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Mumbai Police: The Twitter Heroes We Didn’t Know We Needed
If the Varun Dhawan case is any indication, Mumbai’s finest are using Twitter to police the city, one Stranger Things meme and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai GIF at a time.
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How History Will Remember Ramesh Powar, the Coach Who Dropped Mithali Raj and Once Played for India
The fallout from Mithali Raj’s exclusion from the Women’s World T20 games has cast a spotlight on a cricketer most fans of the game had all but forgotten: Ramesh Powar. Remember him? The bit-part all-rounder most notable for being India’s answer to Inzamam ul-Haq, when it came to running between the wickets?
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The Curse of the Big Bad Beard
An important thing that every beard proprietor needs to remember is that having a big beard is not an achievement. And just because everyone can sport one, that doesn’t mean everyone should.
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We All Have World Cup Superstitions… Mine is Hating on Rohit Sharma
Even for someone who has never been Team Rohit, his impressive World Cup performances are a joy to watch, completely devoid of the vagaries that plagued his batting earlier in his career. The shaky, patchy Rohit Sharma appears to have vanished, replaced by the Hitman who haunts bowlers’ dreams.
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The Passion of Wrestlemania: Why MMA Will Never Beat Pro-Wrestling
MMA fans thumb their noses at WWE, skipping its dramatic storytelling for the UFC’s methodical brutality. Realism is important to them… so I fail to understand how they think falling off a 20-foot ladder hurts less because it was pre-planned.
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What Will it Take to End Our Toxic Affair With Plastic?
How do you say goodbye to something you’ve known your entire life? After all, plastic is almost like an honorary family member in most middle-class households. But, to paraphrase Spider Man, “With great awareness, comes great responsibility.”
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Moral Police or Pervert? The Anatomy of an Online Troll
Indian trolls are mostly sanskari or sleazy AF, but instead of squabbling among themselves, they get along just fine. In fact, they are two sides of the same coin, and more often than we know, the moral police turns out to be the pervert.
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Rashid Khan and the Irresistible Lure of the Underdog
It is a joy to watch innate talent weave its magic, and when that talent is paired with an underdog story like Afghanistan’s and Rashid’s, the tug of fan support cannot be denied.
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Bas Ek Goal?: A Non-Fan’s Greatest Nightmare During the World Cup
You don’t need to know the players’ names to enjoy a game of football. But when France and Belgium play a game as dull as a matrimonial profile written by your sanskari aunt, you wish football could live up to its reputation as the beautiful game.
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The Greatest Jungle Story Ever Told: Why Mowgli Continues to Captivate Us
The Jungle Book was my ticket out of the crowds and noise of Mumbai to the unspoiled beauty of the Indian jungle. No homework. No rude bus conductors. The Seeonee Hills and the thick, fragrant forests of central India were my emotional retreats.