The team heard a loud crackle. Then the scream came from Dilshan at the front of the bus. 'Get down.' Jayawardene was hit first; his sock filled with blood. Outside, twelve gunmen blocked the exit. A revealing excerpt from Nicholas Brookes's An Island's Eleven: A History of Cricket in Sri Lanka.
This article is not about the usual success stories and fault lines. I wish to reflect on the large picture from three angles to see what our real degree of comfort is. Events since then show that the young lady, a star shining brightly in India's largest private bank, was largely right. The India success story is long past the flavour-of-the-month stage and even the most die-hard critics have had to accept it.
'And you put your heart and soul into your work, even if it takes longer, slowly and surely, people will start recognising that about you.' 'There's no need to get caught up in the noise and PR game.'
Hinata Miyazawa scored twice as former champions Japan put on a counter-attacking clinic to beat Spain 4-0 and lock up top spot in Group C at the Women's World Cup on Monday.
Die-hard foodie Pallavi Ganesh Kumar tells you where to get spicy pulpusus, tangy ulavala charu and other Andhra delights in Hyderabad.
At a time when elections, both Parliament and assembly, are round the corner, die-hard Shiv Sainiks believe that Uddhav Thackeray needs to reconcile with some important leaders, because they can make or break the party's performance, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
Vijay Mallya's die-hard optimism finally gave away and the Force India owner could not hide his disappointment after Adrian Sutil's fairytale race in the Monaco Grand Prix came to a heart-breaking end in Monaco on Sunday. Sutil was running fourth and with seven minutes to go looked certain to pocket four championship points when Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen rammed into the back of the VJM01 car he was driving, putting paid to his hopes of a dream-come-true finish.
Arnold Palmer, one of golf's greatest players whose immense popularity drew a legion of fans known as "Arnie's Army" and helped propel the game just as television was coming of age, died on Sunday at age 87, the US Golf Association and golf media reported.
El-Sisi welcomed Modi, who is on a two-day state visit to Egypt, at the Presidential Palace where the two leaders were closeted for one-on-one meeting after which the two sides signed a memorandum of understandng.
Bruce Willis decides that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't kill John F Kennedy.
The Bachchans get about 100 mails daily from fans.
The first, and perhaps the most important, "known" for judging economic prospects is the slowdown in the US economy with the fourth quarter 2007 GDP growth rate there coming down to below 2.0 per cent. US economic growth is expected to be sluggish in 2008 and so too in the Euro-zone and Japan. In fact most analysts are looking to continued high growth in China and India to maintain global GDP growth at 4 per cent or thereabouts.
A new column that explores how and why ideas succeed or fail. This month: the power and perils of a great backstory.
'He provokes you intellectually so hard that you really break out of your shell and come up with something creative.' 'He can extract a creation out of you, such is the power of Godard and his films.'
Reader Vinod Kumar sent us this picture from Chennai.
As the second season of The Night Manager hits the OTT screen, Deepa Gahlot looks back at the top spy thrillers on streaming platforms.
'It was Dhanush's idea to have the meditation beats when we first see him as a character.' 'So giving him a flavour made him very unique.'
16 Indian Army divisions face China, 20 face Pakistan and two divisions are reserves. This powerful signal can hardly be missed in China or Pakistan, notes Ajai Shukla.
Neha Dhupia chats with fans on kissing, the casting couch and Shah Rukh Khan.
Kanchana Banerjee found that the benefits of detox therapies far outweigh the temporary discomfort.
Kathrada, who frequently referred to Mandela as his 'elder brother', was among three political prisoners who were sentenced to life imprisonment together with the South African anti-apartheid icon after the infamous Rivonia Trial of 1964.
Is cricket similar to the game of creating wealth? Sanjiv Mehta, the author of 'Winning The Wealth game' thinks so.
Tell us, who you think is the real king of the mangoes?
'The deaths of the children in the Gambia would batter India's reputation as the developing world's pharmacy.'
The long queue outside Cellular Jail is a testimony to its place in India's national consciousness. The Andamans is also where the only British viceroy was assassinated and where Bose unfurled the Tricolour for the first time in 1943.
South Africa woefully struggled to get their act right in the matches gone by.
There are lessons for the Congress to learn from the Karnataka elections of how burying the hatchet among top leaders and not washing dirty linen in public can help, says Ramesh Menon.
A 35-year-old man was battered to death with bricks by a group of unidentified assailants following an altercation over car parking near a roadside eatery in Ghaziabad, police said.
Images from the FIFA World Cup Group H match between Portugal and Uruguay on Monday.
Make saving innovative. Readers suggest some innovative ways and means in which you can develop the saving habit.
Given the hydrogen connection, it's ironic that Hindenburg Research released a long report, accusing the Adani group of financial manipulation, observes Devangshu Datta.
The fire broke out in the car repair garage in M Nirufehi, located near the Maaveyo Mosque, around 12:30 am.
Leander Paes's Wimbledon mixed doubles winning racquets and India's limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's keeping gloves and pads fetched Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively during a charity event.
French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died of critical head injuries.
'This brush with mortality has made Baba more domesticated than before. He wants to spend every waking minute with his twins and wife.'
Coming to the rescue of the critically endangered great Indian bustard (GIB), the Supreme Court on Wednesday mooted the idea of launching 'Project GIB' on the lines of 'Project Tiger', which was started in 1973 to save the big cats, and sought the government's view on the proposal.
The decision to allow import of Indian films was taken after a government committee held consultations with various stakeholders and recommended the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to allow screening of Bollywood movies.
Rediff.com readers wish the India batting maestro on his 53rd birthday.
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