England play five ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals against the West Indies.
Showbiz folk are doing their best to keep their spirits high in these trying times, posting revealing thoughts on Instapix.
'You write stories about the world you live in.' 'The day I try to write a film with agendas in mind, I will be a fake.'
'I knew that since I would be designing for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film, the aesthetics would have to be correct.' 'He doesn't show poverty in his films.' 'He won't show someone standing on the streets in phate hue kapde.'
As a multi-agency probe into the NSE case gathers pace, the grant of preferential server and data access to select brokers and their suspected misuse are being investigated threadbare to unveil all quid pro quo arrangements in a highly-sophisticated scheme that worked like a cricket betting scandal, officials said on Monday. While the bourse has said it has taken several steps over the years to strengthen its technology infrastructure, including as per regulatory orders, the officials said certain fresh disclosures call for a detailed probe into whether a select group of individuals in high positions had banded together to make illicit gains by facilitating the preferential trading slots, beginning over a decade ago. Even a split-second faster access is said to result in huge gains for a trader.
'We stood by him through his highs and lows and this is possibly his lowest.' 'The least we can do is stand by him now.'
Pratishtha Deveshwar learnt to reframe her anguish into an opportunity for action. She felt that God had given her an opportunity to make an impact on the wider world.
Namrata Singh travelled to a tiny tribal village a little over 200 km from Mumbai and returned enriched.
On the highway, it pulls along with ease and offers smooth commuter ride and drive experience, and also has little competition, says Pavan Lall.
The new chip uses integrated optical phased array to project the image electronically with only a single laser diode as light source and no mechanically moving parts.
The World War II veteran earned himself a knighthood after raising some 33 million for health service charities.
'I guess if I was chosen to be his wife, I must be special.'
Chanel's Fall 2019 show marked the end of an era.
Asoka still makes for irresistible viewing, raves Sukanya Verma, and tells us why.
'You can presume that Modi and his party will now focus on the economy.' 'But then, there is the Jharkhand election next month, Delhi soon thereafter and so on.' 'And this isn't a political leadership that takes even a panchayat election lightly,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
'Employment of dedicated lightweight special forces aircraft may provide the answer for repeat anti-terror air strikes with surprise elements intact, the cost benefit assured and attrition minimal,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd), India's former air adviser in Pakistan.
Models turned heads during the Marc Jacobs Spring Summer 2018 show in sheer turtlenecks and turbans.
Manoj Jain tells you how to fight stress and find peace in your daily lives.
'The source of our music, the very notes of music itself have fallen silent.'
Passengers claim that robbers looted purses, cash, carry bags, gold chains, mobiles and many more items from multiple passengers
Subhash K Jha applauds the Oscars for Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand.
'She exists alongside Sita, the archetype of the ideal woman,' notes Arundhuti Dasgupta.
'Once you are in their system, they finish you with the never-ending processes.' 'Once your family member is arrested, you are just running between lawyers, courts and the jail.' 'The process to prove that you are innocent drains you to such an extent that you are finished.'
'So much so we don't feel the need to create anything, but just bask in that glory.' 'It's time to move on.' 'How much burden can you put on a person or the legacy of the person?'
Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.
The Sikhs, especially in Punjab, are already angry and frustrated, cautions Shekhar Gupta.
Whether you have a two bedroom or a three bedroom house, you can convert it into a smart home starting at Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000.
We bring you a second excerpt from 'Tower' by Mumbai-based author Avan Jesia, a "haunting saga of love and loss, spanning three generations of a Parsi family".
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said nobody could imagine one would profiteer from the immeasurable suffering of millions, saying the 'scam was an insult to every Indian'.
Take a look at the Bollywood's beauty.
Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.
Beginning with the bird's eye view of itself -- a narrow state of hills, rivers and high population density, in a tapering part of the Indian subcontinent. It can be a beautiful place shaped by aesthetic founded in appropriate lifestyle and progressive views, or a junkyard shaped by money and what money buys. The choice is Kerala's, notes Shyam G Menon.
Menon spoke about how challenging the series was for him as an umpire and how he wants to see more Indian umpires being named in ICC's Elite Panel.
'This time he spreads more than his arms. He finds wings,' declares Sukanya Verma.
'Whatever I did, I did for the farmers and whatever I am doing, I am doing for the country'
'When you write off good artistes, it's easier for them to beat their drums about their own people.'
Badhaai Do carries its audience on the wave of those little farces that come with being queer in India, a land where masculinity still has some say, observes Sreehari Nair.
As Dilip Kumar passes away in the ages, Sukanya Verma feels a deep gratitude for the enormous legacy he's left behind.
'Mamata will beat the living daylights out of BJP workers with the result that people who are not totally committed, they will promptly leave the party and go back to Trinamool.' 'Or when they find they cannot get what they came to the BJP for they will go back to Trinamool.'
'They (the characters) are not bad people; they are good people, who make bad choices.' 'The idea was to show that when people are put in a situation, which side of the moral spectrum do they fall on?'
