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Topic: Arooj Aftab

Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab calls out US magazine’s racist review by ‘fossilised white man’

Debdutta Chakraborty -
In his review of Pakistan's only Grammy winner Arooj Aftab’s album, American music critic John McDonough called it 'Urdu chant'.

Arooj Aftab wants to be more than an ‘Urdu singer’. Now she’s being called anti-Pakistan

Yashna Kumar -
The singer’s tweet on labels by Western media opened a can of worms. Many accused her of wanting to shed her roots.

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Opinion

Casteism didn’t disappear in Indian cities. It just learned English

Vaibhav Wankhede -
Urban India isn’t post-casteism; it’s post-confession. It wants the benefits of hierarchy without the embarrassment of admitting to it.

India’s endless loop of babas is powered by daddy issues, mythology. And now social media

This is how Strait of Hormuz shock is forcing a global trade reset

Economy

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Alex Gabriel Simon Thattil -
Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

Defence

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

Keshav Padmanabhan -
UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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