The Indian batsmen will get a liberal dose of "chin music" in the second Test at the seamer-friendly Hagley Oval, senior New Zealand pacer Neil Wagner declared on Wednesday, harping on the visitors' struggles when faced with pace and bounce. With India troubled by short balls bowled from round the wicket, the 33-year-old Wagner promised that they will employ the same strategy during the second match starting Saturday.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'No one's comparing and everyone's taking the song as mine... that's a battle won.'
A look at the three generations of fathers and sons of the British royal family
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
We invited you, our readers, to share photographs of you and your father and we've been inundated with your emails. Here is the first set of responses:
In the piece below, Roy's stepdaughter Trisha Ahmed, a second-year student at Johns Hopkins University, recounts the father she remembers and the attack she's trying to forget.
No complaints but quarantine differentials were a mistake: Zverev
'I am concentrating on working in Hollywood but if the right opportunity from the Indian film industry comes, I will be open to working there.'
Biden, 77, made his maiden public appearance with his running mate Harris on Wednesday and said that both of them are ready to get to work in rebuilding America and a better future for its people.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the forthcoming Southside remakes.
Shifting his focus to the basics and a 'special chat' with his Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate AB de Villiers helped India skipper Virat Kohli bounce back to his best in the second T20 International against England, in Ahmedabad, on Sunday.
Elle UK's cover star Priyanka Chopra talks about the lessons she learned while growing up with her physician parents.
'Hot Mess Holiday airs on December 11 -- it's a really fun story.'
Vettel will be sharing Ferrari testing duties with the 20-year-old at Bahrain's Sakhir circuit next week after the second grand prix of the season.
'I consider myself a pilgrim who is here to shape tomorrow.'
'Trust me, I don't even enjoy the company of friends who live in regret.' 'You either own your decisions or just let it go and work harder to get something better.'
Wriddhiman Saha's father is ensuring that India's most technically accomplished wicketkeeper's hand-eye co-ordination remains top notch.
Prof B Ravishankar from Mylapore, Chennai shares his inspiring story.
'After the shoot, I was like, "Yeh maine kiya hai?"'
2020 may have been a dampener for movie releases in theatres. But 2021 is expected to be better.
Mentalhood is far from an ideal comeback but it's nice to be reminded of Karisma Kapoor's radiant and lively screen presence again, says Sukanya Verma.
Mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'When you're an outsider, the journey to make it to your first film is a movie by itself.' 'It has struggle, pain, rejection, transformation...'
At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
'We like to look at a screenplay as a spiral staircase.' 'You never know what awaits at the next turning.'
Rediff readers tell us what their first salaries were.
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Indian American children have dominated the Scripps Howard Spelling Bee in the United States since the turn of the new century. Long before this impressive trail of triumphs began, way back in 1985, Balu Natarajan became the first Indian American child to win the Spelling Bee. Rediff.com US Contributor Abhijit Masih catches up with Dr Natarajan as the 2021 Spelling Bee takes off this weekend.
Both Smith and Warner were also banned from playing the Indian Premier League this year.
S'Working with Huma made us understand each other as actors more.' 'We share an awkward sibling relationship in Dobaara, totally different from how we are in real life.'
'We need to see more Indian Americans and people of colour hold elected office and serve in executive roles.'
'Aishwarya and I decided to be actors and we decided to come into this profession.' 'It is not Aaradhya's choice. She is our child. Let her grow up and decide.'
'Reality shows don't teach contestants how to deal with the reality of being a singer.'
'Prayers are magic that can help you pull through anything.'
Anu Malik's daughter Anmoll tells us what it is to be a daughter of a famous daddy.
Indian students planning to study abroad this year have to pay higher fee, fund their quarantine stay and also compete for on campus work opportunities.
Hidden cameras shot scenes of frenzied fans outside his home Mannat