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Punjab is undergoing an indie film revolution. Challenging the Jatt Sikh domination in cinema

From Anmol Sidhu to Gurvinder Singh, Punjabi indie filmmakers have gained international critical acclaim. But their films have few takers in Indian theatres.

India must kill terrorists. Nijjar blowback shows it also needs laws to guide assassins

The UK, US and Israel have long staged targeted killings of criminals, terrorists and their adversaries. The moral outrage against India’s assassination campaign is profoundly spurious.

Masala, morality, real estate—Bengaluru dosa walk turns into overload of history & heritage

The dosa isn’t the only hero of the day. A few people in the group are also chutney supremacists. 'Chutney has to be great, sambhar is secondary,' one attendee says.

Vacant, white-haired villages & ‘money order economy’ — how development eluded Ratnagiri

Amid political promises & potential projects, Ratnagiri’s youth migrate in search of better prospects, while region’s elderly are left behind in hamlets without vikas and cellphone towers.

AMU VC Naima Khatoon is facing questions from ‘bearded elite’—Smashing glass ceilings daily

Naima Khatoon has taken charge of Aligarh Muslim University at a time when many in India are viewing the words 'Muslim' and 'minority' with suspicion. But also when AMU itself is changing.

Once known for hunger deaths, Kalahandi is catching up fast. Smart classrooms to women-run cafés

Kalahandi Lok Sabha seat goes to polls on 13 May. Residents applaud pace of development, but emphasise need for job creation to arrest migration of labour.

From jail to BJP, YouTuber Manish Kashyap says, ‘I don’t have a godfather, just like Modi’

Out on bail Manish Kashyap spent nine months in prison for fake videos claiming Bihari migrant labourers were attacked in Tamil Nadu. The jail time has only seasoned the YouTuber as a politician.

Prajwal Revanna case shows politicians don’t care about women’s safety. They are the culprits

Even though the JD(S) has now suspended Prajwal Revanna and the BJP has distanced itself from him, it's quite clear that the system protected him.

Furore over dancing girl shows Kashmir’s toxic politics of vice and virtue still holds power

Kashmir's long jihad pitted the region's Islamic identity against India’s modernity-suffused vice. The social media commentary unleashed by the dance shows these beliefs are far from spent.

Lajpat Rai wanted nation-building volunteers. Servants of People Society’s a spa, spice store

“The Society is changing and making additions according to the times we live in,” says Lala Lajpat Rai’s great-granddaughter Anita Goyal, adding that the Society’s core values have not changed.

On Camera

Beijing is looking at Lok Sabha polls and blames Modi for fanning anti-China mood

Global Times has published several articles attributing the deterioration in India-China relations to Modi govt's attempt to secure votes in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

China overtakes US as India’s top trading partner in FY24, officials say ‘positions keep changing’

India-China trade stood at $118.41 billion in FY24, closely followed by the US with $118.29 billion, according to Indian govt data.

Retired Indian Army Colonel working with UN killed in Rafah, Israel orders probe

Eight months into the war, this is believed to be the first 'international' casualty to be reported. 46-year-old Waibhav Kale joined UNDSS two months ago ‘to make a difference’. 

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.