... happy to make England earn victory
'I consider myself to be a 50 year old with a 16-year-young mind, ready to conquer more continents,' Dr Shuvendu Sen tells Payal Singh Mohanka.
Deep Malhota lists the lessons you can learn from the God of Auspicious Beginnings.
Like the rest of India, film folk like Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Akshay Kumar and Karan Johar came out on their balconies to clap and give a shout-out to people, who have been providing medical and other essential services during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as part of PM Narendra Modi's Janta curfew initiative.
Images from Day 3 of the French Open matches played at Roland Garros on Tuesday
Lion roars because of a magical child, writes Raja Sen.
The new Jumanji can easily be enjoyed by those unfamiliar with the original, feels Sukanya Verma.
Jasprit Bumrah in full flow is always a joy to watch, six or seven stuttering steps, a skip and a shuffle, followed by undiluted fire and fury.
Sukanya Verma lists 10 of her favourite songs of the year, in no particular order.
Liverpool's Sadio Mane marked his return from injury with a late goal to break Norwich City's resistance and secure a 1-0 win on Saturday to extend his side's Premier League lead to 25 points.
Pete's Dragon feels like a rare breath of clean air in the cluttered, loud blockbuster universe, says Raja Sen.
Images from Day 2 of the third Test between India and England, at the Narendra Modi stadium, in Ahmedabad.
On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.
Andrea Pirlo and Miralem Pjanic provided the moments of magic to inspire leading Serie A duo Juventus and AS Roma to battling victories on Sunday with the gap between the sides remaining at three points.
Sukanya Verma glances at Virushka's photo album of loveliness.
Narendra Modi on Sunday ridiculed Sonia Gandhi for asking people in Amethi to take care of Rahul Gandhi to ensure his victory, wondering how the Congress vice president can lead the country when he cannot "handle" his constituency.
As we sit at home and miss live action, the wondrous phenomenon of sport has delivered so many past glories that we will probably never run out of things to see, recalls Dhruv Munjal.
Sukanya Verma celebrates the acting legend.
'At the premiere we got a 4-minute standing ovation...' ...'Strangers hugged me, sobbing...' ...'Some just sat in their seats still immersed in the experience.' Nandita Das captures the magic of Manto at Cannes.
It is a delight for a coach when a blend of youth and experience works in tandem to create magic for the team and Anil Kumble isn't complaining either. He couldn't have asked for more in the manner seasoned Ravichandran Ashwin and rookie Jayant Yadav combined to outwit the dogged defiance of a stodgy England line-up during the comprehensive victory in the second Test at Visakhapatnam. While Ashwin is donning the role of an all-rounder batting at No 6, where he is making useful contributions on a regular basis, there are talks about his enormous workload as his phenomenal success in sub-continental conditions is known to one and all.
'Since the rise of the Modi-Shah paradigm, the BJP has followed a simple formula.' 'Sweep the Hindi heartland and the two big Western states, and you can rule India with a majority by just adding some little bits on the platter from here and there,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
'As I suspected, I had way, way too much clothing, which you would never know from what I actually wear,' says Mitali Saran.
To take the Rs 49,000 crore ITC to the top slot in the highly competitive FMCG business will require some aggression.
'As far as Kashmir is concerned, a 'solution' was very much in play, and had brought endemic violence across the Jammu and Kashmir regions very much under control before the disruptive adventurism of the present regime resulted in a limited and localised escalation.'
Sukanya Verma pays tribute to Robin Williams, who passed into the ages on August 11.
A summary of the second day's play at the US Open.
India has the fourth highest number of malaria cases in the world.
'Talwar se zyada dhaar chalane wale ki soch mein honi chahiye,' says the strategy-savvy Bajirao in Bajirao Mastani. Only if director Sanjay Leela Bansali had listened, says Sukanya Verma.
Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire.
'Both Modi and Shah know the importance attached by Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita to self-introspection (swadhyay) as one of the virtues of wise leaders.' 'From the way both leaders are painting the BJP's performance in the Karnataka election, one can only conclude that they have flunked Lord Krishna's test,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
The Happy New Year soundtrack has quite a few winners, says Joginder Tuteja/ Rediff.com.
Leicester rely on the old fashioned virtues of work rate, no-nonsense defending and speedy attacks.
Winners from the Big Picture photography competition
A summary of Saturday's action in Ligue 1, La Liga and Serie A.
Nishi Tiwari feels Club 60 is amply peppered with some standout moments but the good parts end very quickly.
Ishita is helping the local community in Spiti lead better lives and build a sustainable environment.
Two superb curling efforts from Jordan Henderson and Philippe Coutinho handed Liverpool a 2-1 home win against Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday to deliver a thumping blow to Manuel Pellegrini's title aspirations.
There is such a thing as too much sugar, says Raja Sen
It's been a while since we've had a Batman film we can love.
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