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Tuesday, August 5, 2025

PoV

10-minute Zomato delivery is a great idea, provided you don’t have many expectations

Blame millennial, GenZ impatience for 10-minute delivery ideas. We want everything instantly.

Olympics, FIFA bans won’t stop Russia invading Ukraine. But it hits Putin where it hurts

Russia loves sports and pours billions of rubles into it every year. And Putin loves being a judo-playing, horse-riding Tsar.

‘Bura na maano’, but Holi is a great chance to teach children about consent

Bura na maano Holi hai’ is the defensive phrase used by adults for their children violating consent of passersby, usually women. But kids must be told better.

Dhaniya is great, Ranveer Brar, but not enough to be India’s ‘national herb’

Why bring nationalism to the herb that is celebrated for its diversity?

With SRK+ teaser, Shah Rukh Khan shows love trumps hate. Smear campaigns can’t dent Badshah

From 'Pathan' teaser, to endorsing Thums Up and #AskSRK sessions, SRK restarted an online empire that shows 'Khan' is still a superhero.

Deepika Padukone to Kardashians—faux leather is the new cool statement

At a recent outing, Kardashian’s Balenciaga trench coat almost felt like she was paying a tribute to the Batman movie.

A Hindi novel got longlisted for Booker. But at home, authors like Vinod Shukla get pittance

Shukla, who has won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Deewar Mein Ek Khidki Rahti Thi, says he got only Rs 1.35 lakh in the past 25 years from Vani Prakashan.

Love is Blind didn’t turn into Indian Matchmaking. Give credit to Deepti Vempati saying ‘no’

'Love is Blind' had a red flag—the obsession with fair skin. But Vempati shattered the stereotypes of Indians’ take on arranged marriages.

Yes, we still need a Women’s Day. But it’s not about flowers, cards or discounts

Surrounded by consumerism, Women's Day is a celebration of the 'invisible sex' and of all the invisible ways it suffers.

Pankaj Tripathi isn’t just Sultan or Kaleen Bhaiya of Mirzapur. Don’t cage his talent

From Stree to Mimi, Bollywood has let Pankaj Tripathi down. He is now being typecast.

On Camera

Akbar wasn’t a Hindu-made hero. Don’t use communal filters to frame his legacy

What made him ‘Akbar the Great’ was not the might of his armies alone, but the political architecture he built to sustain power over a subcontinent teeming with diversity.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.