Nimish Dubey

As Lallana walked off the pitch, Jurgen Klopp walked towards him and as the world watched in astonishment, enveloped him in a massive embrace. An embrace into which the exhausted Englishman collapsed - the first sign he had shown of exhaustion. It was like a father hugging a child who had done well.

The man went beyond cricket: Even as people pay tribute to his feats at the crease and recall his records on his birthday, here's a look at some other hats that this incredibly versatile cricketer wore (he never wore a helmet, so hats it would be)...

Basu Chatterjee's gift was making people realise that you did not need something fantastic to be happy. Your routine everyday life had its share of smiles too, and something extraordinary did not need to happen to make you smile.

So, as Clint Eastwood turns 90, we pay tribute to the Man With No Name who could be a Dirty Harry for a Few Dollars More but was never Unforgiven by his fans, because he was never shy of being In the Line of Fire, even if he was a Million Dollar Baby driving a Gran Torino, by compiling ten of the best known dialogues.

As the world struggles to cope with Covid-19, masks have been added to most wardrobes. For centuries now, people have tweaked wardrobes to cope with illness and infections, from headdress to hems to shoes.

It did not involve any especially breathtaking piece of skill. But in terms of sheer impact and drama, Sergio Aguero's goal vs QPR in the 2012 season has perhaps no equal in football history.

There was a time when the arrival of a ship from parts of the world infected with disease was treated as being on par with the arrival of an invading army at the gates.

Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla, is a big fan of the original 'Deus Ex' game.

Irrfan Khan made you feel like a better person. Because, somehow, he seemed just like you - Human. And as we realised today, all too mortal.

From Jonathan Wilson's historical book about football in Argentina to Sid Lowe's book about the rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid, here are some football books to read during lockdown.

If you are wondering what to read, here are five books that will last long enough to get you to the end of the current lockdown.

These five books are rich not just in page count but also in terms of compelling content. Go ahead and lose yourself in them, even as we wait for the world to come back to normal.

Ramanand Sagar’s epic will be back on Doordarshan from March 28 onwards. This time we will get to see it in the morning as well as evening (9-10 am and 9-10 pm).

Even as Billie Eilish's James Bond theme song "No Time to Die" is garnering great reviews, we take a look at ten fantastic songs sung for and inspired by secret agent 007.

American singer Billie Eilish is indeed making headlines these days. And as she gets ready to sing for James Bond, here are ten facts you might not know about pop’s latest sensation.

In its advertising charge against Nirma, Surf came up with a character no one would ever forget: Lalitaji. A housewife who would bargain for everything, but not on the price of Surf.

In the 1970s, the Indian washing powder market was dominated by Hindustan Lever Limited (HLL) and its Surf was pretty much THE detergent powder to use. That changed with the emergence of a washing power called Nirma.

The comic revolves around the discovery of the daughter of the Gaulish chieftain Vercingetorix who Caesar defeated at Alesia.

You want to advertise the most Indian snack. Something that no one imagined could be a branded product, let alone advertised. You are literally on a shoestring budget, ruling out celebrities and fancy sets. So what do you do?

Pepsi came up with the line “Yehi hai right choice, baby, Aha!” and in its initial campaign (directed by Mukul Anand) featured Indian pop star Remo Fernandes and film star Juhi Chawla. Although the jingle caught on, the drink itself was not really striking the sort of chord that the brand wanted. It would do so, with a little help from a current and two future Bollywood stars at the time.

Through “Asli swaad zindagi ka”, Cadbury changed the perception that chocolates were for only children. The ad did not highlight or make the product the hero - it barely had a few glimpses of the chocolate itself. What it however focused was on humans and how they were feeling, right through the ad.

Bajaj’s response to challenges from mainly motorbike-pushing brands like Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki in late 1980s was an ad campaign, called "Hamara Bajaj", that set a new benchmark for Indian advertising - not just motor vehicle advertising, but advertising in general.

How successful the Cherry Chaplin ads were can be gauged from the fact that they went on for quite a while, a rarity in an industry where change is almost constant.

Although simple, the “Mummy, I am hungry” ad had so many nuanced messages right under that surface. No one found it spectacularly entertaining, but it got the message across - moms trust Maggi for their kids. So it had to be good!