I am a proud organ donor who has taken the pledge for organ donation. The pledge was taken to celebrate my 51st birthday, and my wife Milly joined me in this noble cause since both of us are convinced by the urgent need for organ donation whereby one person can save eight lives. The pledge was taken by us as we want to live beyond, love beyond, and not just receive the gift of a life well lived, but gift it further. We humbly request all to take the pledge for organ donation or whole body donation. Thane Chiquinho…

One of the biggest unsolved mysteries in world football is what happened to Ronaldo just before the 1998 Football World Cup Final. Apparently the star footballer swallowed his tongue and had to be virtually saved for death by one of his teammates. He was originally not in the team sheet, but then was included in a revised team sheet in the starting 11. Ronaldo was off colour and France won the 1998 World Cup against Brazil with Zidane being the star for France. Ronaldo would however make a remarkable comeback by scoring…

Nadav Lapid is a free man who makes good films, and has the right to air his views. He was invited to Goa to the head the IFFI jury by Indian officials. His understanding of cinema is his own to savour and propagate. That he condemned The Kashmir Files as ‘vulgar’ and ‘propaganda’ is his prerogative as an intellectual as well as an auteur. To raise him to a pedestal, and allow him to use our mike and stage, though, is our own folly. IFFI is organized by National Film Development Corporation of India (under Ministry of…

Why this hullabaloo over the Oreva Company official’s description of the Mourvi tragedy as an ‘act of God’? When the local municipality handed over the repair, management and control of the footbridge to this company on a Rs. 300 stamp, lock, stock and barrel, did they not anoint the officials of the company as veritable Gods? Lest the divine halo might not shine brightly enough, they even signed away an official non-interference clause. Six days after the tragedy, one can only hope and pray that our decrepit,…

Tony, Carmela and Anthony Jr. are in a diner, hogging onion rings, while waiting for Meadow to turn up. “Best onion rings in the city, as far as I’m concerned,” declares T. You believe him, of course. Boss is always right. You have got to take his word on food. He was shown gobbling something or the other in almost every episode. Don Anthony is a connoisseur of classy females, and palatable food- the greedy and lust alpha male, veritably a bear. This also explains why the four Sopranos have taken the trouble of driving…

Garry Sobers scored more than 8000 runs at an average of 57, hit 26 hundreds, claimed 235 wickets at 34 runs per wicket, and bagged 109 catches. He has a simple enough explanation for this legendary fecundity. “For most of my international career, I was playing for two.” The other one being Collie Smith, who slept in the back seat of the car being driven by a very drunk Garry on a September English morning in 1959. The vehicle hit a truck, Collie was thrown forward, received spinal injuries, and tragically departed…

Dinesh Karthik is not just a perennial passenger and a cipher contributor, he has pathetic body language, which is enough to sink any sports team in the moments of crisis. In the match against Pakistan yesterday, he trod into the middle taking his usual busy strides when India required 16 runs off 5 balls. Akash Chopra kept parroting what a great match finisher DK was. Akash repeated himself so many times, that I wondered if he was trolling DK, or merely setting him up for a bad fall? DK was required to be take the…

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik turned 76 on Sunday. One of the longest-serving CMs in the country chose to skip his birthday celebrations this year as well like he did several times in the past since 2020 due to the COVID-19 situation. The Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) attributed the skip of celebration to his out of State tour on Sunday. Patnaik is scheduled to visit Hyderabad on Sunday to hold a one-to-one meeting with business leaders on October 17 at ‘Odisha Investors’ Meet’. Also Read: Naveen…

Shane Warne was never about innocence, he was always the romance of cricket. He did not play the sport like boys do, he was always an adult playing mind-games. He did not approach cricket like a game of chance or glorious uncertainties, he plied his trade by luring, teasing, testing, trapping and outfoxing the opponents. I like this word- outfox, it describes perfectly what Warnie’s intentions always were. That was the aim, to outfox, and then celebrate with joyous abandon- index finger pointing upwards, vigorous shaking…

I am a big fan of Virat Kohli. Not particularly of his cricketing skills or his attitude though, but of his eagerness to play a social activist. If he plays his game the right way, he might end up as India’s Thunberg, although Tendulkar’s peak level and popularity might still elude him. Then again, Woko Harams have twisted aims and expectations from their lives and careers. They live to point fingers and tell, not to serve or deliver. On that count, Virat Kohli has been making all the right noises and is headed in the…