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The burden of being a successful Dalit

I have often felt that success for a Dalit person comes with a strange moral demand: be proof without being inconvenient. That is an impossible assignment.

Are you acting like a teenager in love? It’s a modern dating epidemic

I have been called out for the hater energy I bring to my romantic life. Here I was thinking that my rants about the people I date are a sign of my deeper interest in them.

How the fight for matte skin fuels social stress

Dear beauty industry, skin is an organ, not a filter.

Indian influencers reclaim desi aesthetics at Coachella—jhumkas, dupattas to mehendi

By mixing Indian maximalism with Western minimalism, desi influencers are using the hippie Met Gala to bring about a quiet revolution in festival dressing.

What Modi got wrong. Indians don’t want hundreds of new MPs

If the government wants to spend taxpayers’ money to make India a better place, then spend it on building more courts, improving the collapsing bureaucracy. But, of course, politicians will only think of themselves.

Why language-based states make delimitation a political football

Increasing parliamentary seats for women doesn’t erode state powers; federalism is about the distribution of power, not just MP counts.

The forgotten Lt Col who did the first recce of Siachen. He used his family’s camels

'Pakistani fighter planes would fly close to us trying to observe our movements and intimidate us,' recalled Lt Col Stobdan Kalon who set out on the mission in the summer of 1978.

Why ‘problematic’ Bridget Jones’s Diary still hasn’t faded, 25 years on

There is no denying that Bridget Jones exists in a culture of toxic masculinity or that she is inherently problematic. But that is precisely her appeal.

Jawaharlal Nehru opposed idea of SC being final arbiter of compensation: A Ranganathan

There is no review of reasonableness of amount of compensation. Result can be just compensation or confiscation, dependent on Parliament’s mood, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Malayali singer Reji is internet’s new favourite uncle. He has bridged North-South divide

The singer is on everyone’s feed—at least, everyone who is plugged in. In fact, the video has reached all the way to Saudi Arabia.

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K Balachander’s North-South love story changed the Bollywood hero

More than three decades before Hindi film audiences warmed up to Baahubali and Pushpa, Kamal Haasan showed them that that the ‘Madrasi’ man could be the hero in Ek Duuje Ke Liye.

Recovery of energy flows will be ‘gradual rather than immediate’ as Hormuz re-opens post ceasefire

The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz eases supply fears, but controlled shipping, slow output recovery, and high costs may delay oil flow normalisation for months.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.