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In 1873, had Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's palanquin not taken a wrong turn, India might never have got 'Vande Mataram'An 1873 encounter with a British officer in a palanquin ignited Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's patriotic fervor, leading to the creation of...- Alka Yagnik, Rohit Sharma & Mammootty among Padma awardees. Check full listPresident Droupadi Murmu presented the Padma Bhushan to veteran actor Mammootty and posthumously to former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren. Playba...
- A nation of sporting moments, not yet a sporting cultureIndia celebrates sports in flashes, with non-cricket athletes often struggling for recognition and financial security. Despite government s...
- The Bengali factor: Jhalmuri, Durga Puja and other strategies in West Bengal's battle for powerWest Bengal Election 2026: Polls in the state are a battle of narratives. Parties are using food and cultural symbols to connect with voter...
- 15 actors and directors who graduated from Delhi University's Hindu College: Arjun Rampal to Imtiaz Ali to Tisca ChopraDelhi University's Hindu College has a rich legacy of nurturing talent for Indian cinema. Many celebrated actors and filmmakers began their...
- West Bengal elections: A Former cricketer, a Santal academic and an Islamic scholar join TMCFormer Bengal cricketer Shib Shankar Paul, Santal academic Tanushree Hansda, and Islamic scholar Md Mufti Abdul Matin joined the Trinamool ...
- ICC T20 World Cup: Pakistan crash out, mood turns grim in country's cricket communityPakistan's T20 World Cup journey concluded with a win but left the nation's cricket community disheartened. Former stars like Javed Miandad...
- SS Rajamouli, Tabu & Hardik Pandya feature on Forbes India's Showstoppers listThe Showstoppers list captures the best in film, OTT and sports.
- Critics need to look at Gandhi's enduringly relevant aspects: Historian-writer Ramachandra GuhaThis was part of a series titled 'Suitable Conversations', brought together by A Suitable Agency and Delhi's popular heritage park Sunder N...
- Cricket: England's pullout from Pakistan smacks of western arrogance, they wouldn't do this to India, says Michael HoldingECB's decision to abandon the tour came just three days after New Zealand had pulled out of a tour of Pakistan at the last minute, due to s...
- When cricket writer Gideon Haigh partied at Russell Crowe's 'huge' apartmentHaigh was at a party held at Russell Crowe's Sydney apartment during the 2015 World Cup.
- Pune to host India's maiden sports literature festival 'SporTale'Sharing the inside stories of their journeys and trade will be 15 sports stars, nine sports journalists, five novelists and four cine stars.
- Renowned West Indies commentator Tony Cozier passes awayCozier, whose father Jimmy was also a cricket writer, began his commentary career with the Australia tour of the West Indies in 1965.
- They play, they write: When sportspeople end up in the press boxMany sportspeople end up in the piece of architecture they hate in their playing days — the press box. And some of them construct words wit...
- Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni contenders for greatest ODI cricketerThe winner - determined by a jury of 50 players, commentators and cricket writers from around the world - will be announced next week.
- Sachin Tendulkar in line to be voted cricketer of the generationAustralian spin legend Shane Warne and the recently-retired South African great Jacques Kallis are the other two cricketers to feature in t...
- Shabby showbiz making IPL look more grimy & disreputableIPL was showcased as a combination of sports and entertainment, but five years after it began, the sport is in jeopardy and entertainment i...
- Australian cricket fulfils Peter Roebuck's prophecyAustralia's comeback at Johannesburg vindicates Roebuck who, prophetically wrote, "A lot can happen in a week."
- Can India's cricketers turn into the game's big thinkers?No. Chances of our cricketers talking intelligently and honestly about big issues are bleak, because they are all beholden to the sport's e...
- Australian media comes out in support of Team IndiaThe beleaguered Indian cricket team got support from unexpected quarters with the Australian media terming the behaviour of their own playe...
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