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Mirabai Chanu targets next year's Asian Championships to return from injury

NEW DELHI: Recuperating from the hip injury she suffered during the Asian Games, star Indian lifter Mirabai Chanu is targeting a return to action in the Asian Championships next year.

The Times of India

Playing Games by Huma Qureshi review – a poignant sisterhood story

A young playwright borrows inspiration from the breakdown of her sister’s marriage in a novel filled with hard decisions

The Guardian - UK

Didn’t I already know her story? What I learned when I interviewed my dying mother

As my mother’s condition worsened, I asked about her life as a distraction from her illness. I discovered truth – and beauty – in these moments

The Guardian - AU

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Clock ticking as 90kg snatch lift continues to elude Mirabai Chanu

NEW DELHI: Mirabai Chanu has been a frontrunner in the women's 49kg category for years but with an increasing number of weightlifters breaching the elusive 90kg mark, the pressure is mounting on the Tokyo Olympics medallist to nail the coveted lift.

The Times of India

Heartbroken woman who lost her husband becomes a ‘widow coach’, helping others find love after loss

Karen Sutton was devastated to lose her partner of 13 years, but after training as a life and grief coach she now specialises in supporting other widows

The Independent UK

World Weightlifting Championship: Mirabai Chanu to spearhead Indian campaign in Riyadh from September 4

Two-time medallist Mirabai Chanu will once again spearhead the Indian challenge in the World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September. Apart from Chanu (49kg), Commonwealth Games medallists Bindyarani Devi (55kg) and Achinta Sheuli (73kg), Shubham Todkar (61kg) and Narayana Ajith (73kg) will also compete in the world event.

The Hindu

Mirabai Chanu to spearhead Indian campaign in World Weightlifting Championships

GREATER NOIDA: Two-time medallist Mirabai Chanu will once again spearhead the Indian challenge in the World Weightlifting Championships in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September.

The Times of India

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How we met: ‘People think it’s harder to make new friends after a certain age. We prove it’s possible’

Madhumita, 58, Kashmira, 71, and Mira, 59, formed an unshakeable friendship after bonding online over their favourite actor. They live in different parts of India, but talk every day

The Guardian - UK

Mirabai, Indian lifters aim at improving Olympic qualification ranking at Asian Championships

JINJU (Korea): Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will once again spearhead the Indian challenge at the Asian Championships but she is unlikely to attempt the much-awaited 90kg snatch lift here on Friday.

The Times of India

When I first started to write, I saw an image that came to me often-- of a young girl holding on to an older white sari-clad woman: Priya Balasubramanian on writing 'The Alchemy of Secrets'

Gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist and author Priya Balasubramanian's debut novel titled 'The Alchemy of Secrets' was released in 2020. It is a multi-generational saga and is a vivid fictional tale of a family, amidst the political events surrounding the country. The story's protagonist is Mira who has to return to…

The Times of India

Review: 'Birnam Wood,' by Eleanor Catton

FICTION: A group of eco-guerrillas encounter a mysterious billionaire in this pre-pandemic literary thriller.

Tribune News Service

Ambition, corruption and guerilla gardening: Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood is a horror story for our time

Almost every review to date mentions the brutal argument that closes the first section of Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood. In a novel filled with incident – disasters, chases, one very bad acid trip, general maleficence – it is telling that this scene lingers.

The Conversation

Eleanor Catton: ‘I felt so much doubt after winning the Booker’

In 2013, at 28, Eleanor Catton became the youngest ever Booker winner with The Luminaries. She talks about adapting the novel for screen, being shut out of her native New Zealand and why it has taken 10 years to write a follow-up

The Guardian - UK

Eleanor Catton: 'fast, thrilling, insane'

Our second Catton review

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Salon

A "Borderland" role model for survival

Chishiya is smug, only moves as much as he must and exploits others – but his cold calculation is admirable

Inverse

Alice in Borderland Season 3? How the Season 2 ending sets up a new chapter

Inverse

'Alice in Borderland' Season 2 ending explained: What that wild finale really means

What was the Borderland? Who lives and who dies? Let’s break down everything that happened at the end of 'Alice in Borderland' Season 2.

Inverse

'Alice in Borderland' Season 2 release date, time, plot, cast, and trailer for Netflix's sci-fi thriller series

More deadly games await Arisu and Usagi in Borderland. Here's everything you need to know about 'Alice in Borderland' Season 2.

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Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu clinches silver at World Championships despite wrist issue

BOGOTA (Colombia): Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu endured wrist pain to grab a silver medal at the World Championships and in the process beat Tokyo Olympics champion Hou Zhihua, here.

Inverse

'Alice in Borderland' Season 2 trailer teases an insane twist

The sleeper hit Netflix series is amping up the action in its second go-round including a truly bonkers ending.

The Times of India

Mirabai Chanu, Indian lifters begin quest for Olympic qualification with World Championships

BOGOTA: Indian weightlifters, led by Mirabai Chanu, will look to find their rhythm as they kick off their preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics with the first qualifying event -- the World Championships, starting on Monday.

Evening Standard

Meet Mira, Marks and Spencer’s new virtual influencer

As the company accelerates plans to shutter 67 large shops and focus on food, can a CGI model help keep its fashion line afloat?

The Guardian - US

Were you a ‘parentified child’? What happens when children have to behave like adults

When parents cast a child into the role of mediator, friend and carer, the wounds are profound. But recovery is possible

Chronicle Live

Newcastle United's first Brazilian star, Mirandinha, and that famous terrace chant

It's 35 years since Brazilian striker Francisco da Silva - known to one and all as Mirandinha - was unveiled to Newcastle United fans at St James' Park

The Hindu

Weightlifters Mirabai, Jeremy, Achinta to skip Asian Championship; to have S&C camp in U.S. for World Meet

"We will be in USA for 23-24 days. It is the off season so we will have a strength program there," said India head coach Vijay Sharma

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