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Topic: Gulzar

Ijaazat is a strangely poetic take on divorce that was rare in 1980s Hindi films

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Naseeruddin Shah and Rekha's portrayal of a divorced couple in this Gulzar film is more loving and honest than many marriages that do last.

BJP & Cong tribute to ‘hero’ Subhash Chandra Bose, BJP’s Nadda and Hardeep Puri attack Congress

Tina Das -
The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

A Gulzar poem and Covid appeal: How Bengaluru’s top cop is trying to urge people to stay home

Rohini Swamy -
The Karnataka government had announced a week-long lockdown from 14 July Saturday.

Shekhar Kapur’s Masoom is as beautifully relatable as it was almost 40 years ago

Samira Sood -
Starring Naseeruddin Shah & Shabana Azmi, the movie features some of R.D. Burman and Gulzar's finest work, & three adorable kids.

Gulzar’s Murari Lal, Ghalib and the spread of an epidemic

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Set in Gali Qasim Jan in Old Delhi's Ballimaran, once home to Mirza Ghalib, Gulzar's newest poem features footage from the area during the Covid crisis.

In search of home in a pandemic — Gulzar’s new poem likens migrant crisis to Partition

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Between Partition and the migrant exodus, Gulzar says he doesn't know which is worse. Read the poem and translation by Rakhshanda Jalil.

Of course the migrant labourers will go back home, for that is where their lives are: Gulzar

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Cities are not home for the migrant workers, says the poet. Read the poem and translation by Rakhshanda Jalil.

‘Dhoop aane do’, don’t lose hope & feed the strays: Gulzar’s lockdown message in poetry, prose

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Stay hopeful, and practise social distancing, says Gulzar in his new poem. Read the translation of the poem by Rakhshanda Jalil.

Sweet and salty ‘corona’ food — because Indians need variety even in a pandemic

Unnati Sharma -
Creativity of Indians is on the rise during the Covid-19 crisis with some of them even composing songs and writing poems based on the coronavirus.

Stay home, this too shall pass — Gulzar urges India to follow Covid-19 lockdown

Unnati Sharma -
Posted on Facebook, Gulzar’s spoken appeal starts with a couplet, ‘Waqt rehta nahi kahin tik kar, iski aadat bhi aadmi si hai’.
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Opinion

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

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The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

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Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Saksham Thakur -
Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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