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Paris Olympics: Mirabai Chanu hopes to create weightlifting history

Mirabai Chanu, who has been away from the limelight due to an injury-riddled preparation, will be the center of attention on Wednesday as she strives to become the first Indian weightlifter to secure two Olympic medals. However, a formidable field of competitors and persistent fitness issues pose significant obstacles to…

The Times of India

Pilates instructor shares a 20-minute Pilates workout for developing healthy hips and strengthening your lower body

A Pilates instructor shares a 20-minute "healthy hips" Pilates workout for beginners to build lower body strength, so we gave it a try.

Tom’s Guide

'Girls Will Be Girls': Director Shuchi Talati on rebellion, sexual awakening and combatting shame

Shuchi Talati's first feature-length film, "Girls Will Be Girls", tells the story of 16-year-old Mira, a model student at an elite Himalayan boarding school who gets swept up in a budding romance with a new male student. Things get complicated when Mira's mother inserts herself into their relationship. Talati says…

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Mirabai finishes 3rd in group B of World Cup, set to qualify for Paris Olympics

Mirabai Chanu secures Paris Olympics qualification after finishing third in IWF World Cup in Phuket.

The Hindu

This gorgeous pixel art Metroidvania inspired by Moroccan culture has some fascinating lore that's already got me invested

Upcoming indie Mira and the Legend of the Djinns is coming to Steam this year

GamesRadar

Vera Poster Child explained: Ann Cleeves' iconic detective faces one of her most emotionally intense cases yet in the ITV drama

Vera Poster Child is airing again, and the season 3 episode sees DCI Stanhope racing to solve multiple crimes in a case that echoes her life

Woman & Home

Strange Sam Altman saga concludes with Altman back as OpenAI CEO and Microsoft holding a non-voting seat on the board

OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman is back at the company as CEO after being fired earlier this month. The move coincides with a major restructuring of the OpenAI board, which now includes Microsoft as a non-voting member.

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Trauma, Injury Aboard UAE Flight Carrying Palestinian Children

Injured by Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, ten-year-old Mira can no longer speak or walk, a condition her sister hopes will improve with advanced treatment in a UAE hospital.

International Business Times

In brief: Playing Games; Benny the Blue Whale; The Darkness Manifesto – review

An emotive tale of two sisters, an odyssey into AI by a children’s author, and an argument in favour of a little less light

The Guardian - UK

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

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

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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 Times of India

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 Guardian - UK

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 Times of India

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.

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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…

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Birnam Wood,' by Eleanor Catton

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

The Conversation

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 Guardian - UK

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

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.

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