Avijit Ghosh
When a rare English song in a Hindi film became young India’s beating heart
Exactly 50 years ago, 'My Heart is Beating', from the film, 'Julie', bossed the airwaves. Here’s what made the track tick and why it continues to delight discerning music lovers
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Decoding Queenie: The secret life of an Indian Hollywood star
Merle Oberon was born in Bombay, spent her adolescence in Calcutta, and became a Hollywood star in the 1930s and 1940s. But her life was riddled with controversy. Now, a new biography unravels everything that lay beneath
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Thrice Champions, Two Questions
Team India lifting the Champions Trophy shouldn’t push underlying issues under the carpet. One, big gaps in catching & outfielding. Two, the future of Rohit Sharma & Virat Kohli
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Cricket's darkest overs: When Pak umpires denied India victory
India and Pakistan have played 135 ODI matches against each other. The game on February 23 will be their 136th. But the one with the most controversial ending was the Sahiwal game of 1978
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50-Over Cricket’s Midlife Crisis, With India Twist
Champions Trophy, an ODI tourney, will get real buzzy only with an Indo-Pak final. Indian selectors, however, have batted for the past and interrupted the future
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Arvind Kejriwal entered politics to change it. Then, politics changed him
Once upon a time, Kejriwal was an icon of hope for a new, fearless India. But over the years, the hallowed persona wore off. And, on February 8, the after-effect was seen in the outcome of the Delhi assembly polls
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‘I’m not scared of AI...But I’m disturbed by the deterioration of truth in public life…My driving force is curiosity’
German filmmaker Wim Wenders talks about the future of films and the artistic challenges before the visual art
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R-Day special: What makes India's Constitution most artistic in the world
India’s Constitution is the world’s lengthiest. Unlike others, it is also artistically embellished. As the nation completes 75 years as a republic on January 26, here’s the inside story of how state principles and paintings came to join hands for the monumental project
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Why Rohit, Virat must Go. What Boland can teach India
Both Indian batters, ageing and embarrassingly out of form, are dragging the team down. Look at, in contrast, the commitment of a journeyman Australian
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Midwife’s Tale: Katihar’s Killers To Protectors
Hard-hitting documentary The Midwife’s Confession reveals why killing baby girls was rampant in 1990s Bihar and why, though far reduced, the practice refuses to die. Amitabh Parashar, 56, whose project spanned nearly 30 years, has midwives confessing on camera to female infanticide. He maps their change of heart – how killers turned protectors. Excerpts from a conversation with Avijit Ghosh
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Mohammed Rafi at 100: From a barber shop to India’s heart
From Chaudvin Ka Chand Ho to Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe…Yahoo to Sar Jo Tera Chakraye, Hindi films wouldn’t have been the same without the magically versatile voice of Mohd Rafi, whose 100th birth anniversary falls today
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The Kapoor who established Raj across the world
From the USSR to North Africa to South America to Iran, Raj Kapoor’s films swept the world in the 1950s and 1960s. On his 100th birth anniversary, The Times of India rewinds to recreate the phenomenon of India’s first major global star
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Why Pakistan is still obsessed with this sex scandal from 1970
On October 12, 1970, a gifted poet was found dead at his house in Karachi. In the next room, a beautiful socialite lay unconscious. The torrid saga instantly became a national obsession and endures in public memory
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How the Yashasvi Jaiswal story began with Zahar Khan
Yashasvi Jaiswal, whose massive 161 played a key role in India’s surprise triumph in Perth, is the hottest opener in world cricket today. Last summer, TOI visited his small town, Suriyawan, and met his father, Bhupendra. An account of how a steely cricketer was born
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Why India should not play cricket in Pakistan
No. Other teams don’t carry the baggage of history. Pakistan’s terror export continues
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Dark Truths From A 3-0 Whitewash
India’s drubbing by Kiwis shows, first, we need a new generation of real Test cricketers, not just T20 swashbucklers and, second, players fully committed to the national team
- Avijit Ghosh
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How a film reignited Ratan Tata’s ‘first true love’
Ratan Tata’s official biography reveals his long-lost romance with Carolyn Emmons, the daughter of a renowned American architect. A Hollywood film rekindled their bond decades later
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Is the govt killing JNU, one funding cut at a time?
The central university is top rated but teachers and students are being pulled down by a litany of problems
Bangladesh trounced. NZ up next. Is this India's greatest Test team ever?
India's audacity of approach was on full display during the recent Test against Bangladesh. With India now set to take on New Zealand in a three-match Test series starting October 16, an analysis of Team India's performance since the first Test it played in 1932
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Puzzle, paradox & politics: Poll diary from Haryana
Most voters want change in this BJP-governed state that hosts extreme patriarchy and boasts top class professional sportswomen. But Congress is also contending with Hindutva, social divisions & Chautalas
- Avijit Ghosh
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