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Topic: Celebrity

Sudha Chandran’s viral trance is a cry for help. Stop calling it divine

What we see in the video is not a passing spiritual fancy; it is psychologically ambiguous, warrants a closer look, especially if someone so influential partakes in it.

Online creeps are ‘crushing’ on Aaradhya Bachchan. It’s bordering on paedophilia

The comments on social media show how it’s become normal to sexualise children. Comments like ‘maa se beti crush updated’ to another asking why she didn’t dress like this before.

Actor Matthew Perry, best known as Chandler Bing from ‘Friends’ sitcom, dies at 54

Perry, who battled substance abuse for yrs and got sober at 43, was reportedly found unconscious at his Los Angeles home in a jacuzzi Saturday. He's believed to have died of drowning.

A week in China: Celebs on target, Xi’s ethnic integration push, meeting of PLA and US Army

Asia Communique is a weekly newsletter about China that digs into the minds of the country's leaders, scholars, thinkers, business tycoons and Chinese people.

Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao divorce after 15 years, to begin new chapter as ‘co-parents’

Couple issues joint statement, says they will continue to work as collaborators on films, their Paani Foundation, and other projects that they feel passionate about.

Aparna Sen & Ramachandra Guha should know sending letters to Modi only makes him look good

Populist leaders like Modi thrive on victimhood. And can easily turn people against celebrities, who they project as Westernised and far removed.

Titillation, titillation, titillation — what Karan Johar’s Koffee with Karan is all about

Koffee with Karan does not need celebrities, just loose talk on sex and dating.

Unless Nick dresses up like Ranveer, we are not interested in Priyanka Chopra’s wedding

The very thought of following two weddings on social media takes a toll on my mental health.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

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.