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Topic: fandom

Inside Emraan Hashmi fanclubs. They’re done whispering & living in shadows

+TFP Triya Gulati -
Loving Emraan Hashmi is no longer a guilty pleasure. A legion of closet fans, including women, are now proudly proclaiming their status as ‘Emranians’.

SRK, Salman, Amitabh worship — God is dead but Viral Bhayani will create a new one for you

Anurag Minus Verma -
God created human beings. Human beings created PR agencies. PR agencies created new celebrity gods through the mass production of iconography. This is the philosophical cycle of life.

Indians have a new K in their lives. Not Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor but Korean culture factory

Monami Gogoi -
K-pop, K-dramas, K-beauty — 2020 became the year India embraced the soft power of Korea.

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

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

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Opinion

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

Swasti Rao -
The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

Pig politicisation isn’t unique to Delhi’s Tri Nagar. It’s a worldwide anti-Muslim strategy

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

Bloomberg News -
New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

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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