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Saturday, April 4, 2026

PoV

Bad rating to TikTok on Play Store is easy. Harder to act on rape culture in Indian schools

Social media platforms should be held accountable for hate speech, but demanding a TikTok ban proves that your anger is misplaced and your approach is myopic.

Shock and outrage won’t stop Indian parents forcing queer children into ‘conversion therapy’

Many were outraged when a bisexual Kerala woman was found dead after her parents forced her into ‘conversion therapy’. But it’s naive to think only our anger can change reality.

Discussing mental health during Covid isn’t just for woke Instagrammers, it’s for everyone

Research shows nearly 61 per cent Indians are experiencing mental-health related issues due to the lockdown and Covid crisis.

Will Bollywood go back to flower-kissing days? Covid will make films hit rewind on intimacy

The film industry’s post-lockdown shooting guidelines will address the question of how intimate scenes will be shot in Covid era.

Every scientific success is built on a history of failures, Covid-19’s cure could be too

In science, establishing that something doesn’t work is as crucial as finding a solution. This is why most Covid-19 clinical trials are repurposing existing drugs.

Quarantine has taken away Patriot Act’s oomph, Hasan Minhaj’s show isn’t the same without it

Without multiple screens & bright studio lights, Minhaj’s jokes fell flat. But instead of his usual frantic style, he was calmer and far more comprehensible.

TikTok vs YouTube is the new class war on internet. It all began with a roast

The TikTok vs YouTube war is looking like a microcosm of the larger political story raging across India--between raw aspiration and entrenched entitlement.

I walked with India’s migrant labourers. More than angry, they are hurt with Modi

Migrant labourers in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have one question for Modi — why didn’t you take care of us during lockdown.

Covid-19 could spell the end of the joint family in India. That’s the harsh reality

Younger Indians who are returning to work after the national lockdown may not want to go home and infect their parents and grandparents.

Paatal Lok on Amazon Prime is to Delhi what Sacred Games was for Mumbai

Saif Ali Khan's Sartaj Singh from Netflix’s show can take a rest. My latest ‘grey’ character crush is Hathi Ram Chaudhary in Paatal Lok, played by Jaideep Ahlawat.

On Camera

No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

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.

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.