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Happy Independence Day 2022: 10 awesome quotes by famous personalities on Indian Independence Day

Indian Independence Day is celebrated every year on August 15 to mark the end of British rule in India in 1947. On this day, we remember and pay homage to all the freedom fighters who fought and struggled for India's independence for years. This day also marks the anniversary of…

The Times of India · Aug 14, 2022

How Salman Rushdie has been a scapegoat for complex historical differences

The Chautauqua Institution, southwest of Buffalo in New York State, is known for its summer lectures – and as a place where people come seeking peace and serenity. Salman Rushdie, the great writer and influential public intellectual, had spoken at the centre before.

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2022

My next book is an Indian novel: When Salman Rushdie revealed about his new book 'Victory City'

Roughly a year ago, in an exclusive interview with TOI’s Vinita Dawra Nangia at the Times Literature Festival 2021, former Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie revealed about his upcoming book. "After 10 years of which mostly I have written these western-based novels, which are mostly set in America, I think it…

The Times of India · Aug 14, 2022

Don't pay too much attention, Sunil Chhetri tells players on FIFA ban threat

FIFA had threatened to suspend the AIFF and strip off its right to host the women's U-17 World Cup in October

The Hindu · Aug 14, 2022

Bollywood Seeks Boost with 'Forrest Gump' Remake

One of India's biggest stars is banking on a remake of Hollywood feelgood hit "Forrest Gump" to revive the fortunes of Hindi-language Bollywood, after a string of weak box-office showings. Aamir Khan's "Laal Singh Chaddha", an adaptation of the 1994 US classic starring Tom Hanks, hits cinemas on Thursday ahead…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 14, 2022

Broadcasters formally write to ICC, say tender for media rights doesn't 'encourage' them to bid

MUMBAI: All four cricket broadcasters - Disney, Viacom18, Sony and Zee - who participated in the e-auction for media rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) have written to the International Cricket Council (ICC), letting the governing body of the game know that the current tender document does not encourage…

The Times of India · Aug 14, 2022

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala: The RARE big bull; unabashed wealth creator sans big scam shadow

MUMBAI: Dalal Street had been fraught with risk. People who made big fortunes often made headlines as scamsters, leading to equity markets being looked at with suspicion in post-liberalised India.

The Times of India · Aug 14, 2022

Veteran Indian investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala dies at 62

Veteran stock market investor and Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, nicknamed India’s own Warren Buffet, died Sunday in Mumbai city, Press Trust of India news agency reported

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

‘Finally we are together’: partition’s broken families reunite after seven decades

Social media is helping long-lost relatives discover each other after a lifetime separated by the India-Pakistan border

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala death | PM Modi leads the way in paying homage to ‘India’s Warren Buffet’

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala passes away aged 62

The Hindu · Aug 14, 2022