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One company knew Shamshera and Laal Singh would fail. It’s why Bollywood swears by Ormax now

With leading filmmakers like Karan Johar and Zoya Akhtar swearing by its relevance, data consulting firm Ormax has become as significant as the editing process of a film.

Bollywood isn’t dead. But there’s panic everywhere in Mumbai

From tea stalls in Bulandshahr and Khurja to armchair critics on Twitter and OTT gluttons on their couches, the ominous whispers of a decaying Bollywood are growing louder and louder.

Leicester fire a result of orthodox Muslim clergy of ’90s vs new communal Hindu migrants

Global Islam versus a newly globalised Hinduism will not only strengthen Britain’s Right-wing politics but also impose a burden that the State may not be able to carry.

Khasi to Apatani—Women photographers in Northeast are coming together, turning the lens

'Photography can be lonely,' so a new women's collective called Aama is taking shape.

‘Speed of a cheetah’ — read the subtext. Modi’s ‘pet’ project is heavy with political messaging

Return of cheetah to India will ‘strengthen’ Brand Modi. With it, Modi wants to convey to voters that he has made policy decisions at a “momentous” pace, said a senior BJP leader.

The Nordic-5 is tired of China’s power-games, and Modi’s India has its eyes out

When China was a country that preferred to be loved, its most sustainable outreach in Europe was to the Nordics. Needless to say, its not the same anymore.

A Kumaoni Dalit is singing Qawwali in Delhi, won’t let folk music trap him in his caste now

Folk music just wasn’t cutting it anymore for Sarvjeet Tamta, a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan fan who left home 10 years ago at the age of 16. He hasn't looked back since.

‘Let AAP keep trying, but there’s no space for 3rd party in Himachal,’ says CM Jairam Thakur

Aam Aadmi Party is a pretender and Congress not much of a contender, clearing the way for a second term for BJP in poll-bound Himachal, according to Chief Minister Jairam Thakur.

A Rajasthan bride spoke against bedsheet virginity tests. Then filed a rape complaint

In Bhilwara’s Sansi community, the ‘kukdi’ practice of determining virginity is rampant. If women fail, there’s beatings, fines by khap panchayats and rape allegations.

Faster mutations, heavy rains, crowded gaushalas — how lumpy skin disease spread like wildfire

There have been outbreaks of lumpy skin disease in India before, but none as widespread or as deadly as this year's. Experts say it’s the result of a perfect storm.

On Camera

Congress was committed to alcohol ban law without being practical: MA Venkata Rao

Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.

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.