As actor Ranveer Singh starrer ‘83’ is all set to release, here’s taking a look at the real 1983 World Cup-winning heroes and what they’re doing in their lives now.
From Kapil Dev’s Iconic catch to dismiss Viv Richards in the final match to Mohinder Amarnath's spells of swing bowling, here are some of the standout performances, which contributed to Team India’s journey to the winning the World Cup for the first time.
India and Pakistan clash in a high-octane ICC Men's T20 World Cup Super-12 match in Dubai on Sunday. Pakistan have never beaten India in a World Cup clash.
There are some prominent names who have applied for the post of selectors from three zones
The three vacancies were created after terms of Sarandeep Singh (North Zone), Devang Gandhi (East) and Jatin Paranjape (West) ended.
Sachin Tendulkar focussed on his own performance, said Madan Lal who was team india coach from 1996 to 1997
Besides Madan Lal, former India cricketers Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulkashana Naik are the other two members of the CAC, which has been tasked to find replacements for outgoing chairman of selectors MSK Prasad and his fellow panel member Gagan Khoda
Hero of 1983 World Cup-winning India team, Madan Lal, by virtue of being the senior-most member will head the committee while 2011 World Cup hero Gautam Gambhir will assist him along with the third member
After losing the race for the president’s post to TV personality Rajat Sharma by 517 votes, he said that the machinery used for election was the government’s and hinted that someone might have tinkered with it.
Among notable absentees were Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, as members raise questions about ‘missing’ balance sheets of 2013-14 and 2014-15
Vikas Singh group charges Rajat Sharma and Madan Lal panels of flouting election norms and continuing to campaign after the period had ended on Tuesday
On taking the wicket of Viv Richards: 'I did feel that he was overconfident, perhaps because the target was very small'
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.