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Friday, April 3, 2026

PoV

Gujarat HC quoting Pink Floyd is fun. It makes people want to read judgments

Democratisation of legal language should take support of pop culture to make law not only more accessible but also fun, and also add depth and value to otherwise banal judgments.

Desperate celebrities are doing podcasts to be relevant. We’re sick of it

Fame used to be effortless. All you needed was a viral Koffee With Karan rapid fire moment. You didn’t need a lukewarm Spotify deal or a rebranding sob story.

Trying too hard is now cringe. Welcome to the era of Bare Minimum, effortless detachment

Reels are busy romanticising the Pinterest-ification of apathy. The frantic Monday grind is swapped for an eight-minute-long snooze, and barely-there effort is rebranded as a self-care day off.

A white woman wants to see real India in Forster’s ‘Passage’. Britain is yet to find it

If the latest cohort of writers is anything to go by, it seems like colonisation continues to have an existential hold, particularly over British-Indian authors.

Nadaaniyan has ruined Bollywood rom-coms for me. A who-can-act-worse contest with no winners

Ibrahim Ali Khan’s character is presented as a middle-class boy. But how authentic is the portrayal? I have never known of middle-class families that own wood fire ovens.

Hired on Hinge—Dating apps are networking goldmine. Students use them to land jobs

With no cold emails or LinkedIn requests, dating apps let users pitch themselves—short, sweet, and personal. It’s all about connections, minus the power suits and soulmates.

I prefer Chandigarh over Delhi. Too many broken people in the capital

Delhi wears annoyance as if it’s a built-in personality trait. Take a slow, casual walk while boarding the metro, and you’ll irritate half the crowd.

Chandigarh is destroying Nek Chand’s iconic Rock Garden. For what—a parking lot?

Le Corbusier may have envisioned Chandigarh, but Nek Chand gave it that magic touch.

Sophia charms with melodious wit and a dash of glitch—world domination can wait

At SYNAPSE, the global AI conclave, audiences enjoyed live banter, quirky pauses, and unexpected moments that showcased the evolution of the world's first robot citizen.

Marvel Avengers need the Shah Rukh Khan magic. He can easily be the next Iron Man

New Captain America Anthony Mackie praised Shah Rukh Khan as the best, expressing his desire to see him as an Avenger in the Marvel film franchise of the same name.

On Camera

Pam Bondi’s firing is good news. Now, US Senate must stand up for DOJ

Bondi’s missteps hastened her exit, but her departure offers a reset. The Senate must not rubber-stamp Trump’s pick and should demand an attorney general committed to DOJ independence.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.