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Tuesday, November 25, 2025

PoV

Hindi not national language. Ajay Devgn ‘stunt’ comes at time of RRR, KGF, Pushpa megahits

Rejection of Hindi imposition—whether in cinema or politics—is not a Hate Hindi campaign. It is a reminder of India’s diverse culture.

More than just an Indian actor — why Deepika Padukone deserves to be Cannes jury

Deepika Padukone embodies the phrase — 'with great power comes great responsibility'. Her inclusion in the 2022 Cannes Film Festival jury is well-deserved.

KGF, Pushpa, Baahubali — For South India, this is the era of multi-part movies

Why did Katappa kill Bahubali? The question that flashed at the end of Rajamouli’s blockbuster started a series of multi-part movies in South cinema. And it’s paying.

Guns, violence, revenge — Mothers in Bollywood are changing from sanskari to fiery

Mothers like Sheel, Aarya, Rukhsana, and Devki have no remorse for blurring the line between right and wrong. Hindi cinema has moved on from typecast roles.

More than Zero — Shah Rukh Khan is back

Zero’s failure seemed to have deterred brand SRK a little, and it felt like it was more than just a commercial failure. It was personal, to the man himself.

Books are signs that world hasn’t given up on itself. This World Book Day, pick up one

Read books to understand or be understood. Because their power, ironically, escapes words.

20 yrs on, Bend It Like Beckham is still ‘hot hot hot’ for its desi story and football love

Gurinder Chadha’s film attained cult status and had real-time impact — it led to an increase in Asian women in British football.

Hindi hegemony will only end when other Indian languages like Tamil are reinvented

Protesting against Amit Shah's Hindi imposition is fine but do non-Hindi states like Tamil Nadu work for the advancement of their own languages?

A message for Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath: your ‘health programme’ is fatphobic

Ensuring the fitness of your employees is great, but there are better ways to do it. Zerodha founder Nitin Kamath's 'initiative' is beyond unscientific.

As a fasting Hindu, I oppose South Delhi mayor’s move to shut meat shops for Navratri

The move to shut meat shops in south Delhi has less to do with piety, and more to do with religious might. And it is not based on any credible data.

On Camera

Anand Gandhi is taking his biggest moonshot from Goa— vaanars, rakshasis, manushyas

Ship of Theseus director Anand Gandhi moved to Goa to synthesise big ideas and build an Indian sci-fi mythiverse with MAYA. ‘In a way, the job title in the East for this enterprise is the Buddha.’

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.