| Greetings from India! You're reading Meanwhile, Back Home, our daily newsletter specially curated for our overseas readers. While you were asleep, it was a whirlwind of a day here in India. We've got the top highlights lined up for you.
Dear reader, Back home, cricket is all anybody can talk about as India lock horns with England in the first Test at Headingley! Cricket fans across the country are glued to screens as KL Rahul and Yashasvi Jaiswal give India a strong start. With debutant Sai Sudharsan and returning star Karun Nair in the lineup (at the time of writing the newsletter), excitement is sky-high. Catch live updates and highlights.
💡Spotlight Back home, we are eagerly awaiting the moment Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, who is part of the Axiom-4 crew will blast off to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission promises to mark a new chapter in India's space journey. But, nearly a month past the original launch date of May 29, the project has been hit with a litany of roadblocks. If you have been wondering why Shukla and his international crewmates are still grounded. Here is a quick breakdown: 📌 SpaceX Dragon glitch: The trouble began with the spacecraft as a faulty electrical harness in the Crew Dragon module triggered the first delay, pushing the launch from May 29 to June 8. 📌 Rocket issues: Next was a leak. Liquid oxygen seepage in the Falcon 9 rocket engine, along with actuator malfunctions, triggered another round of inspections and fixes, and more delays. 📌 Unfriendly skies: As luck would have it, unfavourable conditions along the flight path grounded the mission once again in early June. 📌 Leaky ISS module: The latest delay can be attributed to a leak in the Zvezda module of the ISS. Given the interconnected nature of ISS systems, experts opted for caution, and another postponement. No new liftoff date has been announced yet.
☕ Spill the Expresso 🎬 Sitaare Zameen Par review: If Aamir Khan’s 2007 film ‘Taare Zameen Par’ brought dyslexia into the forefront, its sequel puts the spotlight on Down Syndrome, a genetic development disorder. Khan plays a down-on-his-luck basketball coach with an attitude problem reluctantly training a group of adults with the syndrome. Just like ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, he plays the regular, but flawed, guy, who sees the error of his ways. Film critic, Shubhra Gupta, writes, “This film wouldn’t have worked as well as it does if Aamir hadn’t been fully committed to putting himself out there as a hero-who-is-a-jerk.” The message to take home is ‘sab ka apna apna normal hota hai’, but the film avoids being preachy.
🚨 Must Read Who is Ali Khamenei: You have probably seen the name Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pop up a lot lately. He, of course, is Iran’s Supreme Leader. But beyond the headlines, who is the man at the helm in Tehran as Iran is locked in a war with Israel? A cleric-turned-revolutionary, Khamenei has ruled Iran since 1989, preaching “Neither East, Nor West” in favour of Islamic independence. At the heart of his vision is the Axis of Resistance, an alliance of Iran-backed groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas, united against US and Israeli influence.
📚Book Nook The other Dalrymple In his ambitious debut, Shattered Lands, Delhi-raised Scottish historian and filmmaker Sam Dalrymple dives into five key partitions that fractured the British Indian Empire—from Burma’s break in 1937 to Bangladesh’s birth in 1971. In an interview, he speaks of his interest in South Asian history, memory and fractured identities, and advice from his dad, William Dalrymple. Have a great weekend, See you Monday, Aishwarya Khosla
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