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Monday, October 7, 2024

PoV

Pankaj Tripathi isn’t just Sultan or Kaleen Bhaiya of Mirzapur. Don’t cage his talent

From Stree to Mimi, Bollywood has let Pankaj Tripathi down. He is now being typecast.

Stalin countering BJP with social justice. He won’t succeed with silence on issues like hijab

The DMK has been playing the ‘progressive’ card, not through any meaningful action, but through anti-BJP, anti-Modi and anti-Brahmin politics, and appeasement.

RamLeela to Gangubai — Bhansali brings back the white. It’ll boss fashion in 2022

Gangubai’s outfits in the film, often white on white, stand out not just for looking gracious, but also for being wearable.

Not Shah Rukh Khan nor Salman, ‘taste the thunder’ is the real hero of Thums Up ads

In India, if a brand jingle is good, it’s the best seller of the product. And ‘taste the thunder’ has been ruling for years.

The ‘Bhaiye’ whom CM Channi doesn’t want in Punjab are the ones driving state’s economy

Instead of Charanjit Singh Channi asking UP and Bihar's 'bhaiye' to be kicked out and Priyanka Gandhi clapping on the remark, the Congress leaders should thank them.

Beyond K-Pop, watch Single’s Inferno to truly understand Korea’s dark beauty standards

Deer or puppy – how does your face look? Single’s Inferno shows why Korean beauty standards have landed in soup.

Dear minister, we are UP ke bhaiye, and we’re done being typecast as Wasseypur characters

It's only in newspaper ads that Uttar Pradesh is touted the best Pradesh. The reality is you look down at us, like we're the biggest dhabba on this country.

One-woman superstar Samantha Prabhu steals show from male co-stars with her ‘bold avatar’

'Puspha' has superstar Allu Arjun, but it's Samantha Ruth Prabhu’s item song that stole the thunder from him. Here's why.

He’s not done yet — Why Kapil Sharma, the mass celebrity, deserved Netflix limelight

Kapil Sharma is an Indian Everyman on his Netflix show, singing praises for Shah Rukh Khan, talking about alcohol trouble, and his tweets to PM Narendra Modi.

Badhaai Do shows a lavender marriage. It hurts LGBT+ fight in post-377 India

‘Badhaai Do’ starring Rajkummar Rao and Bhumi Pednekar shows a gay man marrying a lesbian woman to get their families off their backs.

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?