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Macau Open: So close yet so far... for Lahiri

Macau Open: So close yet so far... for Lahiri

Rediff.com18 Oct 2015

Big-hitting Australian Scott Hend came out top in his latest Macau Open Sunday shootout with Anirban Lahiri as he held off the Indian to win the Asian Tour title by three shots.

Anirban Lahiri earns British Open ticket

Anirban Lahiri earns British Open ticket

Rediff.com2 Mar 2012

India's Anirban Lahiri sealed his first appearance at a major tournament by shooting a final-round, five-under-par 67 in Asian International qualifying on Friday to book his ticket to this year's British Open.

Lahiri, Chawrasia eye medals as golf returns to Olympics

Lahiri, Chawrasia eye medals as golf returns to Olympics

Rediff.com10 Aug 2016

Reigning Asia No. 1 Anirban Lahiri and Indian Open winner SSP Chawrasia will carry the country's medal hopes when they tee off here tomorrow as golf makes a return to Olympics after a gap of 112 years. Two-time European tour winner Lahiri has been a revelation for Indian golf in the last couple of years as he clinched the Asian tour order of merit after winning twice -- Maybank Malaysian Open and Hero Indian Open in 2015.

Did Lahiri's inexperience cost him at British Open?

Did Lahiri's inexperience cost him at British Open?

Rediff.com23 Jul 2015

Disappointed Anirban Lahiri believes Asia on brink of major success.

Spotted: Bappi Lahiri, Madhur Bhandarkar in Kolkata

Spotted: Bappi Lahiri, Madhur Bhandarkar in Kolkata

Rediff.com13 Aug 2017

Reader S C Soni sends us a photograph.

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Rediff.com10 Apr 2008

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stores, Unaccustomed Earth, has gone to number 1 in The New York Times bestseller list less than two weeks after its publication on April 1. She is the only Indian novelist after Salman Rushdie to achieve the feat.

PIX: Bappi Lahiri, Asha Bhosle celebrate Saraswati Puja

PIX: Bappi Lahiri, Asha Bhosle celebrate Saraswati Puja

Rediff.com5 Feb 2014

The veteran music composer had friends and family come over for the festival that marks the first day of Spring according to the Hindu calendar.

PIX: Stars attend Bappi Lahiri's son's wedding

PIX: Stars attend Bappi Lahiri's son's wedding

Rediff.com18 Apr 2012

Bappi Lahiri joined the dance when the baraat proceeded to the bride's home.

Lahiri stays in contention at Worldwide Selangor Masters

Lahiri stays in contention at Worldwide Selangor Masters

Rediff.com22 Jun 2013

Riding on a brilliant front-nine, Anirban Lahiri closed the gap between him and leader Pariya Junhasavasdikul of Thailand with a four-under 67 in the third round of the Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Selangor.

Lahiri makes the cut at Augusta Masters

Lahiri makes the cut at Augusta Masters

Rediff.com9 Apr 2016

Anirban Lahiri battled tough weather conditions and somewhat inconsistent breaks in the second round as he made the cut for the weekend at the prestigious Augusta Masters.

Hindi music director Bappi Lahiri, TV personalities join BJP

Hindi music director Bappi Lahiri, TV personalities join BJP

Rediff.com31 Jan 2014

Veteran Hindi music director of 'Disco Dancer' fame, Bappi Lahiri, and a few other film and TV personalities joined BJP today in the presence of party president Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.

Golf: Anirban Lahiri lifts Venetian Macau Open title

Golf: Anirban Lahiri lifts Venetian Macau Open title

Rediff.com26 Oct 2014

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri notched up his second title of the year, lifting the Venetian Macau Open with a sparkling final round of the five-under 66 on Sunday.

Spotted: Bappi Lahiri in California

Spotted: Bappi Lahiri in California

Rediff.com8 Sep 2009

Reader Manish Katiyar has sent us a photograph.

Lahiri on top at PGTI Players Championship

Lahiri on top at PGTI Players Championship

Rediff.com13 May 2010

Anirban Lahiri continued to dominate the PGTI Players Championship presented by Aamby Valley Golf Course as he posted a clinical five under 67 in round three on Thursday. Lahiri's total now stands at 19 under 197 and he heads into the final round with a comfortable six stroke lead. Shamim Khan is second at 13 under 203.

