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Saturday, September 13, 2025
TopicAanand L. Rai

Topic: Aanand L. Rai

Raanjhanaa director Aanand Rai doesn’t approve of AI happy ending version. ‘Abject betrayal’

Dhanush and Sonam Kapoor starrer Raanjhanaa is re-releasing in theatres on 1 August. It's got an AI-generated happy ending.

Akshay Kumar’s call in Raksha Bandhan isn’t nationalism. It’s a shaky fight against dowry

Indians will connect emotionally with Aanand L. Rai's Raksha Bandhan. But its core idea is shaky at best.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.