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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicCancel culture

Topic: cancel culture

Some fashionable words make no sense. Let’s start with ‘activist’

I find so many fashionable words of today quite inexplicable.

Ranveer Allahbadia fought Left cancel culture. And yet, the Right came after him

These hypocrites give comedy a bad name, but no Indian citizen should have the full weight of the state used against them over a joke, no matter how crass.

How old is cancel culture? Tattoo artist Samuel Steward was ‘cancelled’ in 1930

Professor, novelist and tattoo artist Samuel Steward was dismissed from his teaching position after publishing a ‘racy’ book.

Gujarat CM labeled Medha Patkar urban Naxal but Narmada Andolan never saw this cancel culture

Hasmukh Patel, then Officer on Special Duty to the Narmada Development Minister, had said that Medha Patkar's concern regarding fair and just rehabilitation was genuine.

How little green men can save Bollywood from boycotts & Bihar creates 31 new jobs

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

University of Austin — new ‘anti-cancel culture’ US institution that’s already lost 2 advisers

Announced on 8 November on the Substack newsletter of former NYT columnist Bari Weiss, University of Austin is said to be ‘dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth’.

Don’t rush to cancel wokes in McCarthyist panic. Keep 5 things in mind

Wokes have been called illiberal, online lynch mobs, an intolerant new religion and 'souped-up' Communists.

Enid Blyton flagged again as ‘racist’ — here’s the latest controversy triggered by UK charity

On 17 June, a UK-based charity termed Enid Blyton's works as 'racist' and 'xenophobic', renewing criticisms against the author and sparking conversations about cancel culture.

Adichie’s attack on ‘woke language’ is on point. But Right-wing cancel culture is real threat

Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie's three-part essay is what millennials get to hear from Gen Z and boomers suffering with over generalisation of the new generation.

J&K parties must respond to Modi’s call to engage, stop denying the revocation of special status

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

On Camera

Giorgio Armani brought a feminine touch to men’s tailoring — and taught them how to suit up

Armani built a multibillion-dollar global brand from something as simple as an unstructured jacket, and broke down the walls between formal and casual.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.