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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicBoycott Bollywood

Topic: Boycott Bollywood

Pathaan is not just any other Hindi movie. It’s a battle for India

Vir Sanghvi -
Given the frenzy of Hindutva right's boycott campaign, many believed that Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan had flopped even before it was released. We are seeing how wrong they were.

Modi’s defence of movies is key for Vishwaguru goal. Content is the new internationalism

+TFP Rama Lakshmi -
As our biggest cultural export faces new competition from K-dramas and Turkish serials, we shouldn’t discredit them with Boycott Bollywood calls.

Facing boycott calls? Show a little courage and wait for the mob to give up and move on

+TFP Vir Sanghvi -
The frightening thing about boycotts is that morally or legally it is hard to find anything to object to.

Authoritarianism is passé. BJP govt imposing its thinking on our lives, art, entertainment

Vir Sanghvi -
The middle-class does cares about democracy and freedom — but only up to a point.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

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

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

Defence

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Vaibhav Pant -
Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

National Interest

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

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

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