Monday, 23 May, 2022
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Topic: Clothing

Wear Che Guevara, Johnny Walker and Gandhi on your T-shirts, but it says nothing about you

Sreedeep Bhattacharya  -
In ‘Consumerist Encounters’, Sreedeep Bhattacharya explores how our relationships & representations of commodities like T-shirts have evolved in urban India.

Saudi Arabia considers making ‘abaya’ optional for women as it looks to boost tourism

Vivian Nereim -
The idea that some women might cast off their abayas is causing uproar as rapid social change puts old fault lines between Saudi's liberals and conservatives under stress.

The great stagnation in clothing innovation needs to end

Tyler Cowen -
Imagine everyone having custom-made and custom-fitted clothing, perhaps with the aid of robot tailors, and readily available 3-D body scanning devices.

Can a Dalit wear Armani and Zara? Why most Indians would still say no

Anurag Minus Verma -
Ambedkar wanted to challenge the very idea of how a Dalit should look and, thus, chose to wear suits.

On Camera

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Opinion

Golden Temple

What Akal Takht must know about harmonium and music before banishing it from Golden Temple

Yashika Singla -
In an era where India’s past and ‘purity’ are constantly being dug up and debated, the humble harmonium has become the latest victim.
Galle Face Green the popular promenade in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo has become ground zero for the protest against the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government. | Photo: Regina Mihindukulasuriya

Sri Lanka may be a teaser for a global default crisis

Protecting pilots’ mental health will keep us all safer.Photographer: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images North America

Mental health of pilots under scanner after plane crash in China

Economy

World’s $300 trillion in debt. Here’s what it means for services like health, education

Victoria Masterson -
To meet debt payments, at least 100 countries will have to reduce spending on essential services, the IMF estimates.

Defence

Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet pulls off its first successful launch from a ski-jump at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, US | Photo credit: Boeing

2 American Super Hornets in India as Boeing looks to showcase fighters for Navy deal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Navy looking at about 26 multi-role deck-based fighters for its aircraft carrier. Visit by Super Hornets comes close on heels of similar trip by competitor Rafale M of Dassault Aviation.

National Interest

Mandir or Masjid? New surveys not needed, just acceptance of truth & move towards reconciliation

Shekhar Gupta -
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.

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