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Pushpa to Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2—Covid altered Indians’ entertainment buds, masala movies are back

RRR, KGF 2, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 are breaking box office records. But films with a social message like Anek are struggling to meet budget costs.

17 years ago, I fell in love with the ‘phoenix of tennis’. Rafael Nadal is more than a player

Nadal’s journey, above all, for two long decades, has been the greatest display of human resilience ever witnessed in sport.

On Gyanvapi, Modi’s views in sync with Mohan Bhagwat’s. Read their reluctance

For now, the Modi government and the BJP are likely to be circumspect over Gyanvapi as the legal battle will take few more years to reach its conclusion.

I saw in Rahul Gandhi’s Cambridge talk a 1915 Congress moment: Shruti Kapila

Easy to mock Rahul Gandhi at Cambridge, but he's right in remaking congress as party of protest not power.

Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let’s do the same for fossil fuels

You might say that a flight to a sunny beach in Mexico won't put the lives of others at risk. But there's a collective action problem here.

BMWs are changing—it’s all happening under the hood. And it feels like the movie Tron

The ferocity of the new BMW i4 when you ‘push the pedal to the metal’ is like the 3-series. Plus, it sounds like it's from the movie Tron.

Young women to grandmothers, why everyone is watching ‘Anupama’, forget the hiccups

Anupama on StarPlus has become one of the highest-rated Hindi shows in recent times and has nearly 600 episodes.

How Lucknow-educated Chinese cleric lit the first Jihad fire in Xinjiang

Chinese Muslim Han Weilang’s detour to Kolkata in the 1920s went on to provide the grounds for a global jihadist movement.

Tintin did come to India—this Jain temple in Kolkata is proof

To celebrate Hergé’s 115th birthday this week, I started digging for interesting facts about the young comic journalist.

Johnny Depp-Amber Heard verdict redefines victimhood that’s relevant to the post-truth era

Truth, despite the best intentions, is often the biggest casualty. It is precisely this aspect that the Depp-Heard face-off has put sharp focus on.

On Camera

Prajwal Revanna case shows why and how sexual crimes by men in politics can go unchecked for years

It would be a disservice to the women of Hassan to look at Prajwal Revanna’s alleged abuse of power as a ‘sex scandal’. Allegations against him show what ‘absolute power corrupts absolutely’ actually means.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.