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Saturday, November 22, 2025

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Bengali women aren’t black magic experts. Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 trailer promotes dangerous notion

There are already a lot of memes and reels circulating about Bengali women trapping non-Bengali men into relationships against their will with kaala jaadu.

We were too quick to judge Ananya Panday. She’s tapped into a Bollywood niche—Gen Z

Ananya Panday's recent roles resonate deeply with Gen Z. She’s playing them on screen and they love it.

Nobel has a habit of ignoring women. Rosalind Lee didn’t even stand a chance

Crunch the numbers in any direction. Cherry-pick the years. The answer will always be the same: if the Nobel Committee has to snub somebody, it will be a woman.

Samantha’s divorce has become a never-ending saga. Just let her be

Konda Surekha’s "apology" to Samantha only came after backlash from Nagarjuna, and Tollywood stars like Junior NTR, Allu Arjun, and Baahubali director SS Rajamouli.

Who is an Indian woman? Laapataa Ladies Oscar entry shows she must be submissive too

The sweeping statements by Film Federation of India Oscar jury dismiss the urban Indian woman’s life, and struggles, as foreign.

Kareena Kapoor has a film festival dedicated to her. She is still Bollywood’s trendsetter

Kareena doesn’t mince her words. Discussing Bollywood’s gender pay gap, she said she wanted to be paid as much as Akshay Kumar. He was seated right beside her.

Bangladesh has hit us where it hurts. Durga Puja will be incomplete without Hilsa

The Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina had reintroduced what is now called ‘hilsa diplomacy’ in 2019. Now, it’s a bone of contention between India and Bangladesh.

Indians have gone too far with fusion food. Gulab jamun tiramisu is perverse

Fancy restaurants are going overboard with culinary fusion. As if street food vendors weren’t enough, with their ice cream dosa, Oreo biscuit pakoras, and dal rice sushi.

Is Honey Singh growing a conscience? He is milking the classic bad-boy-becomes-good story

Honey Singh's recent album 'Glory' came out on 26 August, and he has been on a promotional streak ever since. The 15 million views on his song 'Bonita' are a far cry from earlier hits like 'Blue Eyes', which got over 660 million views on YouTube.

Diljit Dosanjh’s tickets are hotter than chole bhature, tatkal bookings. The craze is real

Many bought five or more tickets for Diljit Dosanjh's Dil-Luminati tour to resell later at a higher price. The organisers said the tour was sold out in 15 minutes.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.