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Saturday, August 16, 2025

PoV

Ranbir Kapoor needs a new PR team. Unless they think even bad publicity is good

Ranbir the husband, if not Ranbir the actor, definitely needs to learn to frame better answers, or get a PR team that does it for him.

Kamiya Jani calling idli-chicken curry ‘weird’ is no faux pas. It’s North Indian ignorance

If Curly Tales' Jani doesn't educate herself on Southern fare then her awards need a tweak—‘Best North Indian Food Influencer’ and ‘Best North Indian Travel Creator’.

Kusha Kapila is right about roasts. They are unkind, unfunny and bullying by another name

The roast mirrors a schoolyard bullying scene: the bully, the victim, and the complicit bystanders. As an audience, we embrace this role without guilt.

If you’re outraged by the Meerut couple’s kiss at a mela, go get a life and love

In a world filled with real problems, like pollution, poverty, and corruption, a kiss between two consenting adults is hardly a catastrophe.

Kashmir is Rwanda, Gujarat is Italy, UP is Pakistan, Karnataka is France. A strange new India

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, displaying a map where each Indian state and Union Territory was renamed after a country with a similar population.

Ananya Panday is the latest star to flaunt her ‘guruji’. It signals India’s crisis of faith

Seeking spiritual guidance is nothing to be frowned upon. But the masses flocking to babas should also be read as a symptom of a larger problem—India’s crisis of faith.

Indians look down on men in dhotis. It’s a by-product of colonialism and disdain for the poor

Even in the realm of traditional clothes, a dhoti comes below the kurta-pyjama. Known by various names—panche, dhoti, mundu, veshti—it’s largely associated with poverty.

Harbhajan wants to ‘move forward’ from distasteful video—he must learn from it first

The video—in which Harbhajan, Yuvraj, and Raina were limping and mocking disabled persons—has been pulled down. Harbhajan has apologised, but it is too little, too late.

India’s Olympics outfits are tacky. Tarun Tahiliani was too busy dressing Bollywood

India’s sportswomen will wear saris, while male athletes have a kurta bundi set—both displaying the Tricolour. But there’s a way to wear patriotism with style, and this is not it.

Triptii Dimri is getting heat for steamy ‘Jaanam’. Only men can be proud ‘sex symbols’

In the song 'Jaanam' from Bad Newz, both Triptii Dimri and Vicky Kaushal wear revealing outfits, with him actually showing more skin. But guess who's been getting most of the hate?

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?