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FIFA, Favouritism and Football
As I gasped in astonishment and watched the Pharaohs leading 2-0 against the defending champion Argentina on July 7, I was wondering how the FIFA would swallow the outcome of the match, if the final scoreline goes against the Messi-led Argentina! The South American giant advanced to the quarter final and kept their title defense
Read MoreVozinha, the vanquished who becomes a superhero
Small is beautiful! Cabo Verde, a teeny-weeny archipelago country off the West African coast in the central Atlantic Ocean, and also known as ‘Sahara in the Atlantic’ made history on Saturday in Miami. A debutant in the World Cup 2026 with just half a million population won the hearts of millions of soccer fans across
Read MoreIran calls for ‘fairness and honor’; Teremi slams FIFA
On a day when Cape Verde, an archipelagic country in the central Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of west Africa and with a population of just half a million, scripted history, Iran’s never-say-die spirit in the match against Egypt will be remembered by football fans across the world for a long time. It was such
Read MoreStrait of Hormuz closed; politics plays spoilsport
On February 28, when the US and Israel had attacked Iran, a war which was absolutely unnecessary and illegal, President Donald Trump had told the world he would ‘finish the job’ fast either through negotiations or renewed military strikes. However, what the world has been witnessing since then is altogether a different scenario: a country
Read MorePrivate hospitals and profiteering
Doctors working in private hospitals work under severe pressure from the management for whom nothing else matters except profit–profit with a capital P. True, the owners have invested a huge amount of money to set up these hospitals and they have to recover the money. ‘They aren’t doing any charity’, a city-based cardiologist once said.
Read MoreLucky Restaurant: Badshah of Biriyani in Mumbai
Amid Mumbai’s bustling Bandra at the crossing of Hill Road and SV (Swami Vivekananda) Road, barely 100m from Bandra railway station, stands a restaurant that has stood the test of time. A restaurant that has been serving legendary Mughlai dishes since 1938. Ask any Mumbaikar where he would love to have mutton biriyani and Murgh
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