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Saturday, August 23, 2025

PoV

Not all star kids are lucky. It took Bobby Deol 30 years to win people over, build a fan base

Bobby Deol has changed. He is no longer playing a romantic hero, or even trying to look like he was still in his 30s.

This is the new Bollywood of men with daddy issues. Animal has only named the trend

From Wake Up Sid to Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani to Tamasha, it's almost as if the son of the Kapoor khandaan is desperately trying to grow up in every other movie.

Bollywood in the ’90s was extravagant, exploitative. Even Koffee With Karan says so

Koffee with Karan has always been a great window into the lives of stars and their film sets. And this episode was no exception.

Suhana Khan must go beyond Alia’s saree–fast fashion problem needs more

Sonam Kapoor recently advocated renting outfits instead of buying them to promote sustainability in fashion.

India has a big problem of public loudspeakers. It has even entered my bedroom now

We opened our eyes to air pollution only when we could see it in the air and feel it in our throats. We must not wait for our ears to bleed.

‘Queer for Palestine’ helps neither queer nor Palestine. It’s just a cry for attention

What's the difference between a heterosexual’s empathy and a homosexual's? One of these is not making it about their sexual identity while offering support to Palestinians.

The Archies is Nepo Grand Central. Zoya Akhtar’s defence is paper thin

Zoya Akhtar blames the media for ‘focusing’ on just the star kids in her film. But at no point has she acknowledged her own casting choice.

Big fat weddings are India’s soft power abroad, just like Bollywood. Don’t stop this export

Move over austere white church weddings, the ultimate Maharaja-style Indian wedding is the new goal of celebrities in the West.

Mammootty’s Kaathal shows a language problem. What’s the Malayalam word for gay?

In 'Kaathal - The Core', the purposeful avoidance of homophobic slurs is a breath of fresh air. They are not even used to punctuate the discrimination faced by queer folk.

A Rajasthani king gave Swami Vivekananda his name & turban. He also funded the Chicago trip

A new docu-drama, Ajit-Vivek: Tale of a Monk and a King, follows the relationship between Vivekananda and Raja Ajit Singh. But it reduces the monk to a caricature.

On Camera

Swraj Paul was the original NRI powerbroker. Helped Indira’s return, shaped India Inc

When he was asked why he was so loud in his criticisms of Indian industry when his purpose could be better served by a shrewder approach, he said, “Because I am a Punjabi, not a Marwari”.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India and France to jointly develop and manufacture 120 kN engine for homegrown AMCA

The new engine, set to be developed over the next 10 years, will power the second tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft. First set will be equipped with GE 414 engines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?