In the morning, or actually early afternoon, a little stroll to Lodi Gardens. To call it a park, as it often is called, is to do it the gravest injustice.
These gardens are gardens of history, located in leafy South Delhi. Casually scattered within them, to no great fanfare, are 15th century buildings, including the tombs of Mohammad Shah and Sikandar Lodi – the Lodi dynasty being the one that preceeded the Mughals.
The gardens stretch out over 90 acres of land and on Sunday, among the many picnickers were a surprisingly large number of Afghan families. The story of Afghan refugees in Pakistan is long and well developed, of course, but Delhi is also home to a large Afghan population.
I should have recgonised it for the portent it was. A few hours later I was getting a shave and a head massage in a barbershop (I absolutely and unequivocally deny that it was anything as fancy as a salon) and watching Afghanistan pull off the finest result in their international history.
They beat the West Indies, 2012 champions and group-toppers and, until Sunday, undefeated, by six runs and for the last two overs all pretence at work had been dropped. When Mohammad Nabi completed the last over, the place fell into a kind of stunned silence. It was, even accounting for the absence of Chris Gayle, a crazy result, but built on a very smart defence of a low total.
Though played in Nagpur, it was kind of a home game for Afghanistan. Less than an hour’s drive away from where we were in Delhi is the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association stadium in Noida, which, as of December 2015, is the home of Afghan cricket.
Their board signed an MoU with the BCCI, which sees them move away from Sharjah, where they had played their home games until recently.
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A Cat, A Man, and Two Women
Junichiro Tamizaki
Translated by Paul McCarthy
Daunt Books
The specs
Engine: 4.0-litre V8 twin-turbocharged and three electric motors
Power: Combined output 920hp
Torque: 730Nm at 4,000-7,000rpm
Transmission: 8-speed dual-clutch automatic
Fuel consumption: 11.2L/100km
On sale: Now, deliveries expected later in 2025
Price: expected to start at Dh1,432,000
Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
Sunday:
GP3 race: 12:10pm
Formula 2 race: 1:35pm
Formula 1 race: 5:10pm
Performance: Guns N' Roses
Profile
Co-founders of the company: Vilhelm Hedberg and Ravi Bhusari
Launch year: In 2016 ekar launched and signed an agreement with Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. In January 2017 ekar launched in Dubai in a partnership with the RTA.
Number of employees: Over 50
Financing stage: Series B currently being finalised
Investors: Series A - Audacia Capital
Sector of operation: Transport
Groom and Two Brides
Director: Elie Semaan
Starring: Abdullah Boushehri, Laila Abdallah, Lulwa Almulla
Rating: 3/5
