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Sunday, November 23, 2025

PoV

Mammootty’s Kaathal shows a language problem. What’s the Malayalam word for gay?

In 'Kaathal - The Core', the purposeful avoidance of homophobic slurs is a breath of fresh air. They are not even used to punctuate the discrimination faced by queer folk.

A Rajasthani king gave Swami Vivekananda his name & turban. He also funded the Chicago trip

A new docu-drama, Ajit-Vivek: Tale of a Monk and a King, follows the relationship between Vivekananda and Raja Ajit Singh. But it reduces the monk to a caricature.

Bigg Boss needs Bollywood’s BFF Orry. He doesn’t need the TV show

Orry’s Bollywood’s BFF, childhood friends with the next generation of business tycoons, and hangs out with Kylie Jenner and the Kardashians. Even Rahul Gandhi is in Orry’s orbit.

Gautam Singhania to Kusha Kapila—celebrity divorce is everybody’s business in India

‘Karma!’ is now the chant on Twitter. Gautam Singhania first kicked out his father and is now suffering. His wife is leaving him and asking for 75 per cent of his wealth

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Panauti’ legitimises superstition. Just accept the better team won that day

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, who takes pride in being 'rational and secular', detestably attributed Indian cricket team's World Cup final loss to PM Modi's attendance in the stadium.

Bollywood daddies are suddenly looking hotter. Why Bobby Deol, Madhavan are not done yet

Shah Rukh Khan, a decade younger to Anil Kapoor, brought the Bollywood Daddy trend to centre stage with Jawaan—the badass father smoking a cigar, throttling a bike, and beating up bad guys.

Chennai or Mangalore—everyone is scared of women who drink at pubs and have fun

Women at the Big Bull bar in Chennai were hounded and slut-shamed by camerapersons who seemed proud that they were ‘exposing’ the ‘wayward’ women to the world.

Team India are world beaters for sure but not what you were made to believe

The here-and-there glories and the dominance of BCCI built a perception—that we are the new leaders of international cricket. But believing is not enough.

Stop calling women’s bodies mystery. Medical science just hasn’t paid enough attention to them

No woman originated from Adam’s rib, and female bodies aren't mysteries to be solved by poets and artists.

Ahmedabad is getting Gurgaonised. SUVs, farmhouse parties, new money flex

Ahmedabad now has a new definition for almost everything. No, it's not just the addition of cheese to anything edible and the birth of 'Oreo Pakoda'.

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.