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Prem Panicker
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PV Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara: When the irresistible Indian met the indomitable Japanese
What started as a contest of skills morphed into a collision of wills and ended as an all-time epic.
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Money and futility: Everyone knows Test cricket is dying but few will step forward to save it
The ICC mooted the idea of a World Test Championship in 2008. Nine years later, we’re still discussing how to save the oldest format of the game.
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Just let them play: Mithali Raj and Co deserve better than BCCI’s tried-and-tested tropes
Women’s cricket is as compelling, sometimes even more so, than the men’s version. Then why are we still listening to cliches?
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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The numbers show the idea of Muslim population explosion is nothing but political propaganda
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Memoir: Human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recalls her understanding of feminism as a young woman
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Revealed: The minutes of BCCI's SGM show how N Srinivasan derailed the reform process
The Tamil Nadu administrator manipulated the meeting, ensuring that the BCCI continued to stonewall the reforms.
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All-round skill without the abuse: The Women’s World Cup is the last refuge for the cricket tragic
Here is cricket as it is meant to be played – and watched.
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Anil Kumble’s forced exit makes Virat Kohli and Co look like entitled brats
What are the differences so irreconcilable that prompted Kohli to resist the concerted mediation efforts of Tendulkar, Ganguly and Laxman?
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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If the French Open is the ‘Murder Wall’ of tennis, Rafael Nadal is its irresistible force
The inevitability of Nadal’s continued excellence on his beloved clay has no precedent.
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Why Virat Kohli makes us admire him a little more – and miss Sachin Tendulkar a little less
He is the antithesis to the platitude-spouting Indian sportsman we are so used to.
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Bharat Mata ki jai: Following Amitabh Bachchan's advice on patriotic cricket commentary
Reimagining what the commentators should have said in the last over of the India-Bangladesh T20 game.
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The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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What Anupam Kher doesn't understand about Modi's simplistic chaiwallah origin story
That election jumla is long past its sell-by date.
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Why it's wrong to fight for press freedom by calling for a boycott (even if it is Arnab)
The real test of your ideals is when they come slap up against your feelings.
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Arthur J Pais: The irascible, impossible journalist who was every editor’s dream
The senior journalist died in New Jersey on January 8.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Gill and Sudharsan’s tons help Gujarat beat Chennai and stay in playoff hunt
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League as it happened: Neeraj Chopra finishes second; Kishore Jena ninth
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Delhi court frames sexual harassment charges against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra’s dream run ends in quarter-finals
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra, Kishore Jena open season – All you need to know