It’s reached surprising levels By Rajib Sen Following her Sunday off last May, our local domestic aid (who works in a few houses in our locality) reported to our place – and proceeded to regale my wife on how she celebrated Mother’s Day the day before. Apparently, her two daughters had spent the previous evening […]
Born in September 1907, the Indian revolutionary, “Shaheed” Bhagat Singh was arrested for the murder of British police officer John Saunders, tried and hanged with his compatriots Sukhdev and Rajguru, on 23rd March 1931. But Indians are not the only people interested in this 84-year-old occasion. A family from the distant Philippine group of islands […]
It’s an extraordinary triangle – a Hindu, a Muslim and a rhesus monkey! That’s right, the childless couple, 48-year-old Brajesh and Shabishta (45) Srivastava have been shunned by their families ever since their inter-faith marriage which was against both their families’ wishes and the two were cast out of their respective homes. They were poor […]
Cricket’s magnum opus event will open at the Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand, on 14 February 2015 with co-host New Zealand playing Sri Lanka. The other co-host, Australia, start their campaign against England in the second match of the opening day at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia. With former Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar as the […]
Don’t stop Don’t stay in one position for long. Rise and stretch out every 15 minutes while at work. Plan Keep needed items close to where they are needed. Minimize painful and difficult movements by organizing and relocating them. Keep different sets of cleaning supplies – one for the bathroom and one for the […]
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What’s Noble about the Nobel? A chilling look at a killing background By Rajib Sen On 12 April 1888, when Ludvig Nobel died, a French obituary stated “Le marchand de la mort est mort” (“The merchant of death is dead”). It was a mistake that mentally crushed Ludvig’s multimillionaire brother Alfred. Today, famed for the […]
Back in 1889, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (or simply Wisden or colloquially “the Bible of Cricket”) started honouring the best five cricketers of the world as Cricketers of the Year, selected for the excellence of their performance in the previous English summer, by the editor. It’s an honour that can be won by a player only […]
Since 1864 cricket’s iconic book of record has carried reports on over 22,000 County Championship games, covered more than 2,000 Test matches and honoured 570 Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as “the Bible of Cricket”) is a cricket reference book published annually in the […]