Remembering

IN THE summer of 1984, the gaze of the sporting world was on the Olympics that took place in Los Angeles. America aimed to deliver a spectacle that would strike an ideological blow in its Cold War with the communist, Soviet Union, who led a…

Varanasi-born composer SN Tripathi was the most longevous music composer of Hindi cinema. His career started with Chandan in 1941 and he was active right until the 1980s with soundtracks of Sati Savitri, Mahasati Tulsi and 108…

C.K. Nayudu. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Archives The Holkars, those magnificent bunch of attacking cricketers who dominated Indian cricket in their time, lend Indore cricketing history and context. Between 1941 and 52, the marauding…

She was called the first female superstar of the country. She ruled the industry in such an era when it was explicitly dominated by superstars like Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, and Dharmendra. She broke the glass ceiling in the industry and…

Several star kids such as Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Ananya Panday among others have already made their debut in the Hindi film industry. While Akshay Kumar had earlier spoken about wanting his son Aarav to follow his dreams, the Khiladi…

Tulsidas Balaram, who passed into the ages last week, was a member of the Indian football team which reached the semis at the Olympics and won an Asian Games gold medal. IMAGE: Tulsidas Balaram, one of the country's finest footballers and…

Issued on: 27/01/2023 - 13:28 In this edition, we discover a little-known chapter of French history. In 1943, the Germans had occupied the southern French port city of…

IT WAS the last fight, the last great night of glory for Chris Eubank and he left the sport with dignity. In the vicious aftermath of last Saturday’s fight, when escalating dreams crashed so suddenly, it was a reminder of another loss in…

SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE JAYANTI 2023: Any talk about India’s fight for freedom cannot be complete without one of the most prominent and important figures of the time, Subhash Chandra Bose. 23 January, 2023 will mark the birth anniversary of the…

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