Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies. At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready wit and is a rare cricketing treasure.
India has paid tribute to the 1.5 million Indian soldiers in the UK who fought along with British troops during the First World War
He arrived at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport in the city in the evening and headed straight to the Ashram, the former home of Mahatma Gandhi which also served as one of the main centres of India's freedom struggle.
Several celebrities congratulated Haasan on social media including superstar Rajinikanth.
Raised in the slums, Ankita Singh's breakthrough came when she was crowned Miss Kolkata in 2018.
Athiya Shetty and K L Rahul are all set to marry on January 23, which is why the cricketer has dropped out of the series against New Zealand.
The 72-year-old attacker told Tomy Kalathoor Mathew that because he was Indian, he must be a Hindu or a Muslim and therefore unqualified to say mass.
'I want to win the MMA World championship.'
'In 1984, Pyongyang just had one hotel and one could not move out without an official escort.' 'India was the only country with an embassy, apart from the socialist countries.'
'My eyes were too small (to convey) expressions. I was too hairy. I did not have a great physique. (In this profession) you just keep on working on your minus points and try to improve yourself as much as you can.'
'Our Left is squeamish about democracy. They are so mechanical they have only dogma.'
Will BJP campaigners start using the term 'Ram Rajya' to refer to the nation under Modi's rule, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
'I also wish he would lead a spiritual life, confessing his past involvement in criminal activities'
A unique snack recipe for masala potato-stuffed cabbage rolls.
The pilot of Vishal Bhardwaj's much-anticipated adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Sittaford Mystery is here. Aditya Roy Kapur's hotel manager takes on Anil Kapoor's all-powerful arms dealer. Idris Elba is back in action. Sukanya Verma shares her OTT recommendations this week.
Sachin made it crystal clear that he does not interfere in selections.
'My tool is the way I look. This is the only thing that distinguishes me.' 'Most of us dress similarly. What sets you apart is your face. If you change that also, you're like anybody else.'
8-year-old yoga champion named British Indian of the Year.
'Hinduism meshed with his sense that the world was paradoxical and puzzling.'
The last rites will be held at the Lodhi Road crematorium in New Delhi on Friday.
'Padmini and I are very different people.' 'Our acting styles are very different. She's from a different era.'
'Society deals with you the way they do, or forms an opinion, depending on if your family is with you every step of the way.'
She had also served as the national coach of the Sri Lankan shooting team and had set up a shooting coaching centre called Excel Shooting in Nashik, where she was training hundreds of students in Maharashtra.
Ivan Manuel Menezes, the India-born CEO of the world's biggest spirits company Diageo, died on Wednesday, days after being hospitalised for treatment of stomach ulcer. Menezes, 64, who was to retire at the end of this month, died in London, the company said. "It is with great sadness that Diageo announces that Sir Ivan Menezes has passed away following a brief illness, with his family at his side," it said in a statement. Diageo had on Monday announced that CEO-designate Debra Crew will assume the top role on an interim basis immediately as Menezes undergoes medical treatment.
Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar is the only new face in the 18-member Indian squad for the three-Test series against Sri Lanka.
Some of India's best-known royals gathered in New Delhi to watch the final of the Sir Pratap Singh Polo Cup, which is named after Sir Pratap Singh, the man credited with the foundation of modern polo in India.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
Neeraj Chopra's rise to stardom from a Haryana village has been nothing short of spectacular.
Actress Irra Mor generously offers a tonne of tips on looking good.
Why did Modi single out the Congress and its leaders for the most pugnacious verbal assault while sparing other regional adversaries? If he is trying to get some parties to break the Opposition ranks, it means that the BJP's present bravado is for effect. Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, author of Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times, begins a new column for Rediff.com.
Linthoi scripted history by defeating Brazilian Bianca Reis in the women's 57kg category event final on Friday.
''I don't revisit any of my work once it's complete because I'm very self-critical.' 'I will probably exclaim, "Oh God, such bad acting!"'
On Tuesday, she had won a silver as part of the 4x400m relay quartet that finished second behind USA with an Asian junior record time of 3:17.76s.
In India, TikTok unleashed creativity in people like never before until it was unceremoniously banned in June 2020, leaving them heartbroken.
'He taught us not only about theatre, acting or dramas but also about life.' 'He made us discover ourselves.'
'I was exhausted, hungry, unshaven and despondent.' 'My mouth was full of sores due to dehydration.' 'My clothes were in tatters due to walking through bushes and sliding down thorny slopes,' Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi wrote of his capture during the 1962 War.
'We can't belong to anyone and we want to belong to everyone.'
Havelock should be your destination for 2024. It is love at every sight!
'I don't think 'oh, I have done 534 films' or 'I have 40 years of experience behind me.'
