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Time of India
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Tests, ODIs or T20Is? Vaibhav Suryavanshi watches IND vs ENG Edgbaston Test, reveals his 'ultimate dream' and role model
Vaibhav Suryavanshi (Image credit: BCCI) NEW DELHI: India U19 men's head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar revealed that it was VVS Laxman , the head of BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), who made it possible for the team to witness Day 2 of the ongoing Edgbaston Test, where India skipper Shubman Gill delivered a career-best masterclass of 269. During the second day's play, the entire India U19 squad — led by promising Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre — along with Kanitkar and other support staff, were spotted watching the match live from the stands. Kanitkar, a former India batter himself, emphasised that watching a full day of red-ball cricket live served as invaluable exposure for the young players — especially in terms of learning how to construct an innings in the longest format. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! 'VVS Laxman was instrumental in arranging this. He was the one who actually said that it would be a good thing to go and watch this game. It's definitely a special occasion for any upcoming cricketer to be at a Test venue,' said Kanitkar in a video posted on on Friday. 'The main thing I want them to take back from what we have watched so far, as a batter, is that not every ball has to be whacked for a four and six. You can still be extremely effective, score runs at a good rate, and still score a lot of runs, like what Shubman has done. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Carrara: AudioNova cerca per un test 700 persone nate prima del 1974 AudioNova Undo When we go back, there will be a session on what they learnt from it.' 'He has batted like a classical Test innings, but he has not just ground it. He has played his shots. He has chosen the right ball, getting into good positions. They can relate to it for sure that if this person succeeds at this level by doing the basic stuff very well, we can as well, and I think that will be the biggest learning," he added. Left-handed batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi — who has impressed with scores of 48, 45, and 86 in the ongoing youth series — also spoke about how much Gill's knock meant to the youngsters. 'I am feeling very good. This is my first Test match of watching in England, and I am seeing how the game is going.' 'I am feeling very good. We all came to watch the match. We got a lot of inspiration because Shubman Gill is a role model for us, and everyone's dream is to play red-ball cricket for their country.' Young Punjab spinner Anmoljeet Singh, who shares his roots with Gill, said the outing to Edgbaston gave him even more motivation to chase his India dream. "Yesterday evening, sir told us that everyone has to go and watch the match. We were ready to go and watch the match from morning itself.' India vs England 2nd Test: Shubman Gill's 269, Ravindra Jadeja's class light up Edgbaston 'Gill was batting at 114 at that time, and it felt good that he was playing, and we went and watched his batting. Representing India is a big achievement. When I see them, I get motivated to play for India like them and become like them,' he said. India U19 currently lead the five-match Youth ODI series 2-1 against England and are set to play the fourth game at New Road, Worcester, on July 5, with the final match scheduled at the same venue on July 7. For real-time updates, scores, and highlights, follow our live coverage of the India vs England Test match here . Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
Hans India
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Hans India
2nd Test: Laxman arranged for India U19 team to watch day two's play, says Kanitkar
Birmingham: India U19 men's head coach Hrishikesh Kanitkar has revealed that VVS Laxman, the head of BCCI's Centre of Excellence (CoE), ensured that they got to watch the second day's play in the ongoing Test at Edgbaston, where skipper Shubman Gill smashed a masterly career-best score of 269. During the second day's play, the entire India U19 team, led by young Mumbai batter Ayush Mhatre, along with Kanitkar and other coaching staff members, were seen watching the game live. Kanitkar, the former India batter, felt watching a day's play live has served as great exposure to the young batters on how to build an innings in a red-ball game. 'VVS Laxman was instrumental in arranging this. He was the one who actually said that it would be a good thing to go and watch this game. It's definitely a special occasion for any upcoming cricketer to be at a Test venue,' said Kanitkar in a video posted on on Friday. 'The main thing I want them to take back from what we have watched so far, as a batter, is that not every ball has to be whacked for a four and six. You can still be extremely effective, score runs at a good rate, and still score a lot of runs, like what Shubman has done. When we go back, there will be a session on what they learnt from it.' 'He has batted like a classical Test innings, but he has not just ground it. He has played his shots. He has chosen the right ball, getting into good positions. They can relate to it for sure that if this person succeeds at this level by doing the basic stuff very well, we can as well, and I think that will be the biggest learning," he added. Young left-handed batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who's hit scores of 48, 45, and 86 in the ongoing youth series in England, said there was a lot to learn from Gill's majestic knock. 'I am feeling very good. This is my first Test match of watching in England, and I am seeing how the game is going.' 'I am feeling very good. We all came to watch the match. We got a lot of inspiration because Shubman Gill is a role model for us, and everyone's dream is to play red-ball cricket for their country.' Young spinner Anmoljeet Singh, who hails from Punjab, where Gill is also from, said seeing day two's play served as a further motivating factor for him to play for the country. "Yesterday evening, sir told us that everyone has to go and watch the match. We were ready to go and watch the match from morning itself.' 'Gill was batting at 114 at that time, and it felt good that he was playing, and we went and watched his batting. Representing India is a big achievement. When I see them, I get motivated to play for India like them and become like them,' he said. India U19 are currently leading the five-match Youth ODI series 2-1 against England, and are all set to play the fourth match at New Road, Worcester on July 5, before the fifth and final game happens at the same venue on July 7.
