With only 30 days until the #FIFAWorldCupQatar2022 kickoff, here is something special to get you in to the mood for football: a visual documentation of flying tackles and failed attempts to beat the unstoppable Diego Maradona. A thread like no other (1/24)
Here, we present a feature with some seen, unseen and rare stills of Diego Maradona, arguably the best player in the world. We have collated them chronologically to portray the challenges he faced while playing, when the world was out to destroy Diego (2/24)
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We are grateful to the vintage archives of El Gráfico, Clarin, Getty Image, BBC, NY Times and FIFA that helped compile this personal favorite feature. This was earlier published as an article in Goalden Times (24/24)
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During the tense general election of 1967, India witnessed an incident that went on to become an international scandal and political sensation. Svetlana Alliluyeva,the only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, defected to the US using Delhi as her gateway to freedom.A 🧵1/21
The 1967 general election of India was the first post Nehru era. The internal tussle between two heavyweights of INC - Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai, for the Prime Minister’s post made the headlines of daily news. 2/21
While the national press and media were busy keeping everyone updated on the proceedings, officials from the Soviet Embassy of Delhi ensured that the press never got wind of the arrival of Josef Stalin’s only daughter. 3/21
More than a century has gone by and yet the benchmark of a great mystery solver remains Sherlock Holmes, but not many know that Holmes' alter ego also solved a real-life mystery once with similar finesse. A🧵on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s (ACD) impeccable investigation skill. 1/24
In 1906, a 30-year-old man wrote a desperate letter to ACD and got an appointment to meet him in his hotel. ACD was late to reach the hotel lobby and by then, the young man had already appeared. So, he took the opportunity to observe him while he was reading the newspaper. 2/24
As ACD continued to observe the young visitor, he saw that the young man had held the newspaper unusually close to his eyes and kept it sideways. Two conclusive evidence of someone suffering from myopia and astigmatism. 3/24
When ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ was released on 5th August 1960, it broke box-office records and became an all-time high-grossing film. Here are some fascinating characters and even more fascinating incidents that went into making the magnum opus. A thread. 1/23
In the early 1950s, Naushad Ali was working on the music of ‘Uran Khatola’. At the time, he was paid a visit by Asif Karim, also known in the film industry as K Asif. His visit wasn’t just a formality, Asif had come to hire the music maestro. 2/23
Asif Saheb had done only one film by then, ‘Phool’, which met with relative success. Around 1945, he wanted to make a film based on the Urdu novel, ‘Anarkali’, by Syed Imtiaz Ali and planned to cast the eccentric Chandramohan, Sapru & Nargis in the lead roles. 2/23
#OTD in 1987, Kishore Kumar died of a heart attack in Mumbai. He was the most outrageous performer of the Hindi film screen - loved for his voice, adored for his comedy, and famous for his eccentricity.
This is the story of Kishore’s first stepping stone to comedy. 1/16
Humour has always held a patented place in cinema. However, in the early 1950s, Indian cinema was still reluctant to wake up to “pure comedy”. A country just liberated was in the process of rebuilding and took itself perhaps “too seriously” to enjoy unadulterated laughter. 2/16
The Nehruvian vision passed on by the political masters was unfortunately and erringly sedate and sloppy, almost like the adage of “sex being a necessity only for reproduction and is not to be enjoyed”. This despite Nehru being a very jovial person himself. 3/16
Rumour has it there once was an Urdu magazine so popular that it was smuggled across the border and sold for exorbitant prices. Hard to believe? Trace Shama’s journey with us in this thread. 1/19
In the early 20th century, there was a surge and disruption in the way Urdu was used.From being a language of Tehezeeb it started becoming a language of rebellion.When the words of Rashid Jahan and Sajjad Zaheer sparked flame and anger,Urdu discourse would forever be changed.2/19
Others wanted to make Urdu heard in a different way. With the coming of the Talkies, early 20th century Cinema in India was gaining new ground. With that came the opportunity for a new kind of discourse. 3/19
An apple fell on Newton's head and inspired the laws of motion. Now, how did these laws inspire an economist's prediction that led to misery for millions but mornings filled with sweetness for billions? A 🧵unearthing the origins of the love story between Indians and #chai. 1/13
Roger Babson, a 20th-century economist, was a graduate engineer from @MIT. His degree in engineering helped him theorize that stock markets fluctuate in tandem with Newton's 3rd law of motion. On 5th September 1929, he gave a speech predicting an impending market crash. 2/13
The market followed suit and led to the Great Depression of 1929. Demand for consumer goods of all kinds, which was enormous owing to the roaring 20s, was crushed. Tea was no exception. 3/13