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Sunday, November 23, 2025

PoV

Thank you, BCCI for pay parity in women cricket. How about some tournaments in their names?

Except for two gates at Kotla, named after Anjum Chopra, and few awards, the legacy of women cricketers still awaits its rightful appreciation.

Cinema has been unjust to fat people. Disney’s Reflect brings hope

The visual depiction of protagonist Bianca's feelings is easy to empathise with, especially for big-bodied people who feel inadequate about their looks.

Jaya Bachchan is Bollywood’s Angry Woman. But her fight with paparazzi is outdated

Instead of becoming viral meme with her rage, one What The Hell Navya podcast could have Navya teach Jaya how to say no with grace.

Art tells stories of activism for generations. Climate gang defacing Van Gogh doesn’t get it

When you choose an object of both personal and public affection like art, you’re putting your activism into jeopardy.

The good, the bad and the idli

Idlis are only as good as their accompaniments. They swim unabashedly in a pool of sambar and take all the credit.

9 cameras on you, empty boxes and a Little Red Book—The Tibet Museum in India is must-visit

From witness paintings to sampa-grinders, the Tibet Museum in McLeod Ganj is the clearest example of ‘the personal is the political’.

Rasgulla, Taj Mahal, Sanskrit—What if I told you to pick one object that represents India

Indians will argue themselves out of any single idea, identity or representative artefact. Indians are ‘too much’.

Amar Sangi’s Chirodini is out-of-place Bengali puja classic that glorifies dated love

I have nothing against love. But Chirodini belongs more to the Salman Khan-starrer Maine Pyar Kiya genre — a blockbuster that is outdated today.

Cherrapunji ki Diwali? Netflix ad shows there’s never an effort to learn about Northeast

Whether it’s Priyanka Chopra playing Mary Kom or Netflix India's gross misrepresentation of Cherrapunji, the Northeast is always left to battle the issue of identity.

Serial killers and gore now have a growing base in India — on Netflix, Instagram, Spotify

Delhi Crime, Burari Deaths, Indian Predator — viewers can now look beyond US for some 'good, ghoulish fun'. True crime's time has arrived.

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.