Scroll.in
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Scroll.in
This book is an alternative account of literary beginnings in modern India through women's writings
'If an unskilled potter makes a lovely pot of his imagination, and if it becomes crooked while drying or heating in the kiln, he still puts it for sale in the market. Similarly, I have written this book to the best of my insufficient ability and placed it before you.' In this foreword to her first novel, Kashibai Kanitkar (1861–1948) dons the unassuming persona of 'an unskilled potter' to highlight two interconnected challenges – the toil of turning the manuscript into a book, and the trial of new authorship. The novel, Rangarao, began to appear in instalments in the Marathi magazine Manoranjanani Nibandha-chandrika in 1886 and stayed incomplete when the magazine closed down. Kanitkar managed to complete the novel over a decade later in 1898, but would not be able to publish it till 1903. The author explains the delay: 'Both the author and the owners of the printing press have suffered severe domestic problems, which is why the book is being placed before readers in this form. I am sorry about this but am unable to make amends.' Kashibai Kanitkar laces her apology about the unexplained domestic troubles with humour, submitting that any reader who takes upon the task of criticising her book or finding errors would find themselves with 'errata that would make a book of 800 pages, while the original [Kanitkar's novel] has only 400'. Kashibai Kanitkar actively worked towards building a body of work that included a posthumous biography of a contemporary, a collection of short stories, several essays as well as translations. In other words, we have a literary enterprise: an oeuvre that represents one author's strivings and vision but also extends a claim to a collective output – other writers, other women. At hand is thus a literary-historical moment of authors who are not isolated voices but remain interconnected in their reflexivity, in their measure and (uneven) participatory engagement with each other, as well as their purported audience – predominantly female – both within the diegetic space of the text and beyond. The growing presence and consistent influence of print culture in India induced a significant output of printed texts in English and native Indian languages in the 19th century. The proliferation of printers and printed material took place in simultaneous engagement with a growing literate audience, and the corpus of printed material continued to be predominantly religious or polemical in nature (driven by social reform motivations, such as pamphlets propagating widow remarriage). This ensured the centrality of print for public debates around the 'women's question' even as literary texts by women began to receive increasing public attention and appreciation from the mid-19th century. Around the 1890s, a noticeable acceleration and close succession of publications by women can be said to form distinctive literary constellations. Over the next four decades, a combination of factors contributed to a growing literary tradition, 'a feminist inheritance more powerful and complex, but at the same time more troubling, than narratives of suppression and release might allow us to suspect'. In fact, an elucidation could be offered for the inauguration of a distinct clustering of literary creativity, with its most delineated enunciation in the autobiographical frame – the 'I' that speaks to/of its literariness (of voice, structure, device, subtext) and demonstrates its confidence in the immediacy and reliability of the life narrative. The writers and texts studied in this book attempt varied formulations of the experiential first-person voice, either through shorter compositions (essays, letters, speeches), biographical studies, book-length autobiographies or even autobiographical fiction. The disparate backgrounds and inclinations of these writers defy easy classifications, offering instead a tapestry of revelations: an ardent student of both biomedicine and English literature (Krupabai Satthianadhan), a woman in her seventies who sets off to travel the world (Dosebai Cowasjee Jessawalla), the daughter of a social reformer who becomes a princess (Sunity Devee), a celebrated stage actress in Calcutta (Binodini Dasi), the first woman from India to complete her law education in England (Cornelia Sorabjee), a writer who strives for literary visibility in a celebrated family of writers (Swarnakumari Debi Ghosal), a young woman whose travelogues carry an unsaid tale of passion and failure (Atiya Fyzee), an educator of unprecedented social insurgency whose also seeks reform in poetry (Savitribai Phule) and so on. Several of these writers are self-taught, while others benefited from structured institutional education, but the shared commitment was to the written and the published word. Publishing meant the inevitability of public response, though this was more likely to invite censure rather than celebration for the author. The texts selected for study here offer two explicit assertions about narrative voice: firstly, a claim to writing as an act and an identity, and secondly, the gendering of both act and identity by the reflexive references to the author being a woman. For the first time, both personae – I am a writer and I am a woman – were being claimed in the Indian public sphere in a manner that was desirable and exciting, in that it had almost no precedence.
