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Mercy Kuttan and Anju Bobby George lament the decline of Kerala Athletics

Mercy Kuttan and Anju Bobby George lament the decline of Kerala Athletics

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Kochi: The Federation Cup 2025 could have been Kerala’s platform for athletics redemption. Instead, it turned into a eulogy for a legacy slipping through fingers like dry sand. The championships, hosted on Kerala’s home turf, felt hollow, not just in medals, but in spirit. The stands were empty. The sun blazed down relentlessly on athletes competing under a cloudless sky. There were no floodlights. No shade. No buzz. And no belief. “It’s heartbreaking,” says Mercy Kuttan, legendary Olympian and the first Indian woman long jumper to cross six metres, to The Bridge. “We had to wait till Day 2 for a bronze. That says it all.” Once the breeding ground of champions—Mercy, P.T. Usha, Anju Bobby George—Kerala’s athletics circuit now finds itself gasping for air. The stories of glory are now confined to history books and fading newspaper clippings. The tracks where dreams once were once nurtured now struggle to breed hope. In what was once a proud fortress of Indian athletics, there’s now a silence that echoes louder than cheers ever could. The price …

Is Travis Head the luckiest opening batsman or is it a parochial Indian fan’s lament? | Cricket News

Is Travis Head the luckiest opening batsman or is it a parochial Indian fan’s lament? | Cricket News

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No Australian cricketer in recent memory, not even Steve Smith, has lived rent-free in Indian fans’ head as much as their dazzling opener Travis Head. Re-runs of Head’s knock in the 2023 ODI world cup final might have vanished from Indian television and streaming devices but his assault has lived on in the minds. And with a caveat: the lingering chance-laden Powerplay, where Head was beaten and squared up by Bumrah and Shami but not felled in that final, continues to make the fans squirm. Not that Head’s tryst with India is limited to that game. Before that in the home Test series in India, or in WTC final at the Oval, and now more recently in Australia, he has repeatedly stunned the Indians. But is there any truth about Head’s “lucky streak” or is it just a parochial fan’s lament? Perhaps no cricketer has straddled with fortune as often as Head has in recent years. But what the 31-year-old does with that added vial of opportunities defines his belligerence across formats. Story continues below …

Laapataa Ladies is an aberration in a Bollywood plagued by gender imbalance; creators lament lack of level-playing field | Bollywood

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As movie lovers we are always plagued by this question – why are women constantly underrepresented behind the camera? This question has become more pertinent lately as Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies got a well-deserved nod as India’s official submission to the Oscars. The movie directed and co-produced by Kiran Rao marked her comeback to direction after 13 years. The film’s simple yet poignant narrative struck a chord as it chronicled the journey of two brides who get swapped on a train ride. (Also read: Aamir Khan is over the moon about Laapataa Ladies getting selected as India’s Oscars entry: Kiran Rao) Kiran Rao-directed Laapataa Ladies starred newcomers Nitanshi Goel, Pratibha Ranta, and Sparsh Srivastava The film competed with Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light, which had won the Grand Prix at Cannes. However, it was the poorly worded citation announcing Laapataa Ladies as India’s submission that grabbed headlines. The 13-member all male jury of the Film Federation of India described Indian women as a “strange mix of submission and dominance”. Taking to X (formerly …

SC Judges Lament Comments About Working Little, Say They Burn Midnight Oil Even During Vacations

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Supreme Court of India. (File photo) “Judges are not before us. They can’t explain what prevented them from pronouncing the verdict. So, benefit (of doubt) has to be given to them,” the apex court said The Supreme Court on Wednesday lamented that despite the effort put in by judges, who burn the midnight oil even during vacations, they have to stomach comments about working very little. A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma made the remark while hearing a plea of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging his arrest in a money laundering case and seeking interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Soren, complained about a Jharkhand High Court bench having taken two months to pronounce the verdict on the JMM leader’s plea against his arrest. “Unfortunate part, Mr Sibal, is that despite the efforts we put in as judges, we have to hear that judges work for very few hours,” Justice Datta said, adding judges also have to do their …

Bengaluru residents rejoice city’s first heavy rain; Others lament over waterlogging, traffic | Bengaluru

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Bengaluru city was blessed with heavy bouts of rain on Friday along with thunder and lightening. As residents rejoiced the long anticipated relief from scorching heat and high temperatures, social media was flooded with posts. The Bengaluru city traffic police department issued a waterlogging alert via social media after the city was blessed with its first heavy spell of rain in over five months.(@blrcitytraffic/X) While some celebrated the rain by getting drenched, others, particularly commuters, lamented the resultant waterlogging in parts of the city. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! ALSO READ | Amid light rain, heatwave conditions to persist in parts of Karnataka, says IMD “After over 6 months of anticipation, Bengaluru finally received the much-needed rain, bringing relief from the scorching summer heat. Our volunteers at the Campus couldn’t contain their joy and embraced the downpour, reveling in the refreshing showers. It was a heartwarming moment of respite and hope, symbolizing nature’s renewal and the promise of cooler days …

Jubilee Review: A Celebration, Homage And Lament Rolled Into One

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Prosenjit Chatterjee in Jubilee. (courtesy: YouTube) Cast: Aditi Rao Hydari, Prosenjit Chatterjee, Aparshakti Khurana, Ram Kapoor, Sidhant Gupta, Wamiqa Gabbi Director: Vikramaditya Motwane Rating: Four and a half stars (out of 5) A Mumbai filmmaking era of great turmoil – and appreciable import – comes alive in all its glorious contradictions and curvatures in the beguiling Jubilee, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The 10-episode Amazon Prime Video series weaves showbiz history, apocryphal anecdotes and tempered drama into its narrative tapestry to wonderful effect. Jubilee is, for good measure, embellished with a complement of songs redolent of 1950s Hindi film music. The industriously crafted series, produced by Andolan Films, Reliance Entertainment and Phantom Studios, is consistently captivating. A benchmark-setting show in many ways, it blends finesse with flair to produce a hypnotic viewing experience. Some of the plot elements that Atul Sabharwal’s excellent script incorporates are drawn from the annals of Hindi cinema, the personalities it portrays have parallels, if only tangential, in the real world, and the larger context in which the story plays out is …