Exclusive | ‘If there were chess tournaments in Bangladesh, why would I come to India?’: 80-year-old Rani Hamid | Chess News – Times of India

Exclusive | ‘If there were chess tournaments in Bangladesh, why would I come to India?’: 80-year-old Rani Hamid | Chess News – Times of India

Rani Hamid (Photo credit: Special arrangement) NEW DELHI: Balaji Sudarshan is a 2012-born chess prodigy from Tamil Nadu who was up against 80-year-old Bangladeshi legend Rani Hamid in round 6 of the Delhi International GM Open Chess Tournament 2025.Going into the game, Hamid had suffered three losses, all against lower-rated opponents in the first five…

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Exclusive: Bangladeshi chess player deported from India; 80-year-old legend Rani Hamid ‘disturbed’ by events | Chess News – Times of India

Exclusive: Bangladeshi chess player deported from India; 80-year-old legend Rani Hamid ‘disturbed’ by events | Chess News – Times of India

80-year-old Bangladeshi chess legend Rani Hamid NEW DELHI: Bangladesh’s renowned 80-year-old chess player Sayeda Jasimunnessa Khatun, better known as Rani Hamid, arrived in India earlier this month to participate in the 21st edition of the Delhi International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament (June 7-14).The journey that began in high spirits took a troubling turn when her…

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80-year-old who lives alone in a Uttarakhand ghost village is an unlikely film heroine | India News – Times of India

80-year-old who lives alone in a Uttarakhand ghost village is an unlikely film heroine | India News – Times of India

PITHORAGARH: Hira Devi, 80, is an unlikely film heroine from one of Uttarakhand’s ghost villages, Gadtir, which has several empty houses because of migration. The octogenarian, who is illiterate and has lived in the mountain village most of her life, recently got a chance to star in ‘Pyre’, a film inspired by a story similar…

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