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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicAfwaah

Topic: Afwaah

Govt not the only censor, market forces are too—Afwaah director Sudhir Mishra

Sudhir Mishra’s talk in Delhi straddled between the past and the present, the famed years of parallel cinema and the India of today.

Afwaah is Sudhir Mishra’s battle cry against WhatsApp rumors, viral videos and fake news

The central tension in the story is the chance meeting of a Muslim man and a Hindu woman. It becomes fodder for local politics.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.