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Sunday, September 29, 2024

PoV

Don’t question Sikhs helping Muslims. We know what hate is and does

Sikhs were helping out Muslims affected in Delhi riots and in Shaheen Bagh because if history has taught us anything, it is to never repeat it.

On Google Pay, India is paying and playing — the good old lottery game

G-Pay has brought back the nostalgia associated with scratch cards. It makes you mimic the motion of scratching via swiping.

Diljit Dosanjh is an online stalker of white women – from Kylie Jenner to Ivanka Trump

Most laugh off the Punjabi ‘munda’ and his comments on women’s photos. But look closely, there is a dangerous pattern to Diljit Dosanjh’s behaviour.

We are now adulting without friends because social media algorithms have taken over

If adulting means remaining trapped in our silos with our gadgets all the time, then we need to perhaps redefine it — as an ability to be complete in oneself.

Rumour has it that riots are breaking out in your neighbourhood. What would you do?

Just this Sunday on Delhi streets, the Bharat Mata Ki Jai chants – an otherwise innocuous patriotic slogan – produced a menacing web of rumours.

India’s namaste is ready to make a world comeback due to coronavirus

After Gandhi and yoga, namaste must become India’s next main export. In the age of pandemics and novel coronaviruses, it’s better to be safe than sorry.

Your ripped jeans aren’t cheap. Fast fashion costs a lot and the planet is paying the price

In Europe, to counter fast fashion consumption, many only buy vintage or second-hand clothes from flea markets and second-hand stores.

‘Better to be TikTok-er than a rioter’ – Delhi violence has divided TikTok users

When CAA-NRC violence broke out, TikTok users put up a show of unity. Now they are asking why Delhi is rioting if it gets free electricity and water.

Indians talking mental health aren’t ‘millennial snowflakes’. Time for bosses to catch up

Of the 11 lakh registered companies in India, only 1,000 have a structured Employees Assistance Programme for mental health. The rest probably think it’s a fad.

Personal, not religious: Why people need to stop asking me about my knee-length hair 

My appearance should be dictated by my desires, and not by my family’s and society's expectations or even the religion that I was born into.

On Camera

Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination underlines Israel’s military supremacy. Will it win peace?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no intention of being drawn into another attritional war with Hezbollah. His commanders they are unlikely to win.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?