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Sunday, April 28, 2024

PoV

There are kids for whom Delhi riots will determine their toys, games, stories, friendships

Research shows children exposed to communal violence are significantly affected. I wonder how Delhi riots will impact two teenagers I saw with weapons.

What changed between Gujarat 2002 & Delhi 2020? Low trust in TV news, higher faith in phone

In 2002, public trust in TV news was high because 24x7 news was a new beast. Now every riot-witness is a self-broadcaster.

Delhi violence a riot or a clash? Only liberal intellectuals care, not the dead

To concentrate on academic jargon at a time like this in Delhi shows how removed privileged Indians are.

Dear dog lovers, people who fear dogs are not animal haters

I don’t pet dogs and I don't play with them, the only thing I do around them is freeze. But this doesn't mean that I am promoting animal cruelty.

In Sonbhadra, even professionals and officials got fooled. Such is India’s love for gold

News that nearly 3,500 tonnes of gold was found in Sonbhadra was first picked up by regional papers, but soon spread like wildfire across mainstream media.

Texting and calling are passe. Voice notes are it for the hands-free generation

Have you ever tried to have an argument over voice notes? Try it, they’re cleaner, simpler, and eliminate the shouting matches.

Why Indians don’t need filmy magazines for juicy Bollywood gossip anymore

Bollywood stars’ political views on the Narendra Modi government to romantic getaways of celebrities, you will find it all on your phone.

Dear Deepika, mothers & wives who put family’s dreams first deserve an apology not an ode

For a long time, I couldn’t accept my mother’s decision to not work. Now I accept and defend her life choice, not glorify it as an ideal as Bollywood does.

With ‘please unfriend me if you support BJP’, liberals have already lost the fight

No one is born woke, just like no one is born a bigot. And unfriending on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is just virtue-signalling, it helps no one.

Before going to anti-CAA agitation, a protest begins at home — against parents

When the majoritarian view clashes with your own opinion and your parents aren’t listening either, what can you do?

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Asia’s growth outlook remains positive despite external uncertainties, says ADB

The Asian Development Outlook 2024 report suggests that policymakers in the region should monitor a number of risks. These include escalating conflicts and geopolitical tensions.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.