THE WEEK India - July 14, 2024

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Rohit Sharma's Pirates of the Caribbean

In almost 50 years across 22 multi-format limited-over World Cups, Rohit Gurunath Sharma is only the third Indian captain, after Kapil Dev and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, to lift a trophy. Winning the T20 World Cup is Rohit’s greatest triumph—of his game and personality and flowing from them, his leadership.

In an exclusive interview, BCCI president Roger Binny looks forward and talks about India’s next head coach

In untold stories: The incredible journey of Sathya Shankar K.—from driving an autorickshaw to building a Rs800 crore business

@Leisure: Kolkata is always home. This is where I will always come back
—Anasuya Sengupta, best actress, Cannes Film Festival

Mumbo jumbo in the Maldives

Political folklorists say, there’s a charmed circle around every powerful person.

2 mins

TWO OF A KIND

As Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar try to get the better of each other, Karnataka Congress is a divided house

6 mins

Broom and bust

Beset by legal woes, political setbacks and a leadership vacuum, the AAP faces a credibility crisis

6 mins

Fear and the fearless pose

#FerozKhanKaPota was trending on X; so, naturally, I thought Fardeen Khan’s son was making his Bollywood debut.

2 mins

Back to battle

While BJP has the edge in the assembly bypolls, the Trinamool hopes to ride the momentum from the Lok Sabha elections and keep the four seats

4 mins

Ah, Class Act!

Grace, power and clarity-Rohit Sharma's qualities make him, to borrow a Mumbai cricket term, the quintessential valli' player

10 mins

RAHUL'S CALM NATURE PLAYED A BIG ROLE

When Roger Binny and his mates went into the 1983 World Cup, they did so, famously, as underdogs. The current Indian team, though, goes into each ICC tournament as a favourite, which makes failure even more heartbreaking.

6 mins

Crowning Glory

Kohli had to be Kohli to help India win the final

4 mins

Kohli's Flamboyance Made Him The Star

I met Virat Kohli for the first time at the National Cricket Academy during a zonal under-17 tournament.

2 mins

BOOM IN FULL BLOOM

Jasprit Bumrah is operating at a level we have rarely seen in cricket before

4 mins

THE POWER OF THREE

How India shed its orthodox and limiting approach to find success

4 mins

EVMs have strengthened democracy

The recent Lok Sabha election was the largest democratic exercise in human history.

2 mins

THE WIZARD OF FIZZ

The incredible journey of Sathya Shankar K.-from driving an autorickshaw to building a ₹800 crore business

5 mins

A midsummer nightmare

Biden’s debate debacle forces Democrats to contemplate alternatives

5 mins

Biden biding his time

Con Man vs Old Man. That’s how analysts described the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

2 mins

I don't think I ever left Kolkata

Anasuya Sengupta is still coming to terms with her historic achievement. The 37-yearold recently won the Un Certain Regard Prize for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for her remarkable performance in Bulgarian director Konstantin Bojanov’s The Shameless.

4 mins

HOME, SERVED HOT

Around 50 refugee chefs from Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Bangladesh showcase their country’s cuisine at a food festival in Chennai

4 mins

Captain planet

Alia Bhatt's debut children's book has many subtle lessons

2 mins

Straight from the heart

Mani Shankar Aiyar's take on a prime minister he knew up close

1 min

Taylor-made illusion

There is a lovely lady who frequents my gym and earns herself some nudge-nudge and wink-winks each time she passes by. “She looks like she’s going to a Taylor Swift concert,” say the other girls.

2 mins

NO COUNTRY FOR LOVE

Roshan Mathew decided to act in Paradise after a five-hour conversation with its director

2 mins

Pants on Fire!

The recent presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was a sorry spectacle that ended with two old men being childish about their golf handicaps.

2 mins

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