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Monday, October 7, 2024

PoV

We are mad about Weingarten’s Indian food comment. But who decides what’s ‘Indian’?

From Padma Lakshmi to Salman Rushdie, many were outraged by the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner's jab at Indian food. But are we not also guilty?

I taught Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi in DU. Discomfort was at the core of the classroom

We must choose ‘discomfort’ over ignorance when it comes to narratives of violence against women. It is a catalyst for important conversations.

Mukesh chose songs about heartache. His fans with broken hearts couldn’t ask for more

On the death anniversary of the singer with a 'golden voice', here's some of Mukesh's songs that listeners nursing their broken hearts keep turning to.

‘Check on me tomorrow’ — What my friend in Mazar-e-Sharif tells me after every call

You have to live here to see what the Taliban do, my friend tells me from Afghanistan. He lives with his wife and infant son.

The Taliban hate films. Why you need to watch these four Afghan-made movies now

When the Taliban ruled in 1990s, Afghanistan’s films had to be buried in canisters.

Ministers to Hockey India, all are quiet on casteist attack on Dalit player Vandana Katariya

What do India's sports bodies have in common? Silence on discrimination.

‘Dear sir’, ‘let’s circle back’, ‘gentle reminder’ — It’s time for old email language to retire

Millennials and Gen Z are changing how emails are written and when they are sent. No one wants ‘inbox stress’ and less is more.

Hockey India is sitting on an untapped goldmine – fans who want more of the sport

The success of Indian women’s and men’s hockey teams at Tokyo Olympics will likely bring new set of fans into the sport, something that SRK’s Chak De! India did.

Biles’ Olympics withdrawal is an act of courage. Only Gen-Z will understand why

It's not easy to live in the shoes of a 24-year-old, who has been put under a microscope, judged and labelled from the get-go. But critics won't understand.

Boys can cry. PubG is not back, but Shein is

After Ladakh clashes, the ban of Chinese app, Shein launched a thousand Indian memes. Amazon has finally ended women’s long wait with a two-day shopping window.

On Camera

Beijing is concerned about anti-China sentiment in India. New Delhi is focused on border

Chinese officials emphasised a desire to rejuvenate bilateral ties. Their advice? Don't make the border dispute the focal point; pursue economic relations with an open mindset.

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?