1998 belonged to Sachin Tendulkar. He was unstoppable in that year, especially against Australia, be it in tests or ODIs. His two heroic centuries in Sharjah, mountain of runs in the test series at home, 5-wicket haul in the ODI series and some … [Continue reading]
Rann (2010) was one of the better films created by Ram Gopal Varma. It came at a time when the filmmaker was being written off, especially after the debacle of Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag (2007), the remake of Ramesh Sippy’s classic Sholay … [Continue reading]
The Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) has organized a conversation around the classic Hindi play Andha Yug on Friday 2 April at 7 pm IST on their official Facebook page and YouTube channel. The topic of the conversation is Andha Yug: … [Continue reading]
We all have seen teams winning one-day matches by huge margins, especially while playing against minnows. But the info I came across about Liam Livingstone during India’s third and final ODI against England on Sunday 28 March shocked me. One of … [Continue reading]
Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi were two of the most destructive batsmen in the mid to late 1990s era. Both were at the peak of their form at the same time. Jayasuriya broke the record for fastest 100 in ODIs [one-day … [Continue reading]
To say that a film was ahead of its times has become a cliché. But there is no better way to describe Rajkumar Santoshi’s Ajay Devgn-starrer Halla Bol (2008). The film would have surely made more heads turn had it released in the current … [Continue reading]
The name ‘Rock Garden’, a tourist sight in Chandigarh, Punjab, interested me but didn’t excite. I felt it would just be a collection of different types of rocks. And I felt I was right at the start. As soon as we entered the Rock Garden after … [Continue reading]
It was the worst of times. This is what I feel when I look back at a period in the early years of the new millennium. During my growing up years, there were norms in the society on what stream a student should opt for after passing 10th standard. … [Continue reading]
Sharjah was known for producing some interesting and unpredictable cricket matches in the 1980s and 1990s. The Pakistan v/s Zimbabwe match in the league stage of the 1997 Singer-Akai Cup turned out to be one such saga with unexpected twists. It … [Continue reading]
There have been some comic, non-romantic male pairs in Hindi cinema since the 1990s. Govinda-Kader Khan, Kader Khan-Shakti Kapoor, Akshay Kumar-Paresh Rawal, etc, are the ones that come to our mind instantly. But a pair that I consider as impressive … [Continue reading]