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Click on the text below to open the pdf of the weekly print edition. Issue 19

Long boundaries, fast tracks, overcast conditions and new ICC rules make it a connoisseur’s delight. Bilal Ahsan Dar The eighth edition of the T20 World cup is almost at halfway stage. The air is thick with excitement. While the 2021 edition broke all the previous records of viewership with Indo-Pak clash clocking a record reach of 167 million people , this year started off with an upset followed by a few more and, of course,  some thrilling duels as well. There is an added excitement in the matches because of the conditions  Down Under  which probably have caught teams by…

Choose experts not astrologers. Sajjad Bazaz Let me begin with one of the beautiful motivational quotes about money management: “Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W’s you control in your life-  what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it.” So, it’s the level of control over your money which will describe your financial health. In the present times, saving the right amount of money alone does not matter, but choosing the right investment option cannot be ignored to ensure that your savings multiply more efficiently. In…

by Sanjay Kapoor As the world teeters on the precipice of a nuclear Armageddon in Europe, it is important to revisit what happened during the Cold War between the erstwhile Soviet Union and United States of America. The Cold War Years In a Netflix series scripted in the backdrop of the Cold war, there are Russian KGB agents embedded in the American society. Like Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent, they step out from their shadows and the comfort of their American identity only when they get orders from their handlers to execute a project, like placing a bomb or killing…

Inflation stats can be deceptive, experiences, however, are real and the experiences of making everyday purchases in a local market are now only going to worsen as the winter has started setting in. Inflation is the rise in the prices of goods and services over a specific timeframe. India’s retail inflation accelerated to a five-month high of 7.41 percent in September and the wholesale inflation was at 10.7 percent in September and 12.4 percent in August. Assuming that these inflation percentages are correct and not underestimated, since these are provisional figures, these numbers may make little sense to a layman…

Lt Gen (retd) Tariq Khan It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. ―Charles Dickens Arshad Sharif has departed; he would have preferred a meaningful death over a meaningless life. I saw him closely under fire, in the field, amongst my troops, in battle, and in difficult circumstances.…

How the horrific terror attacks on the financial capital of India altered the country’s counterterrorism apparatus forever. Shome Basu “Get down, lie on the floor and no flash, please,” yelled a jawan from the Punjab Regiment, sitting atop the Gateway of India, with a sniper rifle aimed at Mumbai’s iconic Taj Mahal Hotel which had come under siege a day before as a result of the 26/11 attacks. This November marks the 14th anniversary of the horrific attacks. Every reporter and photojournalist who was present there with me at the Gateway of India had no idea what was going on but, had it…

Click on the text below to open the pdf of the weekly print edition. Issue 24-30 Final

Some of the teams and players have shown that they belong there. Bial Ahsan Dar The T20World Cup 2022 witnessed a sensational takeoff. Associate nation Namibia pulled off a comprehensive victory over Asia Cup 22 winners Sri Lanka. It didn’t stop there. The very next day, another associate member nation Scotland thrashed two-time T20 world cup champions, West Indies, by 42 runs. Four days later Ireland – still a rookie among Test playing nations – celebrated one of their most crucial victories in T20 cricket, storming into the Super-12 round and dumping West Indies out of the world cup. Even…

It is an addiction with far-reaching negative effects. Zia Darakhshan I remember my childhood days when my siblings and I would surround our father in the evenings to listen to folktales that had passed on through generations. It included stories from Wotalhome, a place known for its humour. Other stories included Alif Laila – The Arabian Nights – Kashmiri stories like Haba Khatoon, Heemal Nagrai, Aknandun and fairytales, like Panchtantra stories, Zainul Abideen, Mahadev Bisht etc that besides enthralling us also gave us a sense of belonging to our place. These storytelling sessions developed in us a flavor for literature.…