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अरेंज्ड मैरिज की गहराई में छुपी खाप मानसिकता

अरेंज्ड मैरिज की मानसिकता, जो जाति, गोत्र और धर्म की पवित्रता की धारणा को बचाए रखने की गारंटी देती है, अंतरधार्मिक विवाह के विरुद्ध...

How India reacted to its first ‘sexy’ condom ad

Ad guru Alyque Padamsee talks about how the first condom ad in India came to be and the audience reaction to it.

Modi, like Richard Branson, is a brand that needs undiluted attention

Gaudy shirts, spiky Mohawks, burst fades represent the style assertion of OBCs in Gujarat.

Stop Bollywood music if you really want to save children from indecent content

If the intent is to not expose children to sex related content, most popular Bollywood music and many prime time soap operas should face the axe first.

Modi had to fly in a seaplane because this time he was competing with Anushka Sharma’s lehenga

Modi is also my 13-year old teenage daughter. Growing up in the selfie generation, her sense of self comes from the image more than her own self.

Smriti Irani, you’re banning the wrong ads

There are already multiple ads that perpetuate sexist stereotypes and have questionable content. 

Rahul Gandhi has shown no sign that he wants to change the dynasty culture in Congress

His project to bring internal democracy in Congress bottom-up was a non-starter. Succession at the top is dynastic. So how does he now ensure that talent rises bottom-up, and leadership travels top-down?

India bans condom ads because 50-year-olds still can’t deal with 15-year-olds having sex

The Advertising Standard Council of India, questioned us about the slogan in the Kama Sutra condom commercial: ‘For the pleasure of making love.’

गुजरात का डीएनए तय करेगा चुनाव के नतीजे

मुसलमानों पर संदेह और पाकिस्तान के खिलाफ नफरत गुजरात में कोई नई बात नहीं. मोदी इसे बख़ूबी समझते हैं और इसका राजनैतिक इस्तेमाल करना जानते...

Sonia Gandhi’s best is yet to come, says Sheila Dikshit

Sonia Gandhi was able to resurrect Congress successfully precisely because she was not power hungry, and she made the sacrifice to keep Congress together.

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.