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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

PoV

Rhea Chakraborty, Hathras, Delhi riots and Covid — all these have something in common

In new India, people find comfort not in what the truth is, but what they want it to be.

Opinionated, on Twitter and from LSR, JNU? Good luck in India’s shaadi bazaar

Indian matrimonial apps once wanted women who were tall, fair and thin, but are now emphasising patriotism, patriotism and more patriotism.

Penguin, Bloomsbury, Juggernaut can wait—Twitter is the new fiction publisher

Indians are writing stories on Twitter. In case you can’t sit through a 500-page novel

Suhana Khan spoke up about colourism when Shah Rukh Khan wouldn’t. Don’t pull her down for it

While Shah Rukh Khan played a role in perpetuating colourism by endorsing a fairness cream, at least Suhana Khan has shown some spine by speaking up against it.

Pseudo parents or modern Khaps, Indian RWAs are here to police young, single people

Imagine if Arnab Goswami & Navika Kumar were part of your RWA — snooping into your lifestyle and judging your partners and friends. End of freedom and privacy.

Dalit woman raped and murdered in Hathras died another death in UP Police’s forced cremation

While the Hathras gangrape and murder is not an isolated incident, the responses of the Yogi Adityanath-led government and UP Police to it speak of the resentment against calls for social justice.

Bollywood is the new JNU and Deepika Padukone the new opium of distraction

Even selfies with Prime Minister Narendra Modi are no longer a shield for Bollywood stars and filmmakers.

Yogi Adityanath’s Operation Durachari is another bad idea. Just like the Anti-Romeo squads

Whatever Yogi Adityanath’s masterstroke is, the central principle appears to be public shaming—it can unleash dangerous social vigilantism.

Are you anti-national, seditious, or simply inconvenient? Your bookshelf holds the answer

Indians today should ditch the books that Sharjeel Imam, Akhil Gogoi, Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar read and stick to Chetan Bhagat.

Kangana, Raveena Tandon want Swachh drug-free Bollywood — they should start with its lyrics

Will the war against Bollywood’s alleged drug problem end in the beeping out of all mentions of intoxicants from hit songs like ‘Pehla Nasha’ or ‘Dope Shope’?

On Camera

Deepika Padukone isn’t faking her pregnancy. Internet ‘critics’ need a refresher on biology

One of the comments on her recent picture, read: “She is not able to do the role of a pregnant woman properly”. It's a nasty cocktail of misogyny and an ignorance of basic human biology.

Noida International Airport, Delhi NCR’s 2nd, delayed. To begin operations by April 2025

According to a statement by the airport, commercial operations likely to begin next year 'in view of the current construction status'. It was supposed to commence operations by 2024 end.

India’s 15-yr quest for anti-tank missile: Israeli Spike, DRDO option, back to US for Javelin talks

Recent high-profile visit was of US National Security Adviser this month during which a number of key issues, including military cooperation, was discussed by both sides.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.