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‘Say yes to the universe, it says yes back’ — there’s a new manifestation industry in India

'I manifested my boyfriend, my job, and my holiday in Thailand'–—an entire ecosystem is brewing, with coaches charging you Rs 8,000 a day to train you in the art.

Reichsbürger movement won’t overthrow German State but it’s a sign democracies can’t ignore

Arguing modern Germany is in fact a corporate conspiracy, Reichsbürger members have refused to pay taxes, and even set up faux-nations of their own.

Trevillion & Clark taught Indian men western wear. Mohanlal Sons took over, turned to women

As the big fat Indian wedding has led to a renewed boom in the clothing business, Mohanlal Sons have perched themselves firmly on the marriage cart.

This is what was happening in India when the collegium system was born in 1993

Why did the Supreme Court take control of the appointment of judges only in the early 1990s? Why did it not happen in the 1960s, 1970s, or even 1980s?

Frickin’ darn it! What swear words and their ‘clean’ substitutes share across languages

A paper published this week in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review highlights common patterns in profanities across the world, whether they're in Hindi or Hebrew.

AAP is a major problem for Congress but it is just a noisy nuisance for BJP

Congress will conserve its resources, choose its battles and put in a real effort only in those states where it thinks it has a chance of victory.

Last trams standing—Kolkata citizens are pushing hard to keep them running

From 300 trams a day to 10, the journey of Kolkata's cheapest mode of transport seems to be in its final stages. But Calcutta Tram Users Association has put up a fight.

Fifty shades of Hindi erotica — Savita Bhabhi to Subodh Bhaiya

On Spotify, erotic stories often reach top trends. Publishers say that readers are hungrily searching for this content online.

An electric pole for Adarsh Nagar’s Pakistani Hindus after 10 years. But not a better life

A decade of darkness is over in Pakistani-Hindu settlement of Delhi's Adarsh Nagar with electricity. But clean water, education, cemented roads and citizenship are still out of reach.

India is dangerously unprepared for Chinese cyber-war. AIIMS ransomware attack shows why

Officials have long been aware of India's vulnerabilities to hostile, offensive operations. But the AIIMS attack demonstrates a lethal implementation gap.

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.