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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

PoV

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s ‘guru’ defence doesn’t cut it. End this parampara of shishya abuse

'Gurus' like Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan have been exploiting the unbridled power over their students for long—all in the name of 'parampara'. This has to change.

Gurugram doesn’t care for its homeless. Its administration is harsher than ‘dilli ki sardi’

Imagine having finally found a space to sleep, only to be denied because you don’t have an Aadhaar card.

Bengaluru boy who ran away not at fault. Coaching centres have killed the joy of learning

Coaching centres need a major overhaul, in a way that actually caters to students’ needs.

Barbie wasn’t revolutionary. Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie Oscar snub isn’t a feminist issue

Barbie was a mediocre film that became a global sensation after a year-long publicity blitzkrieg.

Ayodhya airport hasn’t got its basics right. For now, it’s jammed servers, half ceilings

Ram’s Pushpak Viman won’t need an airport or airstrip to land in Ayodhya. But what about his devotees coming from all across the universe?

There’s a lot of South in Ayodhya Ram temple. Modi trying to take BJP to Southern India

The Ram temple is trying to widen its cultural lasso to appease an India beyond the cow belt.

This is how Main Atal Hoon on Vajpayee handles Babri demolition and Ram mandir

In Ram Jadhav’s Main Atal Hoon, the Ram Janmabhoomi Movement is treated as a celebration. The demolition of the Babri Mosque is not.

Two photographs bookend my understanding of India & my place in it as an Indian-Muslim

If the photograph of the demolition of Babri Masjid is an assertion of power, then the Shaheen Bagh photograph is a resistance to that power.

Peeling an orange is the internet’s test for lovers. It’s onto something big—little things

Peeling an orange indicates a willingness to bear a small inconvenience to make your partner happy. Isn’t that what love is all about?

Airlines can’t function like fly-by-night tour operators. Communicate, don’t fool passengers

If only IndiGo had relayed the information correctly and timely, the man who punched the pilot would be on his honeymoon in Goa—not in jeopardy of finding his name on a no-fly list.

On Camera

The court is not Rahul Gandhi’s uncle. Its job is to protect rights, not preach

Which humanitarian crisis should be prioritised, which words are ‘simple’ enough to avoid hurt feelings, or who is a ‘true Indian’, are not questions warranting court input.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.