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Friday, September 26, 2025

PoV

Global fashion houses have overused Gateway of India. We’re not a one-monument wonder

The formula is predictable—a global luxury house picks a location that’s desi, but with training wheels. Extra points if British royalty once passed by it in a carriage.

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.

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.