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Saturday, March 14, 2026
TopicFan culture

Topic: Fan culture

Ash Ketchum has finally won a Pokémon League. But he has always been a winner

For young kids watching Pokémon, Ash was nothing less than a role model. He cried, threw tantrums, felt dejected and lost a lot. But he stood by his principles, no matter what.

‘Inspiration, immortal’ — Fans throng Moose Wala home with talk of revenge & a grim ‘premonition’

The police suspect ‘inter-gang rivalry’ as the motive for Moose Wala’s murder, but some of the singer’s grieving fans think he is a hero whose killing should be ‘avenged’.

From Prateek Kuhad to When Chai Met Toast, indie music has risen from the ashes of the ‘90s

With streaming platforms and social media, indie artists have a growing fan following. But will this wave last, or will it also fizzle out like the Lucky Ali and Silk Route era?

Salman Khan, Rajinikanth, K-Pop — how fandom is shaping our pop cultural world

From Comic Con India to the Great Indian Fandom Conference, fandoms are finally being taken seriously in India.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.