After missing five Tests for India, three in Australia and two in the West Indies, Ra Ashwin returned with a vengeance, and claimed the first two South African wickets in the first Test match at Visakhapatnam
The ball, as if it has got its own mind, snuck between the boundary padding amid the onslaught from Indian batsmen during the second day's play of the first Test match of the 2019 Freedom Series at Visakhapatnam, but only to get comb out by the South African fielders
The last time South Africa toured India for Tests four years ago, the visitors were thrashed by Virat Kohli's men. Aiden Markram was 20 then and had not yet made his international debut
The highly-rated Shhubman Gill will lead India A in the first of the two four-day matches against South Africa A, with veteran 'keeper Wriddhiman Saha captaining in the second. The teams for both the matches are a mix of experience and youth
Cricket South Africa is sending a team of batsmen and bowlers to participate in a camp that will give prepare the Proteas for Tests and limited overs matches in Indian conditions
South Africa have won just one game at this Cricket World Cup and Jacques Kallis says wholesale changes are not required
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.