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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: Democracy Wall

India’s young audience is mature, but storytellers haven’t done enough: Neelesh Misra

Aastha Singh -
Gaon Connection founder Neelesh Misra shares his ideas about content creation, fake news and journalism.

If a chaiwala can be PM, why can’t a house maid become a comedian: Deepika Mhatre 

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
The maid-turned-comedian speaks strongly against treatment meted out to domestic helps by their employers.

Nudity is liberating, no regrets about bold scenes: Rajshri Deshpande of ‘Sacred Games’

Manisha Mondal -
Rajshri Deshpande says mainstream cinema is still stuck with 'fantasy characters' and is yet to start looking at women as real people.

BJP keeps close eye on my Twitter, trolling is immediate: Priyanka Chaturvedi

Simrin Sirur -
Congress leader downplays BJP’s ‘Beti Bachao’ campaign, says it’s the grand old party that gave India its first woman PM, President and Speaker.

Only Mulayam’s son can enter politics, no opportunities for any of us: AAP’s Bhagwant Mann

Rupanwita Bhattacharjee -
Speaking at Democracy Wall, the comedian-turned-MP also hit out at today’s youth for taking shortcuts, as well as taking failure to heart and giving up.

Rahul Gandhi has no lust for power, just wants to promote youth: Punjab minister Singla

Fatima Khan -
Speaking at Democracy Wall, the PWD minister admits there are ‘leakages’ in the construction sector that need to be fixed.

Social media users should do their bit to secure their content: Arnika Singh

Aastha Singh -
At Democracy Wall, online expert says children must be educated on cyber issues, and urges users not to blindly respond to trolls. New Delhi: Social...

As a nation, India needs more free speech: Ayushmann Khurrana

Simrin Sirur -
Speaking at Democracy Wall, the actor-singer says he’s an apolitical person by choice, because an ‘artist should be a clean sla

From Aadhaar to Arvind Kejriwal, Democracy Wall’s Pune edition asked it all

Shekhar Gupta -
At SCMC, Pune, students enthusiastically grilled politicians, actors and activists with sharp questions.

Fighting pollution doesn’t get you votes, but common man suffers: AAP’s Raghav Chadha

Sakshi Arora -
At Democracy Wall, Chadha talks about AAP being a truly democratic party, and the issues facing Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal government. New Delhi: The real challenge...
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Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Rohit Chawla -
Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

‘I met Messi’ was the headline of the GOAT tour. Football and fans were ignored

‘If we don’t cross tonight’—How Lt Col Hanut Singh led the charge at 1971 Battle of Basantar

Economy

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

Keshav Padmanabhan -
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

Defence

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Vaibhav Pant -
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

National Interest

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Shekhar Gupta -
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.

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