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Friday, April 3, 2026

PoV

Chiraiya shows marital rape is structural—it is embedded in India’s legal framework

Chiraiya, streaming on JioHostar, confronts consent within marriage. It stars Divya Dutta, Siddharth Shaw and Prasanna Bisht.

HBO’s Harry Potter reboot misses the point—magic isn’t meant to be remade

A Harry Potter reboot coming barely a decade and a half after the original films ended risks flattening our emotional history.

Theatre is dying in India. We need our own Broadway

America's Broadway works because of infrastructure, not just talent. India has never offered that.

New Harry Potter series is a shameless cash grab for JK Rowling, HBO

The recent trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter series fails to ignite a flame of nostalgia in the generation that witnessed denim-on-denim fashions and a pre-social media climate.

Hannah Montana deserves a reunion of its characters, not actors

As much as I loved seeing Miley Cyrus walk into the closet of my dreams in the Hannah Montana reunion, I hate that the anniversary special didn’t tell me what my favourite pop star is doing 20 years later.

Mo Salah changed Liverpool beyond football. Hate crimes dropped by 19% after he joined

In a city like Liverpool, Salah became something more than a footballer. 'Salah became so popular that most of the babies born in Merseyside were named after him.'

In this Women’s History Month, Dhurandhar 2 is the biggest hit. Let that sink in

Kiran Rao’s ‘Laapataa Ladies’ was the talk of the town in March 2024. In Aditya Dhar’s ‘Dhurandhar: The Revenge’, women serve as mere victims and plot devices.

Eid has always been the ‘Muslim Met Gala’—not just biryani and sewaiyan

The hashtags #eidoutfits and #muslimmetgala have garnered millions of views on social media platforms.

Behind Messi’s 900th goal is a three-year game plan for Argentina’s World Cup bid

Messi was not merely choosing a ‘better life’ when he moved to the US; instead, he was calculating his next moves to lift another World Cup.

Dhurandhar shows audiences haven’t lost patience—four-hour movies are back

Dhurandhar and its sequel, released on 19 March, stretches across two parts with a combined runtime pushing nearly eight hours, but the audience is here for it.

On Camera

Pakistan is fence-sitting on Iran War. Tehran prefers it there

There is no disagreement among Pakistan’s elite about which side they would take in a war between Tehran and Riyadh. Its role as a facilitator helps Islamabad avoid getting involved.

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.

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

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.