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Deep 6-99, steers India level the series 1-1

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Men’s International Test Match Series – 2nd Test – Day 5 of 5 at Edgbaston, Birmingham India 1st Innings, 587 ao off 151ov  Jaiswal 87 off 107, 13 fours, Gill 269 off 387, 30 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 89 off 137, 10 fours, 1 six, Washington 42 off 103, 3 fours, 1 six, Bashir 3-167, Tongue 2-119, Woakes 2-111, Carse 1-83, Root 1-20. England 1st Innings, 407 ao off 89.3 ov, Crawley 19 off 30, 3 fours, Root 22 off 46, 2 fours, Brook 158 off 234, 17 fours, 1 six, Smith 184 no off 207, 21 fours, 4 sixes, Deep 4-88, Siraj 6-70. … Continue reading Deep 6-99, steers India level the series 1-1

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Trapped inside an impermeable windowless concrete room

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In the 33rd Raindance Film Festival, The Lonely Musketeer won the Best U.K. cinematography, Bruce Jackson, shot in monochrome in one claustrophobic main location, a low-budget film, is a taut, stripped-back mystery thriller. The film also won the Best Performance in a UK Feature, Edward Hogg, for his role in unique closed room Thriller, The Lonely Musketeer. There is only one actor on screen for the most part of Nicolai Schumann’smesmerising debut feature, The Lonely Musketeer. It is an entirelyfictitious story which I would term essentially as “Film Noir”. Themusical score accompanying the drama is original. It is a dark, unpleasant,though gripping … Continue reading Trapped inside an impermeable windowless concrete room

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Imperfect lending decisions

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Ray Dalio, who founded Bridgewater Associates  five decades ago and one of the greatest investors of our times who anticipated the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2010-12 European debt crisis, shares for the first time his detailed explanation of what he calls the “Big Debt Cycle”.  Understanding this cycle is critical for helping policymakers, investors, and the general public grasp where we are and where we are headed with the debt issue. Dalio’s model points towards surprisingly straightforward solutions for dealing with the debt problems, that the US, Europe, Japan, and China face today. Global macro investors make bets on countries, … Continue reading Imperfect lending decisions

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Hungry centurion Gill eyes first win as Indian captain

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Men’s International Test Match Series – 2nd Test – Day  4 of 5 at Edgbaston, Birmingham India 1st Innings, 587 ao off 151ov  Jaiswal 87 off 107, 13 fours, Gill 269 off 387, 30 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 89 off 137, 10 fours, 1 six, Washington 42 off 103, 3 fours, 1 six, Bashir 3-167, Tongue 2-119, Woakes 2-111, Carse 1-83, Root 1-20. England 1st Innings, 407 ao off 89.3 ov, Crawley 19 off 30, 3 fours, Root 22 off 46, 2 fours, Brook 158 off 234, 17 fours, 1 six, Smith 184 no off 207, 21 fours, 4 sixes, Deep 4-88, Siraj 6-70. India … Continue reading Hungry centurion Gill eyes first win as Indian captain

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Smith 184 no and Brook 158 fightback

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Men’s International Test Match Series – 2nd Test – Day  3 of 5 at Edgbaston, Birmingham India 1st Innings, 587 ao off 151ov  Jaiswal 87 off 107, 13 fours, Gill 269 off 387, 30 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 89 off 137, 10 fours, 1 six, Washington 42 off 103, 3 fours, 1 six, Bashir 3-167, Tongue 2-119, Woakes 2-111, Carse 1-83, Root 1-20. England 1st Innings, 407 ao off 89.3 ov, Crawley 19 off 30, 3 fours, Root 22 off 46, 2 fours, Brook 158 off 234, 17 fours, 1 six, Smith 184 no off 207, 21 fours, 4 sixes, Deep 4-88, Siraj 6-70. India … Continue reading Smith 184 no and Brook 158 fightback

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Gill’s flawless mammoth 269

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Men’s International Test Match Series – 2nd Test – Day  2 of 5 India 1st Innings, 587 ao off 151ov  Jaiswal 87 off 107, 13 fours, Gill 269 off 387, 30 fours, 3 sixes, Jadeja 89 off 137, 10 fours, 1 six, Washington 42 off 103, 3 fours, 1 six, Bashir 3-167, Tongue 2-119, Woakes 2-111, Carse 1-83, Root 1-20. England 1st Innings, 77-3 off 20 ov, Crawley 19 off 30, 3 fours, Root 18 off 37, 1 four, Brook 30 off 53, 4 fours, 1 six, Deep 2-36, Siraj 1-21. Shubman Gill’s 269 for India helped them to amass 587 ao in the second … Continue reading Gill’s flawless mammoth 269

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Love, tragedy, mystery and redemption

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Late September in 2001, and the walls of New York are papered over with photos of the missing. Cora Brady’s father is there, the poster she made taped to columns and bridges. Her mother died a long ago and now, orphaned on the cusp of childhood, Cora is adrift and alone. Soon, a letter arrive with the offer of a new life: far out on the ragged edge of Ireland, in the town where her parents were young, an estranged aunt can provide a home and fulfil a long-forgotten promise. There the story of Cora’s family is hidden, and in … Continue reading Love, tragedy, mystery and redemption

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Lucid, ambitious, and provocative

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Indian historian, 1990 Kerala-born, Manu Pillai’s Gods, Guns and Missionaries is a survey of four centuries of Hinduism’s interaction with other faiths to explore the myths of true Hinduism. When European missionaries arrived in India in the sixteenth century, they entered a world both fascinating and bewildering. Hinduism, as they saw it, was a pagan mess: a worship of devils and monsters by a people who burned woman alive, performed outlandish rites and fed children to crocodiles. But it quickly became clear that Hindu “idolatry” was far more layered and complex than European stereotypes allowed, surprisingly even sharing certain impulses … Continue reading Lucid, ambitious, and provocative

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Our Lives

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The Rest of Our Lives is the compelling depiction of life at a crossroads is a male counterpart to Miranda July’ All Fours. What’s left when your kids grow up and leave home? When Tom Layward’s wife had an affair he resolved to leave her as soon as his youngest daughter turned eighteen. Twelve years later while driving her to Pittsburgh to start university, he remembers his pact. He also on the run from his own health issues, and the fact that he’s been put on leave at work after students complaints about the politics of his law class- something … Continue reading Our Lives