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Badhaai Do shows a lavender marriage. It hurts LGBT+ fight in post-377 India
‘Badhaai Do’ starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar shows a gay man marrying a lesbian woman to get their families off their backs.
Why microborrowers in Assam are refusing to repay their loans this poll season
Microfinance — or small collateral-free loans meant for low-income groups — has emerged as a poll plank on the threshold of the 2021 Assam assembly elections.
Defence
The biggest challenges Nirmala Sitharaman will face as India’s new Defence Minister
Sitharaman, who is only the second woman defence minister in India's history, is expected to work closely with the Finance Minister to take key industry-related decisions
Modi vs non-BJP CMs: When most popular isn’t all-powerful & why Centre-state ties will worsen
Modi’s inability to win many states, and the huge popularity his rivals enjoy there, is pushing Indian politics in a more robustly federal direction.