'It has been unforgettable, and I can only say 'thank you'. It has been an incredible journey. It's very difficult, but life and my body have been sending signals to me for a long time.'
After scoring one of the goals of the tournament and upstaging Lionel Messi by leading his team to the top of their group, Croatia captain Luka Modric hopes to fulfil a dream that began when he watched his nation record a best ever World Cup showing.
'It's very emotional. I've been waiting for this moment since I was 14'
'I have a feeling that they would say what they often do now and a belief I carry in my bones, only in America'
Arthur J Pais meets Katherine Russell Rich, a New Yorker enamoured with India's national language.
Chopra, who is now settled in Los Angeles, was invited by the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum to interview the Vice President for a fireside chat.
Italy's Matteo Arnaldi produced a sensational performance to take out sixth seed Andrey Rublev and reach the last 16 of the French Open on Friday.
Milind Makwana, according to his close friends and family, spoke at the City Council meeting on July 18 against SB403, the anti-caste discrimination bill in California State Assembly.
Andy Roddick won the China Open, ending the dream run of unseeded Israeli Dudi Sela with a 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 victory.
After an impressive speech by Indian American Ranjit Ricky Gill, yet another Indian-origin leader launched a scathing attack on President Barack Obama over a range of policy issues during the ongoing Republican convention in Tampa.
With the athletes bidding goodbye to Paris after another bone-tingling edition of the Olympics, Norma Astrid Godinho/Rediff.com, shares some interesting nuggets that made the Paris Olympics an event to remember!
Kohrra is a terrific ensemble piece but the two fine leads keep show glued together, applauds Aseem Chhabra.
'Modi is the only chance we have in creating an Indian dream like we have the American Dream out here,' one ohe judges for the 'Code for India' hackathon in California tells Ritu Jha/Rediff.com
Harris remembered her late mother Shyamala Gopalan, a cancer researcher and civil rights activist from India, saying she has always carried that lesson from her mother with her throughout her career from serving as the first woman District Attorney of San Francisco, to the first woman Attorney General of California, and the first woman of colour to represent California in the United States Senate.
We also have strict regulatory bodies like the Reserve Bank of India, which ensures that loan products that could produce systemic risk never make it to the market.
Interestingly, it was also in the US Open where Rohan Bopanna competed in his maiden Major final way back in 2010 along with Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
'In a world obsessed with counting likes and followers, I count my blessings in doing what I love, and doing it my way.'
It was a scenario he had long dreamed about, yet facing the reality of playing Tiger Woods in Sunday's final round for a major championship made it difficult for South Korea's Yang Yong-eun to sleep. Yang kept his cool when it counted and outplayed Woods to win the US PGA Championship, ending the American's perfect mark of winning all 14 majors in which he led going into Sunday and becoming the first Asian male to win a major in one fell swoop.
Minutes before he signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Obama said, "Today does not mark the end of our economic troubles. But it does mark the beginning of the end -- the beginning of what we need to do to create jobs for Americans scrambling in the wake of layoffs; to provide relief for families worried they won't be able to pay next month's bills; and to set our economy on a firmer foundation, paving the way to long-term growth and prosperity."
Harris, the 49th US Vice President, will serve as the deputy of President Joe Biden, 78, who also took the oath of office, becoming the 46th US President.
He's already seen 33 countries!
'It is commendable that India is able to persuade all sides.' 'It shows that India counts and finally, we are reaching a position where we can find a place in the sun at the global level.'
The assailant, Donald Thurman, 26, was arrested Sunday from a Chicago metro station.
Ons Jabeur gained revenge for her defeat in last year's final when she surged back to beat third-seeded defending champion Kazakh Elena Rybakina.
This is for the first time that Trump has acknowledged the contribution of Indian-Americans and Hindus in his historic electoral victory.
Yulimar Rojas of Venezuela soared to her fourth consecutive world triple jump title on Friday.
Prime Minister Modi's remarks on Thursday came during his address to a joint session of the US Congress. He attributed a big part of the success of India-US ties to Indian-Americans.
The grand dedication ceremony of Akshardham in Robbinsville, New Jersey was conducted on Sunday in the presence of Mahant Swami Maharaj following a nine-day celebration that commenced on September 30.
'He's done a lot for the African American community, and it's cost him a lot. It's sad' 'To be compared to Ali or Jordan, I really have no words'
The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's book of the same name, is the story of a Pakistani banker in the US, caught between his American dream and the aftermath of 9/11.
15-year-old Cori Gauff, the youngest at this year's Wimbledon will play her opening round match against the oldest player at the Championships - Venus Williams. The duel is billed as 'clash of the generations'.
The French Open champion was given a lesson in hard-court tennis by Blake, who equalled his best performance at a grand slam event.
'There is so much excitement brewing about Wednesday's Alcaraz and Rune quarter-finals showdown -- it could well be a juicy foretaste of things to come.'
"I have lost more than I have ever lost in 16 years. I have started shedding ethnicity like hair: Mother, I fear I'll go bald," Maya concluded her poem to loud applause.
Heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali was honoured on Thursday for his humanitarian efforts and civil rights work at an awards ceremony in Philadelphia.
IMAGES from Serie A matches played on Saturday.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
