A number of legends like Milkha Singh lost their lives due to coronavirus in 2021. The sports fraternity shed a few teardrops when men like 1983 Cricket World Cup-winner Yashpal Sharma, hockey stalwart MK Kaushik, football superstar Gerd Muller et al left us.
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.
Apart from representing India 79 times in the international arena, Yashpal was also a distinguished national selector
Sharma, played 37 Test, 42 ODIs and 160 first class matches and also remained national selector
Yashpal Sharma, played 37 Tests and 42 ODIs for India. He was 66 when he died and is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son
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.
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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.