Smashin' Sachin
The Master Blaster stands indefatigable as the world’s highest Test century maker.
Abhijit Chatterjee on the matchless strokes of the cricketing legend
On December 10, as the sun was slowly dipping over the boundary wall of the Ferozeshah Kotla ground in Delhi, cricketing history was being created. After being stranded at 99 for seven deliveries, when Sachin Tendulkar turned the ball from Sri Lanka’s Chaminda Vaas to the square leg area for a single, not only did the spectators at the stadium stand up to salute the greatest contemporary Indian cricketer but the entire nation came to a near standstill.

A host of talent
Live anchoring gives me a kick, says Madhukar Malhotra in a one-to-one with Shveta Pathak
When 28-year-old Madhukar Malhotra, an anchor, tells you that television is not his first love, you get a little confused as it is assumed that television is the best bet for anchors. "It is anchoring for live shows that raises my adrenalin levels," admits this vivacious youth.

Flashes of Wonder magic
Gavin Martin
Steveland Morris was the boy genius who became Stevie Wonder. Black American music has had a long venerable tradition of performers born into poverty and blindness and, as a child, Wonder was quick to pick a role model.