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Too many wickets lost on opening day: WI coach Gibson

Too many wickets lost on opening day: WI coach Gibson

19 May 2012 1:13 AM IST
West Indies' head coach Ottis Gibson has praised the team's batting effort but conceded that the side had lost too many wickets on the opening day...
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Barath

Barath's gritty innings leads Windies recovery against England

18 May 2012 12:16 AM IST
Adrian Barath's unbeaten 41 helped the West Indies to 83 for two at lunch on the first day of the first Test against England at Lord's here today. ...
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Extravagance feeding off adversities
"Thomas Manuel’s Opium Inc." | Extravagance feeding off adversities

Author: Thomas Manuel

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: 595

Opium Inc: How A Global Drug Trade Funded the British Empire’ is not just a magnum opus on opium,...

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On that frightful day
"Jallianwala Bagh" | On that frightful day

Author: VN Datta

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

Before Dyer’s arrival, eight speakers, including Abdul Aziz, Dr Gurbax Rai and Rai Ram Singh, had...

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Musicians of Mayhem
"Escaped : True Stories of Indian Fugitives in London" | Musicians of Mayhem

Author: Danish Khan and Ruhi Khan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 399

The rift between Nadeem and Gulshan was no secret. The cassette king and the reigning musical czars...

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An unvarnished account
"Life in American Politics & Diplomatic Years in India" | An unvarnished account

Author: Richard Celeste

Publisher: Har-Anand Publications

Price: 995

At five am on Wednesday, March 6th, 1985 my phone rang. I picked up immediately. “Governor,” Marvin...

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For a greater good
"Bike Ambulance Dada" | For a greater good

Author: Biswajit Jha

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 250

Now that Karimul had a bike, he was no longer dependent on his cycle to ferry a patient. The bike...

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First signs of trouble
"The Banker Who Crushed His Diamonds" | First signs of trouble

Author: Furquan Moharkan

Publisher: Penguin

Price: 350

In September 1957, a Punjabi family in Delhi was blessed with a baby boy—a boy who would go on to...

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On a formidable pulpit
"By Many a Happy Accident" | On a formidable pulpit

Author: M. Hamid Ansari

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 795

Roger Sherman, a founding father of the American Constitution, had observed that ‘if the vice...

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Wakeup call
"Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response" | Wakeup call

Author: J.V.R. Prasada Rao

Publisher: Notion Press

Price: 600

The book ‘Celebrating Small Victories: My Journey Through Two Decades of AIDS Response’ traces the...

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Path-breaking decisions
"The Presidential Years: 2012-2017" | Path-breaking decisions

Author: Pranab Mukherjee

Publisher: Rupa Publications

Price: 695

The internal process of decision-making varies from government to government, and PM Modi has...

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Of light and darkness
"The Long Shadows of Life" | Of light and darkness

Author: Ramin Jahanbegloo

Publisher: HarAnand

Price: 495

The Long Shadows of Life is a collection of seventy-one poems of, an Iranian-Canadian philosopher,...

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Politics of citizenship
"ON CITIZENSHIP" | Politics of citizenship

Author: N Ram, Romila Thapar, Gautam Bhatia and Gautam Patel

Publisher: Aleph Book Company

Price: 499

India might have awakened to ‘life and freedom’ at the stroke of the midnight hour separating 14...

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Stories of steel and gunpowder
"The Maharaja of Jodhpur's Guns" | Stories of steel and gunpowder

Author: Robert Elgood

Publisher: Niyogi Books

Price: 4500

The Mehrangarh Museum Trust at Jodhpur has preserved the historic monuments and artefacts of the...

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A war drama with scattered vision

"Bhuj: The Pride of India" | A war drama with scattered vision

Director: KAbhishek Dudhaiya

Star Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Ammy Virk, Nora Fatehi

Be it the India Rebellion of 1857 or the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, Indian soldiers have never...

Satire served with Lakhnavi wit

"Gulabo Sitabo (Amazon Prime Video film)" | Satire served with Lakhnavi wit

Director: Shoojit Sircar

Star Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vijay Raaz, Brijendra Kala, Srishti Shrivastava, Farrukh Jafar

‘Gulabo Sitabo’ is positioned as a comedy, but the film would not fulfil definition of the genre in...

Routine cop drama

"Spenser Confidential" | Routine cop drama

Director: Peter Berg

Star Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Winston Duke, Alan Arkin, Iliza Shlesinger

There are films that sink under the urge to be too ‘cool' with narrative structure, and Spenser...

Raw, gritty and highly engaging

"The Informer" | Raw, gritty and highly engaging

Director: Andrea Di Stefano;

Star Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen, Common, Ana De Armas, Arturo Crasto, Eugene Lipinski

Directed by Andrea Di Stefano and adapted from Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström’s best-selling...

A technically impressive film

"‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’" | A technically impressive film

Director: JJ Abrams

Star Cast: Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega

This ninth episode of the “Star Wars” franchise is the last of the sequel’s trilogy after “The Force...

All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

"The Marvelous Mrs Maisel 3" | All about Marvelous Ms Brosnahan

Director: Amy Sherman-Palladino

Star Cast: Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, Michael Zegen, Marin Hinkle, Tony Shalhoub, Kevin Pollak

It must be the law of averages, really, how Season Three pales in comparison to Season two, which in...

A fun on the run

"Jumanji: The Next Level" | A fun on the run

Director: Jake Kasdan

Star Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart

The odd bunch is back again, in the oddest game you have known. Jumanji: The Next Level keeps things...

Banal take on infidelity

"Out Of Love" | Banal take on infidelity

Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia and Aijaz Khan

Star Cast: Rasika Dugal, Purab Kohli

For a large part of its playing time, ‘Out Of Love’ looks like banal take on infidelity. Except that...

A fun watch

"Pati Patni Aur Woh" | A fun watch

Director: Mudassar Aziz

Star Cast: Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, Ananya Panday

The interesting thing about the reimagined “Pati Patni Aur Woh” is its setting. Version 2019 is...

A relevant film

"Hotel Mumbai" | A relevant film

Director: Anthony Maras

Star Cast: Dev Patel, Anupam Kher, Armie Hammer

An Australian filmmaker has delivered the definitive manifesto on what must surely rank as one of...

Royal rush returns

"The Crown Season 3" | Royal rush returns

Director: Benjamin Caron, Christian Schwochow, Jessica Hobbs & Sam Donovan

Star Cast: Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter, Tobias Menzies

Season three of ‘The Crown’ could well be the trickiest of all that we have seen so far, many had...

Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

"One Mic Stand" | Of Shashi Tharoor’s wit and little else

Director: Sapan Verma

Star Cast: Shashi Tharoor, Bhuvan Bam, Taapsee Pannu, Richa Chadha

Skip to episode five and watch Shashi Tharoor and Kunal Kamra’s gigs if you are in speedwatching...

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