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Topic: Chamkila

Chamkila’s murder highlights paternalistic nature of society that sees censorship as protection

Prajikta Solanki -
Imtiaz Ali’s film revives the story of Amar Singh Chamkila, whose murder in 1988 exposes how censorship, caste discomfort and moral policing silenced a voice that reflected society’s 'truths'.

Surinder Sonia, woman who made Chamkila famous, gets mere 8-10 mins screen time in Imtiaz Ali’s film

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Imtiaz Ali’s film doesn’t capture Chamkila’s real energy. It puts the Dalit singer in a box

Dilip Mandal -
Anyone who has seen him perform would agree that the real Chamkila was more vibrant and aggressive on stage than Diljit Dosanjh portrays him to be.

3 IPS trainees crack top 5 in civil services

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Surinder Sonia made Chamkila famous but Imtiaz Ali’s film reduces her to a footnote

+TFP Tina Das -
Amar Singh Chamkila glosses over the fact that Surinder Sonia was a powerful figure in Punjab’s pop culture milieu in the 1980s.

Chamkila died over 3 decades ago but in his Punjab village bitterness, regret linger

Tina Das -
In Chamkila’s village there is an undercurrent of bitterness, regret — Mehsampur has the reputation of being a killing field.

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Opinion

Maach & mutton for Mission Bengal. What BJP-TMC are cooking in new poll battleground

Stela Dey -
The stereotype of the fish-loving Bengali has now become a contested political site and both the BJP and TMC know it. And the voters do too.

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

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

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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