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

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?

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

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

Linn Ullman, the Norwegian author’s new novel Girl, 1983, gathers fragments of a trip she took to Paris, on a Winter’s night in 1983, then sixteen-year-old girl, lost in unfamiliar streets. On a scrap of paper in her pocket is the address of a photographer, K, thirty years her senior, Ullmann creates a captivating portraits of a woman in search of herself, caught in a spiral of fear, and loneliness with intimate narrative. Almost four decades later, as her life and the world around her begin to unravel, the grown woman seeks to comprehend the young girl of before. It … Continue reading Exploration of Desire, anxiety, beauty, youth, memory and power

Iceland which has seen about 12 volcanic eruptions since volcanic systems on the Reykjanes peninsula, close to Reykjavik, erupted again spewing out streams of bright yellow and orange lava. Iceland’s meteorological office said “magma breaking through the Earth’s crust created large fissure estimated to be between 0.7 and 1km ( 0.4 to 0.6 miles) long. Continue reading Iceland volcano erupts again spewing out streams of yellow and orange lava.