
The Duckworth-Lewis Method instantly comes to our minds whenever a limited overs cricket match gets affected by rains. It’s a formula that decides the fate of a match in such situations. This is all I...
View ArticleOnly time Tendulkar was NOT selected in team India, neither injured nor rested
Throughout his career spanning 24 years, Sachin Tendulkar never went out of form. There was a never a time when his spot in the team was in danger due to non-performance. This is one of the major...
View ArticleHow to donate for Maharashtra flood victims?
The deadly floods Maharashtra, especially in the Sangli and Kolhapur districts, have taken a number of lives and left plenty others homeless and in dire need of necessities to sustain. As per official...
View ArticleBook review: The Coup India Missed – Glimpse of an alternative India
There have been various stories, both in the form of books and movies, which are inspired from real-life politics. But Lt. Col. K Gopinathan’s novel The Coup India Missed, is a rare tale that presents...
View ArticleMission Mangal Review – A joyride about India’s space achievement
Director Jagan Shetty’s Mission Mangal revolves around the launch of India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also known as Mangalyaan, which was launched in November 2013. India thus became the first...
View ArticleSaaho’s major similarity with Baahubali (SPOILERS alert)
Prabhas’ last film Baahubali: The Conclusion (2017) went onto become a historic hit all over India and gave the actor a star status nationwide. Obviously, there was a keen interest to see him again on...
View ArticleAfter just 1 run in first 6 innings, Marvan Atapattu made a historic comeback
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Marvan Atapattu is one of the best batsmen to have played for the island nation in Asia. He played 90 test matches and scored 5502 runs with 16 hundreds and 17 fifties and...
View ArticleMurder In Mahim – Book Review
The dark, underbelly of Mumbai has attracted many storytellers and filmmakers. Generally such crime stories are about the underworld or some serial killer. As the title of author Jerry Pinto’s novel...
View ArticleWhy people in their 30s should stop believing they are 70
There was a time when 7-8 of us would play cricket. We used to enjoy it. But as much as playing the sport, our constant jokes, one-liners and banter used to delight us. As years passed by and all of...
View ArticleSaturday Nights Review: Deep statement on loneliness in a crowded city
Lives of sex workers or prostitutes, as they are called, offer a lot of scope for storytelling in cinema. That’s precisely the reason why characters of sex workers are explored in films across...
View Article15 years later: From Tendulkar’s comeback to Aleem Dar’s batting, this match...
I have been to Mumbai’s Wankhede and Brabourne stadiums quite a few times. One of my most memorable and ecstatic memories inside a cricket stadium came 15 years ago in the fourth test match between...
View ArticleHellaro (Gujarati movie) Review
In the first scene of director Abhishek Shah’s Gujarati movie Hellaro, a mother tells her daughter that girls are not allowed to do Garba (a dance form). When she asks the reason, her father chips in...
View ArticleHow Maharashtra leaders made a FOOL of their supporters
The massive twists and turns in the Maharashtra politics over the last few weeks have put some of the best Bollywood thrillers to shame. The events have also inspired memes that shared on social media...
View ArticleKusur (Play) Review – Amol Palekar’s return is an interesting emotional thriller
Kusur: The Mistake is a Hindi play that sees veteran artiste Amol Palekar’s return to the stage after 25 long years. The play is adapted from the Danish movie The Guilty (2018, original title ‘Den...
View ArticleNRC, CAA Protests in Mumbai: See video & photos
In Mumbai, all roads lead today to the historic August Kranti Maidan where NRC and CAA protests will be held. A huge number of Mumbaikars are expected to turn up in what is the first major protest...
View ArticleOnly living people can protest, rest are dead, says Aarey tribal activist...
Aarey Forest has been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons and the same is the case now for the implementation of NRC and CAA bills. Earlier, the Maharashtra Government’s plan to make the...
View Article2nd Anti-NRC, CAA protest Mumbai: Videos and photos
The second protest in Mumbai against the NRC and CAA took place today at the iconic Azad Maidan. The protesters were earlier supposed to take a march from Byculla to CST station. However, as they...
View ArticleHow 2019 ended on a hopeful note amidst hopelessness
The date was 23 May. It was, as expected, a hot Thursday morning but we were inside the confinement of our air-conditioned Yoga class. It wasn’t an ordinary day. It was on that day that the fate of...
View ArticleIs Chhapaak a box office disaster?
Chhapaak wasn’t the first film that was asked to be boycotted by people of a certain political ideology after Deepika Padukone joined the students protesting at JNU. But the film has become the first...
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