Writing success stories is never easy. While most see the success on the outside, what is usually skipped over are the grit and the passion that goes into making the story what it is – a success. When we talk of blood and sweat, MBD group is easily the story of unending grit and passion. For, a...
FOOTBALL// For the second consecutive year, Chile edged the top-ranked Argentines on penalty kicks after a 0-0 draw, this time 4-2 in the Copa America Centenario final before 82,026 at MetLife Stadium. With the tiebreaker tied at 2, Jean Beausejour converted for Chile, and teammate Claudio Bravo s...
Istanbul airport attack leaves 42 dead, 147 injured
TERRORISM// Gunshots, screams and explosions were heard at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport in Turkey on Tuesday June 28 as three terrorists armed with bombs and guns killed at least 42 people including 13 foreign nationals (at the time of going to press). Witnesses described deadly carnage and crowds...
RAGHURAM RAJAN TO EXIT AS RBI GOVERNOR
EXIT// Come September Raghuram Rajan will not be either getting another term or will not be accepting another term as RBI Governor. India will have to get a new RBI Governor from 4 September, when Rajan will return to Chicago University to resume as a tenured professor in the University of Chicago...
ANIL KUMBLE APPOINTED INDIA HEAD COACH
CRICKET// Former India captain Anil Kumble has been appointed coach of the national side for one year, the BCCI last month. His first assignment will be India’s four-Test tour of the West Indies. The question of who would take over as India coach has been a talking point since Ravi Shastri's ten...
FOOTBALL// Lionel Messi sensationally announced his retirement from international football after Argentina crashed to an upset defeat against Chile in the final of the Copa America. The heartbroken Barcelona superstar was distraught after missing a spot-kick as Chile snatched victory in a penalty ...
Mass Shooting at Orlando Gay Nightclub Leaves 50 Dead in Worst Mass Shooting in U.S. History
TERRORISM// At least 50 people were shot and killed when a gunmen, identified as Omar Saddiqui Mateen, entered Pulse, a gay nightclub, on June 11 and opened fire on the crowd. “It appears he was organized and well-prepared,” Orlando Police Chief John Mina said of the suspect, Omar Mateen, who ...
BRITAIN EXITS THE EUROPEAN UNION
EU// The United Kingdom will exit the European Union. Average voters won both the battle and war against most of their nation’s political, business, cultural, and media elites. Britain’s stunning vote to bolt the EU sets into motion a lengthy diplomatic divorce for which there is no blueprint,...
Dubai is a land of opportunities at a cost — cost of a super busy life that’s literally leaves no room for “life”. The clock ticks faster India and the world. But moving abroad was a step that I dared recently. It was with a clear mind that no country is perfect, that I ventured into maki...
For a man who has given us greats such as The Golden Gate, A Suitable Boy, and most recently, Summer Requiem, Vikram Seth comes across as an extremely regular man; until he brandishes his wit and knowledge of literature, music and the world at large, that is Iam obsessive but I am serial obsessiv...
Project Elemental makes for a budget turntable with amazing sound quality Vinyl has seen a sort of global resurgence over the years, with more people interested in buying it than ever before. I jumped on the bandwagon recently and bought a turntable. Project Elemental is a budget turntable with ...
My days as a couch potato seem to be over: it's time to pound the pavements now SO HOW many steps have you done today?” It was the son on his now daily phone call. No, this is not a back-to-the-womb regression phase, it’s filial love demonstrating itself in terms of mild — dare I say it? �...
AGRICULTURE SECTOR: MALAISE AND CURES
The Indian farmer needs help in breaking away from middlemen, inaccessibility of markets, price volatility and over-dependence on monsoon rains Just a month or so ago in May, a farmer from Maharashtra made a bizarre claim (and reported in many newspapers) that he received just Re 1 by selling alm...
Ozone clubs not only help you stay fit, but thanks to their emphasis on luxury and relaxation, what you get is an experience par excellence With the given pressures, trying to pack fitness into one’s routine isn’t exactly easy. Combine that with the number of gyms and spas that have sprouted ...
I HAVE ALWAYS REJECTED THE IDEA OF GENDER DISADVANTAGE. IF I DID ANYTHING LESS WITH MY LIFE IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO MY MOTHER When people ask me how I face difficult situations at work, I think of my mother and the strength it took her to overcome the challenge of bringing up four daughters s...
From eight boxers representing India at the last edition of the Olympic games in London, we might have just one this time. Or two. Maybe. How sad is that? At the time of writing this, L Devendro Singh (49 kg), Gaurav Bidhuri (52 kg), Dheeraj Rangi (60 kg), Manoj Kumar (64 kg), Mandeep Jangra (69 ...
PLAIN, SIMPLE STUPID, OR SICK?
NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT IT, SALMAN KHAN’S LATEST ANALOGY OF COMPARING HIS RIGOUROUS SCHEDULE TO FEELING LIKE HE HAD BEEN RAPED JUST CAN’T BE JUSTIFIED. BUT IS REACTING TO IT ANY WISER? ADITYA SHARMA// Salman Khan says he felt like a raped woman during the grueling shoots of Sultan and you w...
Max India Foundation... making difference... to life
Max India Foundation’s work in health awareness, immunisation, providing healthcare and high end surgeries to the underprivileged, and working towards a healthy and cleaner environment has impacted the lives of thousands From those to whom much is given, much is expected” says Mary Maxell Gat...
Satish Gujral is an artists who delves deep into his angst and pain, only to come up with some powerful work Isaw killings every day. My education was completed in January 1949, but I left Pakistan only after the last refugees had been transported… When I finished and moved to Shimla, where I s...
The life and times of the Yahoo man
WHEN, AS A cub Bollywood journalist, I first met Shammi Kapoor a decade ago, I was speechless. If there was one person I had the most enduring teenage crush on, it was this man. He probably sensed my discomfort and gave me a bear hug and patted my head. It was a truly electrifying moment for me an...
Piyush Jha’s latest thriller dwells on the reasons for emergence of serial killers and how the problem is compounded by Indian society and the law and order machinery’s denial about the its presence AT CANNES THIS year, Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s chillingly perfect portrayal of serial killer Ram...
Rated among the most fabulous destinations around the world, Australia charms you with its curated experiences and indescribable moments In his celebrated travelogue, Down Under: Travels in a Sunburned Country, author Bill Bryson confesses to being completely “smitten” by Australia. “The pe...
Embark on a culinary journey through Southeast Asia at The Spice Route Proclaimed to be the only-oneof- its-kind restaurant, The Spice Route is poetry in design. The restaurant has been designed to reflect the journey of spices from the Malabar Coast in Kerala through Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia...