Omair Alavi|Published May 27, 2018 BURGER and pizza joints enjoy brisk business during the holy month.—White Star THE holy month of Ramazan is here bringing with it countless blessings for the faithful. However, in the last two...
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The Periodic Table of Cricket
With the first Test between Pakistan and England in full swing, international cricket is back after the PSLs and IPLs. Afghanistan will make their debut in Test Cricket next month while all the ICC members have been granted the...
Behind the scenes with Abu Salem
BOOK REVIEW What if I told you that life outside Bollywood used to be as dramatic, action-oriented, romantic and hectic as life in Bollywood? What if I told you that the man responsible for Sanjay Dutt’s incarceration wanted to...
Behind the scenes with Abu Salem
What if I told you that life outside Bollywood used to be as dramatic, action-oriented, romantic and hectic as life in Bollywood? What if I told you that the man responsible for Sanjay Dutt’s incarceration wanted to become a hero...
Book review: The Big Book of Superman
Omair Alavi|Published May 19, 2018 Superman is the hero of the entire world — be it young or old, everyone loves the Man of Steel. However, youngsters don’t know much about the superhero who landed on Earth from Krypton and who...
How the commander got away with murder
BOOK REVIEW Would you be interested in reading about a murder case that took place six decades ago in India and which was discussed predominantly in the newspapers of that era? Yes, considering the murderer and the murdered were...
NON-FICTION: HOLLYWOOD’S FEMME FATALES
Omair Alavi|Published May 13, 2018 Photos from the book American actor Robert Wagner has had one of the lengthiest careers when it comes to films and television; the veteran has been around since the 1950s and has worked with...
PREDICTIONS: SOOTHSAYER ANIMALS
Omair Alavi|Published May 13, 2018 Achilles the Cat, the 2018 Fifa World Cup soothsayer This is the year of the FIFA World Cup. With the mega event just a month away, who will lift the trophy, is something on everyone’s mind...
102 not out – Big B, Chintu reunite to deliver a classic
By Omair Alavi Ever felt eccentric and loving at the same time? Ever wondered how life would have been had a single incident happened in a different manner? Umesh Shukla’s 102 Not Out takes you on a journey where an old man is...
When earth’s mightiest heroes take on their worst nightmare
By Omair Alavi The Avengers are back but they are still in the Civil War mode, meaning that half of the guys are on Tony Stark aka Iron Man’s side and the other half, on Captain America’s. The person who emerges as a major threat...