On a ball

After languishing on the sidelines, Indian football has seen a revival under coach Bob Houghton, with the national team entering three finals and winning two of them — the Nehru Cup and the Asian Cup, writes M. S. Unnikrishnan
A country that won two Asian Games gold medals (1951, New Delhi; 1962, Jakarta) and a semi-final berth in the Melbourne Olympics (1956), India is still searching to find that elusive "neverland" which had once looked within the realm of their dream.

INTERVIEW
Prachi’s funny act
Jasmine Singh chats up Prachi Desai, who is back on the big screen with Life Partner
Comedy is certainly the toughest genre of acting, feels actor Prachi Desai, who is back with her second movie, Life Partner. As for Prachi, who shot to fame with Zee TV’s Kasam Se, comedy isn’t a cakewalk "I can’t be as good as Govinda," she says, with a puckish grin.

Life’s lessons
Sand and stone
A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE."