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 Steadfast,
patient and low profile, even as his
prowess at cricket blazed headlines, Rahul Dravid never sought the
media strobes personally. As the veteran retires after a 16-year
cricketing career,
Sunil Narula recaps his life and game
Wall
that
stood tall
The
main part about sport is its unpredictable nature. But Rahul
Dravid was so good with his technique that he made cricket
predictable. At the height of his prowess, whenever Rahul Dravid came
out to bat in a Test match you could easily predict that the bowlers
were about to have a hard time finding another wicket. You could
easily predict that Dravid was about to spend at least the next hour
or so (if not more) trying to gauge the pace and bounce of the pitch.
And then he would slowly go on to build his innings and patiently get
to a big score.
Dravid
carried himself in an exemplary way both on and off the field. His
name never figured in any controversy Photos: AFP/Reuters
Tireless and
restless, Paresh Maity is equally open to experimentation and
conceptual art
Painter
of many hues
Nonika Singh
He
literally wears his art on his sleeves. But then, for prolific
painter Paresh Maity who eats, sleeps lives and dreams art, wearing
motifs of his paintings on his self-designed jacket is merely an
extension of his passion. Art is not only his lter ego but an
inextricable part of his life without which he can’t hope to exist.
Sushi
takes a bow
Courtesy young enthusiasts,
Japanese food is gaining over Chinese haka noodles in India, writes Rahul
Vaishnavi
It’s
light, uses fresh ingredients and is different. Japanese cuisine is
proving to be a hit among culinary enthusiasts in India, especially
the young and the health conscious — even though many of the
ingredients have to be imported, making it an expensive proposition.
It’s
not a child’s world
We work towards improving the
way we look, hanker after lucrative job offers, keep long unpleasant
battles with spouses undercover and bully the kids into portraying the
socially acceptable form of the perfect kid, writes Aditi
Garg
In
our fiercely competitive world, we tend to struggle on various
grounds. We vie for superiority in our work sphere with our colleagues
whom we consider a threat to our supremacy. At the home front we want
to be the best homemakers and providers. In our circle of friends, we
compete on different levels. We want to be the best dressed, have the
most sought after job, want an adoring spouse and kids who would be
parents’ dream. Kids will be kids and parents will be, well, kids
too! Right from the moment a child opens up his eyes for the first
time, he is launched into what the shape of things will be for quite
some time. Apart from the cooing, either of or both the parents
exclaim, "Isn’t he the cutest!" That marks his journey
through his formative years. He is introduced into the competition
that his parents have made their own. But for now, being the cutest
and making the right sounds should suffice.
POWERED
BY TRIUMPH
There is something about
winning that makes people more aggressive
One
may think that people who lose any game or competition will
turn aggressive while the winner will be more friendly toward the
defeated, but a new study has revealed just the opposite. Researchers
have found that winners - those who outperformed others on a
competitive task - acted more aggressively against the people they
beat than the losers did against the victors.
For the first time in
80 years, India had failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. With
the team making the cut this time, will the tide truly have turned for
India’s national game? M. S. Unnikrishnan reports
on the preparations in the run up to the Olympics
Indian
hockey’s moment of trial
London
Olympics-2012 (July 27-August 12) will be a catalyst for the
revival of Indian hockey. A medal there will be a decisive factor in
giving a new lifeline to the game.
Rainbow
tourism shines bright in Tel Aviv
Maayan Lubell
Less
than an hour away but a world apart from traditional places of
pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Israel’s freewheeling city of Tel Aviv
has become a Mediterranean hotspot for gay tourism.
Colourless
and silent gems
Saibal
Chatterjee finds that Michel Hazanivicius’ black-and-white
silent film The Artist, which got much critical acclaim
recently, isn’t the only one of its kind currently doing the rounds
The
stunning Oscar sweep by French film, The Artist, has
taken movie fans the world over by surprise. Who could have imagined
that a $12-million fiction film sans sound and conventional dialogue
would end up garnering unstinted critical accolades in addition to
making pots of money at the boxoffice?
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