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 9

Paris Olympics: How India's athletes fared on Day 9

Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

The Indian hockey team entered the Olympic semifinals for a second successive edition but Lakshya Sen's zealous push for a gold turned into a hunt for bronze on a bitter-sweet Sunday for India at the Paris Games.

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

The Cult of Mithun Chakraborty

Rediff.com30 Sep 2024

National-award winning actor, producer, hotelier, ex-politician, cricket team owner, philanthropist, highest tax payer, reality show judge, animal lover and, above all, people's hero -- Mithun Chakraborty -- who has been conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award -- is truly a force of nature, notes Sukanya Verma.

Lahiri finishes third as Thomas wins CIMB Classic title

Lahiri finishes third as Thomas wins CIMB Classic title

Rediff.com23 Oct 2016

Anirban Lahiri was searching for a maiden PGA Tour win at the TPC Kuala Lumpur course but the five-shot swing after he lodged his tee shot in a tree left the Indian with too much to do and he had to settle for a tie for third, four strokes back.

Jhumpa Lahiri at JLT: American literature massively overrated

Jhumpa Lahiri at JLT: American literature massively overrated

Rediff.com18 Jan 2014

Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri believes that American literature is massively overrated and that current reading habits are transformed by the mainstream.

Bappi Lahiri sings a song in Tamil

Bappi Lahiri sings a song in Tamil

Rediff.com12 Apr 2012

Get your lowdown on what's happening in Tamil cinema.

Lahiri's birdie-spree takes him to second place at Indiana

Lahiri's birdie-spree takes him to second place at Indiana

Rediff.com12 Sep 2015

Anirban Lahiri shot seven-under 65 to rise to the second place at the halfway stage of the Hotel Fitness Championships, the first of the four Web.com Tour Finals series in Fort Wayne on Friday.

Lahiri makes a steady start in quest of PGA card

Lahiri makes a steady start in quest of PGA card

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

India golfer Anirban Lahiri turned in a creditable three-under 69 to be placed tied 16th after the first round of the Hotel Fitness Championship in the Web.com finals series at the Sycamore Hills Golf Club, in Fort Wayne, US.

Lahiri continues blazing form in pursuit of maiden PGA Tour title

Lahiri continues blazing form in pursuit of maiden PGA Tour title

Rediff.com22 Oct 2016

Anirban Lahiri moved into position to record a first PGA Tour victory when the Indian fired an exquisite third round seven-under 65 at the TPC Kuala Lumpur course to storm four shots clear of the field at the CIMB Classic on Saturday. Lahiri's nine birdies offset an ugly double-bogey six on the 12th as the Pune-born 29-year-old moved to 19-under for the tournament, well ahead of overnight leader and defending champion Justin Thomas (71) and Scotland's Russell Knox (68). "I just have to try and do the same thing on the last round," Lahiri told reporters. "Everybody is making birdies all the way around so I don't think there's any other way to do it."

PIX: Bappi Lahiri celebrates Sarawati pooja with friends

PIX: Bappi Lahiri celebrates Sarawati pooja with friends

Rediff.com18 Feb 2013

The music director invited his filmi friends as his family performed the pooja at his residence.

India's Lahiri wins maiden European Tour title in Malaysia

India's Lahiri wins maiden European Tour title in Malaysia

Rediff.com8 Feb 2015

Anirban Lahiri secured his breakthrough European Tour title by overhauling Austrian Bernd Wiesberger in a dramatic final round of the Malaysian Open on Sunday.

Lahiri rises to 5th on Asian Tour

Lahiri rises to 5th on Asian Tour

Rediff.com11 Apr 2011

Rising Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri will feature in this week's US $2.5 million Maybank Malaysian Open as the newest Asian Tour champion to emerge from the sub-continent.

'I Can Never Give Up On Hope In The Judiciary'

'I Can Never Give Up On Hope In The Judiciary'

Rediff.com29 May 2024

'We were activists when we were students. It was as students that we were propelled to fight for justice. Neither of us regret that.' 'Where the country is now, more and more people should become vocal.'

RBC Heritage: Lahiri makes cut, Spieth rebounds with 62

RBC Heritage: Lahiri makes cut, Spieth rebounds with 62

Rediff.com18 Apr 2015

Anirban Lahiri made his second successive cut on the PGA Tour.

Lahiri continues his dream run, earns European Tour card

Lahiri continues his dream run, earns European Tour card

Rediff.com21 Nov 2014

Anirban Lahiri continued his dream run in 2014 by earning a European Tour card for the first time in his career after finishing inside the top-25 at the European Tour Q-School Final Stage in Girona, Spain.

Jhumpa Lahiri shortlisted for US National Book Award

Jhumpa Lahiri shortlisted for US National Book Award

Rediff.com19 Sep 2013

Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is among 10 novelists shortlisted for the prestigious United States National Book Award 2013 in the fiction category for her new work The Lowland, which is a tale of two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s.

Macau Open: Anirban Lahiri equals course record, finishes second

Macau Open: Anirban Lahiri equals course record, finishes second

Rediff.com20 Oct 2013

Anirban Lahiri equalled the course record with a sensational nine-under 62 at the par-71 Macau Golf and Country Club to finish second at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday.

PGA Championship: Indian golfer Lahiri in record books on Independence Day

PGA Championship: Indian golfer Lahiri in record books on Independence Day

Rediff.com16 Aug 2015

India golfer Anirban Lahiri is making the country proud and on India's 68th Independence Day, he gave his countrymen a couple of big reasons to be proud.

25 Movie Gems I Am Proud Of

25 Movie Gems I Am Proud Of

Rediff.com12 Sep 2024

'Here are 25 stories special to me for one reason too many,' says Sukanya Verma who scored 25 years writing about the movies last week.

Masterful first round by Lahiri, 18th on debut at Augusta

Masterful first round by Lahiri, 18th on debut at Augusta

Rediff.com10 Apr 2015

Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri produced a highly commendable first round on his Masters debut, carding a one-under 71 to be tied 18th alongside some of the biggest names in Augusta.

Irish Open: Lahiri hangs in at 46th, Jeev, Kapur struggle

Irish Open: Lahiri hangs in at 46th, Jeev, Kapur struggle

Rediff.com29 May 2015

Anirban Lahiri held his nerve in the closing stages despite two late bogeys to card two-over 73 that gave him a good chance of staying on for the weekend at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation.

Birdie binge sends Anirban Lahiri top of the leaderboard

Birdie binge sends Anirban Lahiri top of the leaderboard

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

The 27-year-old signed off on a seven-under-par 64 to sit two shots clear of compatriot S S P Chowrasia and Taiwan's Chan Yih-shin at the 1.3 million Malaysian Ringgit ($400,000) event.

Bappi Lahiri: Almost every song seems inspired today

Bappi Lahiri: Almost every song seems inspired today

Rediff.com3 Aug 2012

Music composer-singer Bappi Lahiri offers a sneak peek into what to expect in his US concerts this month.

Debutant Lahiri to fulfil childhood dream in Augusta 'temple'

Debutant Lahiri to fulfil childhood dream in Augusta 'temple'

Rediff.com6 Apr 2015

Anirban Lahiri will fulfil a childhood dream when he makes his US Masters debut this week at the fabled Augusta National and the world number 34 is determined not to lose his way in the golfing "temple".

Chowrasia, Lahiri take charge at King's Cup

Chowrasia, Lahiri take charge at King's Cup

Rediff.com27 Nov 2014

India's S S P Chowrasia showed his resolve to win again while compatriot Anirban Lahiri fired an ominous warnings to his rivals when they took a share of the opening round lead at the King's Cup on Thursday.

Lahiri finishes strongly to rise to fourth at Queen's Cup

Lahiri finishes strongly to rise to fourth at Queen's Cup

Rediff.com15 Jun 2013

Anirban Lahiri gave himself a chance to bag his first Asian Tour outside India with an electric finish that saw him card three birdies in the last four holes on the third day of the $312,000 Queen's Cup in Samui on Saturday.

President's Cup golf: Sleepless nights await Lahiri after crucial missed putt

President's Cup golf: Sleepless nights await Lahiri after crucial missed putt

Rediff.com11 Oct 2015

Lahiri was the first Indian to ever qualify for the President's Cup and had been thoroughly looking forward to representing the International Team.