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Saturday, November 22, 2025

PoV

Rani Mukerji’s rant is misplaced. India can learn a lot from Iranian cinema

Rani Mukerji got ‘offended’ by Kannada film director Prithvi Konanur’s comment on Indian cinema like a nationalist would. But the nation was nowhere in the discussion at the roundtable.

Nigerian-style scam reaches Indian matrimonial sites. Amazon Prime series shows how they do it

Tanuja Chandra's show Wedding.Con breaks the notion that scams are committed independently of the socio-economic, cultural and political realities of individuals, especially women.

Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s love pathshala for Javed Akhtar belongs in the animal kingdom

Sandeep Reddy Vanga desperately wants to project himself as alpha male. While it's a loser's stance in and of itself, he doesn't realise that he also exposes himself as a crybaby who can't handle criticism.

Dear men, it’s time to retire your ‘henpecked husband’ jokes. Marriages are harder for women

Who hasn't heard an uncle joke about his wife 'not letting' him do fun stuff, even as she strives to make a hot meal for him at that exact moment?

Aamir Khan’s son-in-law Nupur Shikhare did what Indian men do—the bare minimum

Nupur Shikhare, who married Ira Khan, lowered the low bar of Indian men when it came to dressing up. Men who put zero effort into dressing up are neither cute nor attractive.

Auschwitz Memorial wants followers on X to return. But it needs to listen first

It posted a statement on X supporting the Israeli bombardment of Gaza on 20 November. Its plea for engagement after losing followers was met with a lesson on how to practise what you preach.

Rape culture enters metaverse. Are women safe in Mark Zuckerberg’s game?

It’s alarming to think that guidelines for user safety are afterthoughts: minuscule bugs that can be fixed.

KBC brought together my whole family. It folds up the innocence of my childhood

KBC is not just a show where people come to change their lives. It’s a one-hour impeccable crash course in Hindi, sprinkled with poetry recitations of Harivansh Rai Bachchan.

Deepika Padukone to Vijay Sethupathi — 5 actors who’re ready to make a big splash in 2024

Deepika Padukone is set to play an Air Force squadron leader in Fighter, while Manoj Bajpayee and Vijay Sethupathi will reprise their roles in The Family Man and Farzi 2.

Indian answer to Barbenheimer—a Dunki vs Salaar mudslinging fight pulling each other down

Had fans united to support both films, Dunki and Salaar could have achieved even greater success and become the Indian equivalent of Barbenheimer. Instead, it's a war.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

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.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.