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Monday, April 6, 2026

PoV

The silence after Epstein Files is a global feminist defeat

The latest protest by feminist group Femen is just another statement in a long line of hollow efforts that will make headlines for a day or two, but will soon be forgotten.

Indian women’s football team’s Asian Cup exit doesn’t tell the story of their rise

To expect India to suddenly rout top-class teams is irrational. It only happens in video games.

Exes can be friends. Christiane Amanpour’s former husband defending her is not suspicious

The irony of the Amanpour moment was that while Rubin was defending her work, the public conversation also shifted to their relationship.

Badshah’s ‘Teteeree’ shows what is wrong with Bollywood’s ‘brand of creativity’

This also tells that everything that rhymes is music, and everyone who can string together catchy lines is an artist. Badshah’s work is a reminder of that uncomfortable truth.

How ‘underdogs’ Shivam Dube, Axar Patel powered India’s T20 World Cup win

Throughout the tournament, while Sanju Samson and Ishan Kishan often grabbed the spotlight, Shivam Dube and Axar Patel quietly made their presence felt.

Movies offered a fun blueprint for adulthood. I’m stuck with war, climate change & cortisol

In the romcoms of the 2000s, the central tension was whether someone would fall in love. In the 2020s, the tension often feels like whether the systems we depend on will remain stable.

North Indians need a crash course from Malayalis. Civic sense can be taught

One can feel the difference the moment the train enters Keralam—cleaner railway platforms, more hygienic food stalls, orderly passengers, no stench, and, of course, fresh air.

Carolyn Bessette is suddenly the new Gen Z ‘It Girl’. She’ll be forgotten before you know it

With listicles and op-eds galore, fashion magazines are working overtime to print articles on Carolyn Bessette — her style, her life, even people who met her once are now piping up.

Maharashtra’s Holi is different. It’s not colourful

Festival names are an example of Hindi hegemony. For a generation that grew up watching Bollywood, Dhanatrayodashi became Dhanteras, and Marathi Bhaubeej became Bhaidooj.

Who gets to sound intelligent in English? A rural Bengali woman is forcing India to answer

Pujarini Pradhan, from Bengal’s East Midnapore, discusses caste, feminism, Stanley Kubrick, Munshi Premchand and Khaled Hosseini in her Instagram Reels.

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.