Ultimate hope for survival

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of five novels, Sara Gruen, from western North Carolina, whose works have been translated into forty-three languages and have sold more than ten million copies worldwide. Water for Elephants was adapted into a major motion picture in 2011 starring Reese Witherspoon, Rob Pattison, and Christoph Waltz and then into a smash Broadway musical. Jacob Jankowski, as a young man, was tossed by fate onto a rickety train. There is preparation for a circus across the street from the nursing home where Jacob lives. He is not sure of his exact age but … Continue reading Ultimate hope for survival

India win the fifth Test by 6 runs and draw the series

Men’s International Test Match Series – 5th Test- Day 5 of 5 at The Kia Oval, Kennington. India 1st Innings 224 ao off 69.4 ov Sai Sudharsan 38 off 109, 6 fours, Nair 57 off 109, 8 fours, Washington 26 off 55, 3 fours, Atkinson 5-33, Tongue 3-57, Woakes 1-46. India 2nd Innings 396 ao off 88 ov Jaiswal 118 off 164, 14 fours, 2 sixes, Deep 66 off 94, 12 fours, Jadeja 53 off 77, 5 fours,Washington 53 off 46, 4 fours, 4 sixes, Tongue 4-125, Atkinson 3-127, Overton 2-98. England 1st Innings 247 ao of 51.2 ov Crawley 64 off 57, 14 … Continue reading India win the fifth Test by 6 runs and draw the series

Norris holds off Piastri attack to win Hungarian Grand Prix

Lando Norris held off a late attack from McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri to win the Hungarian Grand Prix. Norris masterminded, controlled defensive drive in an intense race, with two title rivals on divergent strategies. Mercedes’ George Russell took the final podium place, passing Charles Leclerc of Ferrari who faded from pole position, in the closing stages. Norris fought back after falling to fifth place on the opening lap by switching to a bold one-stop strategy, as Piastri had to come back at him on fresher tyres in the closing laps, with five laps to go. Fernando Alonso of Aston Martin … Continue reading Norris holds off Piastri attack to win Hungarian Grand Prix

“I believe that life is not damnation but grace”

In Misery of Love a spiritual seuquel to the acclaimed Yellow Negroes and other Imaginary Creatures, Yavan Alabé continues his unflinching interrogation of race and family in modern France. Colonial history haunts this stunning spectral-looking graphic novel, a spiritual sequel to the author’s Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures. Alabé focuses on the dream-like memories of a woman named Clare, blonde, slight, willful- faces her estranged father as her family comes together to bury her grandparents   One of earlier stories suggests there was a double suicide.  Alagbé seamlessly glides between narratives of the family’s past and present, all haunted by the legacy … Continue reading “I believe that life is not damnation but grace”

Saga of daring ventures at the edge of capitalism when East meets West

In 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall as Communism collapsed and for the first time, the businesses of eastern Europe came face-to-face with the other side – the City of London and Wall Street. Here is what happened next. Frontier is unauthorised exciting story of a period of booming western interest in the eastern world’s emerging economies. Frontier chronicles 30-year of rollercoaster of culture shocks, big personalities, rag-to-riches fortunes and a lot of accidents – a saga of daring ventures at the edge of capitalism, the warriors who braved  the emerging markets battlefield and the re-making of a continent. … Continue reading Saga of daring ventures at the edge of capitalism when East meets West

How our deepest desires and fears manifest?

Scottish writer Thomas McMullan’s Groundwater is a fine-tuned depiction of domestic life, except with its unmooring fairy tale elements. John, an out-of-work translator and Liz, a conservation charity worker, have left the city of London during Covid pandemic behind to move to a nameless wilderness remote house on the shores of the lake, after John receives an unexpected endowment from his former neighbour, who has “died on ventilator”.  They hope that “altered by their new surroundings”, they can start a family. Though the house is barely unpacked, Liz’s sister, Monica, who already had two children and her husband, have come to … Continue reading How our deepest desires and fears manifest?

India defy England to draw the Test

Men’s International Test Match Series, England Vs India at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester- 4th Test – Day 5 of 5, 23-27 Jul 2025 India 1st Innings 358 ao off 114.1 Jaiswal 58 off 107, 10 fours, 1 six, Rahul 46 off 98, 4 fours, Sai Sudharsan 61 off 151, 7 fours, Pant 54 off 75, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Thakur 41 off 88, 5 fours, Stokes 5-72, Archer 3-73, Dawson 1-61, Woakes 1-66. India Second Innings 425-4 off 143 ov  Rahul 90 off 230, 8 fours, Gill 103 off 183, 12 fours, Washington 101 no off 206, 9 fours, 1 six, Jadeja 107 … Continue reading India defy England to draw the Test

Ending reign of the Spinach King: “Behind every great fortune lies a great crime”

Life magazine’s photo on Seabrook Farms in 1955 New Jersey, calling it the “biggest vegetables in the US, stood triumphantly in front of 5, 000 workers and his father Charlie (CF) Seabrook, known as the Henry Ford of Agriculture.  “Having left this material for his writer son, my father must have wanted the story told, even if he couldn’t bear to tell it himself”. This is the story of a forgotten American dynasty, a farming family from the bean fields of southern New Jersey who became as wealthy and powerful as aristrocrats – only to implode in a storm of lies. … Continue reading Ending reign of the Spinach King: “Behind every great fortune lies a great crime”

India bounce back after England scoring 669, a lead of 311 runs

Men’s International Test Match Series, England Vs India at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester- 4th Test – Day 4 of 5, 23-27 Jul 2025 India 1st Innings 358 ao off 114.1 Jaiswal 58 off 107, 10 fours, 1 six, Rahul 46 off 98, 4 fours, Sai Sudharsan 61 off 151, 7 fours, Pant 54 off 75, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Thakur 41 off 88, 5 fours, Stokes 5-72, Archer 3-73, Dawson 1-61, Woakes 1-66. India Second Innings 174-2 off 63 ov  Rahul 87 no off 210, 8 fours, Gill 78 no off 167, 10 fours, Woakes 2-48. England 1st Innings 669 ao off 157.1 ov … Continue reading India bounce back after England scoring 669, a lead of 311 runs

Root knocks second most Test runs in all time Test run-scorers’ list

Men’s International Test Match Series, England Vs India at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester- 4th Test – Day 3 of 5, 23-27 Jul 2025 India 1st Innings 358 ao off 114.1 Jaiswal 58 off 107, 10 fours, 1 six, Rahul 46 off 98, 4 fours, Sai Sudharsan 61 off 151, 7 fours, Pant 54 off 75, 3 fours, 2 sixes, Thakur 41 off 88, 5 fours, Stokes 5-72, Archer 3-73, Dawson 1-61, Woakes 1-66. England 1st Innings 544-7 off 135 Crawley 54 off 113, 13 fours, 1 six, Duckett 94 off 100, 13 fours, Pope 71 off 128, 7 fours, Root 150 off 248, … Continue reading Root knocks second most Test runs in all time Test run-scorers’ list