Indian Express
09-06-2025
- Health
- Indian Express
MUHS launches company to boost research, innovation
The Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) which celebrates its foundation day on June 10 has proposed to set up the Maharashtra State Health Training Research Institute (MSHTRI) as an Apex Centre of Excellence (ACOE) at MUHS. As part of this effort, the varsity launched CHAKRA – Company for Health, Applied Knowledge and Research Autonomy. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was the chief guest at the launch function held recently at Nashik. When contacted, Lt Gen Madhuri Kanitkar (Retd), Vice Chancellor, MUHS told The Indian Express that it is being developed as a hub and spoke model to make the existing government medical colleges into thematic spokes of excellence in phases. 'The project has been provided autonomy through the state-supported CHAKRA,' Kanitkar added. MUHS holds a distinguished position as a premier health university with a diverse range of affiliated health science colleges. The recently instituted Network of Centres of Excellence (COE) Policy, 2023 aligns with MUHS's commitment to drive healthcare standards to greater heights across Maharashtra. The emphasis lies heavily on ensuring the highest standards of quality, accessibility, and comprehensive care and the establishment of a coordinated Network of COEs, as detailed in the policy, is expected to streamline efforts to achieve excellence in medical research, advanced education, and patient care. According to Kanitkar, the focus will be on critical priority initiatives like a faculty development academy, digital health centre and clinical trials centre. 'In the first phase of the implementation roadmap, we have proposed a Maharashtra State Health Training Research Institute (MSHTRI). As part of this effort, a faculty development academy is an important initiative that will enhance the capabilities of educators, ensuring the continuous update of their knowledge base and utilization of latest and best-in-class teaching approaches,' Dr Kanitkar said. She added that in the first year she envisages at least 400 trained faculty. A simulation lab is another state-of-the-art facility that integrates theoretical learning with its practical application, facilitating a realistic exposure to clinical scenarios for students. 'In the first year the aim is to train 1,000 students,' the Vice-Chancellor said. While a digital learning studio is a contemporary initiative that focuses on integrating digital tools into the academic curriculum, offering a hybrid approach to medical education, the VC has also proposed an incubation centre. 'This is a dedicated hub for medical innovation, designed to foster research collaborations and facilitate the progression of innovative ideas into tangible healthcare solutions. This centre will aim to support healthcare start-ups and create entrepreneurial medical professionals. In the first year, the aim is to include 10 research projects in incubation and support 10 start-ups,' Dr Kanitkar said. Apart from providing training in the latest digital health tools and technologies, setting up a Clinical Trials Centre will provide guidance on a standardised approach to clinical research, ensuring adherence to global best practices and fostering advancements in medical research. 'These priority initiatives have been identified through a combination of secondary research involving detailed desk review and primary research involving interactions and observations during field visits to renowned centres of teaching and research excellence,' the V-C added. Anuradha Mascarenhas is a journalist with The Indian Express and is based in Pune. A senior editor, Anuradha writes on health, research developments in the field of science and environment and takes keen interest in covering women's issues. With a career spanning over 25 years, Anuradha has also led teams and often coordinated the edition. ... Read More
Time of India
25-04-2025
- Health
- Time of India
Decks cleared for formation of Chakra to manage state's medical research project
Nashik: Decks have been cleared for the formation of not-for-profit Centre for Health Applied knowledge & Research Autonomy ( Chakra ) that state govt has decided to create for its Network of Centres of Excellence (CoE) project, a joint initiative of the state directorate of medical education and research (DMER) and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS). The previous Mahayuti govt in Oct last year had given the cabinet approval to the CoE project, which aims to further improve medical education, research and healthcare in the state through collaborative approach. It will operate on a hub-and-spoke model (a distribution strategy where a central point, — hub — serves as a primary distribution point for goods to various locations — spokes). MUHS vice-chancellor Lt Gen Dr Madhuri Kanitkar (retd) told TOI that the Union ministry of commerce and industry has registered Chakra under Section 8 of the Companies Act. "Chakra would manage the entire CoE project. It will function as an autonomous organisation, have powers to sign MoUs and hire its manpower to run the project. It can also undertake activities under the corporate social responsibility," Kanitkar said. DMER and MUHS have prepared the project under the guidance of state medical education minister Hassan Mushrif and senior functionaries of the medical education department. According to the MUHS VC, Chakra will comprise 8-10 members as the board of directors, who will meet at regular intervals to review the CoE project and also prepare its future plans. Apart from a couple of top functionaries of the state medical education department who would be the state govt nominees, noted experts and academicians in the field of medical education would be included in the board. "We are in touch with some reputed experts who have agreed to be directors on the board of Chakra," Kanitkar said. MUHS is establishing Maharashtra State Health Research Institute (MSHTRI) institute in its headquarters in Nashik that will be the apex CoE and coordinate with medical colleges affiliated to MUHS in smooth implementation and continuation of the project. In phase I, four prominent govt medical colleges have been selected that will be developed as a centre for excellence in one particular health sector and act as a node to other medical colleges affiliated to MUHS. "My feedback is that the Asian Development Bank will provide Rs 80 crore as loan to state govt that would be used to create the infrastructure to run project smoothly. We have taken nods from the concerned local govt agencies for the construction work," Kanitkar said. The MUHS VC said CM Devendra Fadnavis has given his consent to perform the bhoomipujan. "The project will not only enhance knowledge of students and faculties but also provide quality treatment to patients," she said.
