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Monday, October 7, 2024

PoV

Zindagi Gulzar Hai to O Rangreza, I watched Pakistani series for a year. This is what I found

I was told Pakistani serials have progressive women characters. But there is one thing certainly common on both sides of the border.

Even Neha Dhupia doesn’t get feminism. MTV Roadies proves it

In MTV Roadies, Dhupia has a platform where she speaks about women empowerment. This makes it all the more important that she thinks before she speaks.

Mid-life crisis is real and Devdutt Pattanaik’s Twitter timeline proves it

Mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik is the reason why you should never scroll through your hero’s Twitter page.

COVID-19 a ‘boomer remover’ — Why millennials are angry and done with older generation

‘OK Boomer’ and ‘Uncle, please sit’ are popular catchphrases to signal an enough-is-enough attitude toward older generations.

Karan Johar’s Guilty on #MeToo will ring true if he stopped partying with Sajid Khan

Thank you, Mr Johar, but no matter how ‘important’ your movie is, it certainly loses its message when you engage with those accused during #MeToo.

Jyotiraditya Scindia not first. Brutus, Vibhishan, Mir Jafar known for political betrayal

Betrayal has been intrinsic part of politics and when it comes to power, a lot of things go out the window, the first invariably being the ideology.

Coronavirus porn is becoming famous and revealing human stupidity once again

Making porn in deserted Wuhan may not be the best way to tell the world about the dangers of COVID-19, but it's still happening.

Sudhir Chaudhary’s jihad rant on Zee News just got hit with eggs, petrol and some beauty

When Zee News’ Sudhir Chaudhury broadcast a ‘jihad flow-chart’, little did he realise that it would lead to a fantastic Twitter comeback from Muslims.

Amit Shah is only 6 years older to Scindia and Rahul, but never called a youth leader

At 55, home minister Amit Shah is one of the ‘youngest’ and most successful leaders in India.

Corona vacation, why some millennials only see cheap flights and resorts in the pandemic

It doesn’t look like millennials fear for their lives because they are “here for a good time, not a long time”.

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

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.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

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?