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Performances of Dick Parry, the brilliant saxophone player appears to have somewhat low key response for him. His sax lines were brilliantly crafted. Millions loved it. But they did not know his name. Yet it became one of the most recognizable sounds in rock music history. The Soul Committee, a local band gave him his first professional stage. His death this week has given a big jolt to millions of his fans throughout the world.

The New Pope, a sequel to the Young Pope, is streaming on Netflix, I sat down to watch and realised from its sharp, elevated and intellectual screen play, the serial was not about the Pope or the Catholic church, but more about the world we live in today dominated by the likes of Trump who assert their military and political power over the world and also within America.

While wishing acting legend Naseeruddin Shah a Happy Birthday on turning 76 and looking so young, we celebrate his cinematic career with this article by mentioning that as JRD TATA in the OTT serial TITAN the Story, he looked, walked, talked like the legend JRD TATA. I was immensely pleased by his portrayal of the great industrialist who built modern India.

Sir Garfield Sobers, 89, is no more. He died a week ahead of his 90th birthday. He was indisputably the world's best left arm all-rounder batting left, bowling left fast/spin. His greatest cricketing achievement, the first to score a highest individual score of 365 not out against Pakistan, the first to hit six sixes of six balls.

On July 17, Ravi Kishan turned 57, a milestone that crowns one of the most remarkable careers in Indian entertainment. Actor, producer, television personality and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur, Ravi Kishan has reinvented himself repeatedly over more than three decades.

NEW YORK: What would be the likely effects of massive introduction of artificial intelligence in the economy from the Marxist point of view?

School attendance problems (SAP) are no longer a marginal issue. They have become a challenge affecting classrooms in nearly every country. The problem has far reaching consequences – both on individuals and society, but has never been properly addressed.

There are sporting legends, and then there are sporting phenomena. At 45, Mahendra Singh Dhoni belongs firmly in the second category. Time has dimmed neither his aura nor his popularity. Every time he walks onto a cricket field wearing the unmistakable yellow of the Chennai Super Kings, the roar from the stands resembles less a welcome for a cricketer than an ovation for a beloved monarch.

People often do not find the profession they are suited to. But when eminent theatre director, Ebrahim Alkazi spotted a young girl essaying the role of Desdemona in a stage adaptation of Othello, he asked the upcoming actress to join his drama group, Theatre Group. From this moment Vijaya Jaywant's life and career moved away far from square pegs finding themselves into round holes.

Hollywood has conditioned audiences to expect diminishing returns from franchises. The first film dazzles, the second tries to outdo it, and by the third the series usually runs out of ideas. Jeethu Joseph's Drishyam trilogy breaks that rule with remarkable confidence. If anything, Drishyam 3 demonstrates that a sequel need not merely repeat a successful formula; it can reinvent itself while remaining faithful to the world audiences have invested in for over a decade.