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A story I saw on Facebook, posted by Denise Dietz, a wonderful read in these fraught times."I was with the national tour of "Les Miserables" and we were performing in

Something I wrote in 2013. Happy birthday @KumarSanga2."IPL opening ceremonies are a bit like college reunions. After the mandatory functions, the captains, players and staff invariably drift to the bar

On this day, five years ago, we said goodbye to daddy. He wanted to go, the girls could look after ma and he didn't fancy hanging around with tubes stuck

This lady is one of the reasons I never lose faith in this country. Suhasini Mistry, former daily wage labourer, receiving a Padma Shri in 2018 for a hospital she

On this day in 1957, to the complete shock of the western world, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. It was the first time humans managed to

One of the most amazing stories in Indian science, which makes me both despair and hope. On this day, 42 years ago, Subhash Mukhopadhyay delivered the second in-vitro fertilized baby

My annual thanks to Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov who on this day, thirty seven years ago, probably saved our planet. Petrov was the officer at the command center for the

It's fascinating how we all are viewing Dhoni's performance in the last match, where he just could not hit till the last over. Because he is so much larger than

Saikat Sengupta, an anaesthesiologist from Calcutta, has written a superb piece on why he's modelling his behaviour during this epidemic on how Sunil Gavaskar faced a hostile attack in a

It's the birthday of three exceptional Indian women, each of whom for me represent very different facets of strength and resolve in the face of adversity. And make me think

Around 70 years ago, another country went through one of the most destructive witch hunts in modern history. It was the start of the cold war and Senator Joe McCarthy

Tonight, 55 years ago, my father went to war. It was on the night of the 2nd that they got their orders. On the dawn of 6th September 1965, the