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Saturday, April 27, 2024

PoV

Haryanvi IPL commentary is more crass than cricket. Don’t waste the opportunity

Haryanvi and Bhojpuri music industry have done enough damage to the culture by shaming women and propagating misogyny. IPL cricket commentary must not join that league.

Djokovic welcomes Rohan Bopanna to tennis hall of fame. It’s a cue for AITA to step up its game

It was emotional to see Bopanna win the doubles Australian Open title earlier this year amid ‘India-India’ chants. Now the govt needs to invest and democratise the sport to rake in serious talent.

Remember Sunidhi Chauhan? Playback singer is India’s new pop icon—dress, dance, and disco

Sunidhi Chauhan's transformation goes beyond her makeover. She has become one of the rare Indian performers who is converting herself into an international pop star.

Monkey Man has Hanuman as the avenger-superman. Of course, there’ll be politics

Monkey Man seems like tone-deaf fodder for Hindu outrage. But Indians will have to wait to rage.

Diljit Dosanjh’s lonely childhood is not an ingredient to his fame. It’s trauma

When BeerBiceps asked Diljit Dosanjh why he’s so deep, the singer-actor pointed to his lonely childhood where his parents abandoned him. It’s packaged as the secret to his success.

Why shouldn’t women want rich husbands? Marriage market has duped them for far too long

It should come as a welcome sign that brides are finally being open about what they’re looking for. Too many generations of women have borne the curse of silence and suppressed feelings.

Assam’s mekhela sador-wearing soccer moms have surprised the internet. But it’s nothing new

Two moms can be seen cheering and shouting instructions at the players in a video posted by NorthEast United FC. They’ve been part of Assam’s sporting cultures for at least 20 years.

Is Sara Ali Khan cringe or cool? She now wants privacy, not paps

“I’m tired of asking you to stop,” Sara Ali Khan told the paparazzi — surely she doesn’t want to be documented so relentlessly.

Beyonce’s Jolene is a warning not a plea. But a man who wanders isn’t worth fighting for

Over 50 years after Dolly Parton ‘begged’ Jolene to not take her man, Beyonce ‘warns’ her. In this new savage version, she still puts the onus of a man’s infidelity on the woman.

The Sun isn’t ‘conscious’, but you are. Don’t fall for every science-sounding claim

An article published on Futurism.com said that a ‘biologist’ claimed the sun was conscious.

On Camera

Modi’s speech rightly questions politics of appeasement. Wrongly targets all Muslims

The PM did make a valid point when he criticised the Congress for categorising the entire Muslim community in Karnataka under the Other Backward Classes. It is pure appeasement of Ashraaf Muslims and discriminates against Pasmandas.

Foreign policy resonating among more Indians in 2nd & 3rd tier towns of India, says EAM Jaishankar

Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.