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Friday, September 26, 2025

PoV

Kamiya Jani calling idli-chicken curry ‘weird’ is no faux pas. It’s North Indian ignorance

If Curly Tales' Jani doesn't educate herself on Southern fare then her awards need a tweak—‘Best North Indian Food Influencer’ and ‘Best North Indian Travel Creator’.

Kusha Kapila is right about roasts. They are unkind, unfunny and bullying by another name

The roast mirrors a schoolyard bullying scene: the bully, the victim, and the complicit bystanders. As an audience, we embrace this role without guilt.

If you’re outraged by the Meerut couple’s kiss at a mela, go get a life and love

In a world filled with real problems, like pollution, poverty, and corruption, a kiss between two consenting adults is hardly a catastrophe.

Kashmir is Rwanda, Gujarat is Italy, UP is Pakistan, Karnataka is France. A strange new India

Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran presented the Economic Survey 2023-24, displaying a map where each Indian state and Union Territory was renamed after a country with a similar population.

Ananya Panday is the latest star to flaunt her ‘guruji’. It signals India’s crisis of faith

Seeking spiritual guidance is nothing to be frowned upon. But the masses flocking to babas should also be read as a symptom of a larger problem—India’s crisis of faith.

Indians look down on men in dhotis. It’s a by-product of colonialism and disdain for the poor

Even in the realm of traditional clothes, a dhoti comes below the kurta-pyjama. Known by various names—panche, dhoti, mundu, veshti—it’s largely associated with poverty.

Harbhajan wants to ‘move forward’ from distasteful video—he must learn from it first

The video—in which Harbhajan, Yuvraj, and Raina were limping and mocking disabled persons—has been pulled down. Harbhajan has apologised, but it is too little, too late.

India’s Olympics outfits are tacky. Tarun Tahiliani was too busy dressing Bollywood

India’s sportswomen will wear saris, while male athletes have a kurta bundi set—both displaying the Tricolour. But there’s a way to wear patriotism with style, and this is not it.

Triptii Dimri is getting heat for steamy ‘Jaanam’. Only men can be proud ‘sex symbols’

In the song 'Jaanam' from Bad Newz, both Triptii Dimri and Vicky Kaushal wear revealing outfits, with him actually showing more skin. But guess who's been getting most of the hate?

Guardians of morality have breached Instagram. They’re now after queer youth who’re coming out

When such vile comments abound, it is natural that many queer youths active on social media may feel isolated and rejected.

On Camera

US, China bully India in global market. Delhi must get its own instruments of leverage

India has an advantage which even long-standing powers do not have—the world's highest concentration of Global Capability Centres.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.