India defeat Pakistan by five wickets in Asia Cup final

Twenty20 International Asia Cup at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai India Vs Pakistan Pakistan 146 ao off 19.1 ov, Farhan 57 off 38, 5 fours, 3 sixes, Fakhar 46 off 35, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Yadav 4-30, Bumrah 2-25, Chakravarthy 2-30, Patel 2-26. India 150-5 off 19.4 ov, Tilak 69 off 53, 3 fours, 4 fours, Dube 33 off 22, 2 fours, 2 sixes, Faheem 3-29, Abrar 1-29, Shaheen 1-20. India win by 5 wickets. Tilak Varma scored an amazing unbeaten innings of 69 runs off 53 balls including four sixes and three fours, to steer India to five-wicket victory over … Continue reading India defeat Pakistan by five wickets in Asia Cup final

Game of Cat and Mouse

Two women, an office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can’t be taken back. Dawn Schiff works as an accountant, and never says the right thing. She has no friends, and is always at her office desk precisely at 8:45am. One morning, she doesn’t show up to the office, her co-worker Natalie Farrell- beautiful, popular, top sales representative for five years running is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything. It turns out Dawn wasn’t just an awkward outsider- she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn … Continue reading Game of Cat and Mouse

Obstacles and indignities that Thatcher encountered

Charles Moore’s authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher illuminates her early life, rise to power and initial period as prime minister of the woman who transformed Britain and the world in the late twentieth century.  Moore takes us back to Grantham where she lived over her parent grocery shop. As there was no hereditary money, she had to work very hard, even serving at the counter. She knew about perseverance and in attempting to become an MP she lost in two general elections, but did not give up until she secured a safe seat in Finchley. She became the Conservative Party … Continue reading Obstacles and indignities that Thatcher encountered

Relentless pursuit of pleasure and success

Martin Amis’s “London Trilogy”, alongwith the novel London Fields, The Information, Money is hailed as a “sprawling fierce, Vulgar display and exhilarating skilful savvy when it made its first appearance in the mid-1980s. Ami’s funny and on-target portraits of life in the fast lane form a bold and frightening portrait of Ronald Regan’s America and Margaret Thatcher’s England. Money is the hilarious story of John Self, one of London’s top commercial directors, who is given the opportunity to make his first feature film- alternatively titled Good Money and Bad Money. He is also living money, taking money, and spending money … Continue reading Relentless pursuit of pleasure and success

Unlucky in love

Olive is always unlucky in love, career, well almost everything, but her twin sister Ami, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is a fairy tale, and she has managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of internet contests. Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy, Ethan, who happens to be the best man. Olive braces herself to get through 24 hours of wedding hell before she can return to her comfortable unlucky life. But when the entire wedding party gets food poisoning from … Continue reading Unlucky in love

Cinderella (La Cenerentola) English National Opera London Coliseum

An age old fairytale charms, amuses and enchants at the London Coliseum.Cinderella (La Cenerentola) English National Opera London Coliseum, StMartin’s Lane, London WC2N September 27 – October 14 2025. Show runningtime – 2 hrs 45 mins. One interval. Children under the age of five will not beadmitted. Featured as taking place in current time London, this show is based onGioachino Rossini’s classic romantic opera. Cinderella and Don Ramiro areencouraged, watched over and protected by a team of dramatic, colourful anduplifting ancestral spirits.The opera stars mezzo soprano Deepa Johnny as Angelina (Cinderella) andtenor Aaron Godfrey-Mayes as Don Ramiro. Director- international operaaward … Continue reading Cinderella (La Cenerentola) English National Opera London Coliseum

Jane Austen’s Birthday Party Is BYOB (Bring Your Own Bonnet)

Bath, England, is preparing for Georgian costume balls, the showiest and merriest of the celebrations of the writer’s 250th. Thousands are flocked in bonnets and top haps this month for the Jane Austin Festival. Several adaptations and reimaginings are on cards, as Netflix is producing a new Pride and Prejudice series written by Dolly Alderton, focus Features announced an adaptation of Sense and Sensibility with Daisy Edgar-Jones. Austen who was funny and satirical in her writing, lived in Bath between 1801 and 1806, which reflected concerns about economic anxiety happening with somebody: the obsession with money and standing in the … Continue reading Jane Austen’s Birthday Party Is BYOB (Bring Your Own Bonnet)

Desperate Stowaway survival

Faisal, a 13-year-old Afghan boy made a desperate and dangerous journey from Kabul to Delhi quite by accident, by stowing away in the landing gear compartment of a KAM Air passenger plane RQ4401, surviving a 94-minute flight which landed on Sunday at 11:10 (05:40GMT). He was immediately deported back to Afghanistan with the plane declare safe after thorough checks. Faisal from Kunduz city, was found wondering near the aircraft shortly after its arrival. During interrogation, Faisal admitted that he had sneaked into Kabul airport undetected and managed to climb into the rear central landing gear compartment of the plane. “I … Continue reading Desperate Stowaway survival

Insight into the formation and evolution of a politician

Leo Varadkar reveals his fascinating experience as Irish prime minister at a time of much change and turbulence. Leo Varadkar was an unlikely Taoiseach- the youngest on taking office in 2017, the first Taoiseach to be gay and the first person of colour to be Taoiseach. Equally unlikely was his decision to bow out of politics in his mid-forties. Now, liberated from the constraints of office, he tells his fascinating story with characteristic courage and candour, and provides a unique insight into the formation and evolution of a senior politician. In Speaking My Mind, Leo Varadkar shares his pride in … Continue reading Insight into the formation and evolution of a politician

SattarBuksh wins trademark case against Starbucks

Sattar Buksh, a Karachi-based café owner famous for his humorous menu items like the “Besharam Burger”, LOC Pizza, got into trademark branding dispute with Starbucks. The multinational claimed that the resemblance in logo and name could confuse customers, dilute its brand and potentially infringe on trademark laws. When you think Starbucks, the multinational, you picture the iconic green siren. In Karachi two Pakistani entrepreneurs Rizwan Ahmad and Adnan Yousuf, opened a café called Sattarbuksh,  (buksh, meaning servant). They think it is parody not piracy. Although at first glance their logo resembled like a cheeky twin of Starbucks, except instead of mermaid, … Continue reading SattarBuksh wins trademark case against Starbucks