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The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

Monami Gogoi - 24 April, 2024

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

We failed the UP board topper. She should be celebrated, not bullied for her facial hair

‘Keyboard’ meme a reminder internet isn’t just for gyan, toxicity. Sometimes it’s just fun

R. Madhavan is slowly fashioning himself as the Akshay Kumar of the south

Siddarth Muralidharan - 21 August, 2022

Madhavan is fast walking into a political hall of fame inhabited by stars such as Kangana Ranaut and Akshay Kumar.

Modi, Ajit Doval are firing up movie and show plots too – FIR, Uri, Shoorveer

Tina Das - 11 August, 2022

FIR is an example of getting things right in a national security-based thriller. The PM and NSA are not cardboard cutouts.

Netflix’s Indian Matchmaking S2 is just as catty, spicy as the first, but less white gaze

Shubhangi Misra - 10 August, 2022

Seema Aunty is back. Season two is proof that producers took serious note of the feedback the Netflix show received in season one.

What Xavier’s Kolkata did isn’t surprising. Catholic schools’ definition of decency is outdated

Shubhangi Misra - 10 August, 2022

Stop packaging the perpetuation of orthodox values, often stemming from religion, as some sort of a regimen. It won’t stand in today’s world.

After Mammootty and Mohanlal, who? Fahadh Faasil is the new poster boy of Malayalam cinema

Nidhima Taneja - 8 August, 2022

Fahadh Faasil won’t play your garden-variety hero. He’s bending the norms, creating his own multiverse and getting pan-Indian acclaim.

Gangs of Wasseypur ended plastic NRI dramas. Gritty small towns have ruled Bollywood since

Sanskriti Bhatnagar - 7 August, 2022

Anurag Kashyap’s Gangs of Wasseypur introduced audiences to masterful storytelling in small-town India and foreshadowed the raw creative OTT boom.

‘People’s man’ of Tamil cinema Vijay Sethupathi never plays a character. He becomes them

Tina Das - 6 August, 2022

In Sethupathi's latest film 19(1)(a), his character is silenced by a bullet. But the actor is much like the film—he speaks only through his performances.

How Tamil Nadu Premier League became a feeder series for IPL

Sanskriti Bhatnagar - 2 August, 2022

Tamil Nadu Cricket Association runs TNPL in a manner similar to Indian Premier League. But it is quickly becoming a launching pad for future IPL stars.

Thank you, Sebastian Vettel for being masterclass on F1 track and fighting for change off it

Sanskriti Bhatnagar - 30 July, 2022

Watching Sebastian Vettel race has been a joy to behold — always in sync with the cars he drives, rightfully the third most successful F1 driver of all time.

Grindr’s faceless queer profiles are sporting a new DP—nude Ranveer Singh

Nikhil Rampal - 27 July, 2022

Ranveer Singh's devil-may-care attitude towards all actions challenging heteronormativity might explain his popularity among gay men, many from small towns.

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The Beckhams’ PR game is on track. Victoria’s 50th birthday was a pop culture moment

Influencer is a real job. They are shaking up the internet

We failed the UP board topper. She should be celebrated, not bullied for her facial hair

‘Keyboard’ meme a reminder internet isn’t just for gyan, toxicity. Sometimes it’s just fun

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