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Doordarshan’s Rajani fought power & corruption, showed Indian women all battles can be won

Himani Chandna -
The activist woman of the 1980s was one who wore starched, broad-bordered cotton saris and a big bindi. Much of that image came from Rajani.
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Newstrack – The video magazine that served real issues to news-hungry Indians in DD era

Himani Chandna -
Newstrack started as a 30-minute programme. The duration was stretched to an hour as advertisers rushed to book commercial ad slots.
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CDs & DVDs killed the VCR — but not before it gave Indians Hollywood, porn and memories

Mahua Venkatesh -
The VCR had to die with the advent of CD and DVD players but it would always remain a small step in technology, but a giant leap for Indians.
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Niki Tasha changed Indian kitchens – from a dingy corner to a sleek, modern way of cooking

Mahua Venkatesh -
Ritu Nanda’s Niki Tasha showed Indians what kitchenettes and multiple burner stoves were and opened the window to the future.
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Orkut, the site where Indians made ‘frandships’ before Facebook came along

Mahua Venkatesh -
For Indian social media users, Orkut was something they 'did' before Facebook, but long after the world had dumped it.
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Dunlopillo — the coveted foam mattress that superstars Meena Kumari & Ashok Kumar advertised

Himani Chandna -
The mattress was one of the three typical things that Indians always brought back from the Gulf states.
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How Polson made butter a commercial product in pre-Independence India

Mahua Venkatesh -
Polson butter had monopolised the business by the 1930s and become a household name in India, much before the Amul revolution.
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Mumbai horse racing & Amul girl as jockey – how an ‘utterly butterly’ idea kicked off

Neera Majumdar -
From Rahul Gandhi’s hug to cricketer Gautam Gambhir joining politics, Amul girl has chronicled India for over 50 years.
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Garden Vareli ads with three Miss Indias made the everyday saree a fashion statement

Mahua Venkatesh -
Top actresses and models – Namrata Shirodkar, Madhu Sapre, Aishwarya Rai and Lisa Ray – were a part of the ads, which gave the saree a new modern twist.
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Godrej Vatni was India’s foremost Swadeshi soap, and it didn’t remind you of Partition

Himani Chandna -
Godrej Vatni soap continued to carry the map of undivided India for many years, even after Partition.
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Opinion

Modi govt’s repeal of MGNREGA is all about extracting money from states, not reform

Nikhil Dey -
The claim that VB-GRAMG provides an employment guarantee is incorrect. The only guarantee is to 'empower' the Centre to allow partial implementation in notified areas alone.

Young India’s cultural assertion isn’t conservatism—it’s course correction

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

Economy

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Defence

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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