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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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Topic: Hindi TV series

Indian TV serials are still stuck on ‘evil women snatching husbands’. OTTs race ahead

Shailaja Bajpai -
The physical violence in soap operas is children playing cops and robber compared to what we witness in OTT specials like Mirzapur.

She Season 2’s edgy vulgarity will keep you watching. But it doesn’t take the series forward

Tina Das -
She's dialogues are wonderfully crass but also unimaginative. From the police to gangsters to the prostitutes, stereotypes play out.

Dear Taarak Mehta, you were our peak comfort content for 14 years. Now it’s time to retire

Yashika Singla -
Just like the Truman Show, all Taarak Mehta plots somehow feel the same for the past few years. It's fine to accept that ideas can go stale.

Hilarious, emotional, real — Amazon Prime has raised the bar with Panchayat 2

Unnati Sharma -
Jitendra Kumar, Neena Gupta and Raghubir Yadav team up to make Panchayat 2 an absolute treat to watch.

‘Nationalist’ snakes, progressive values: why Naagin 6, Anupamaa are dominating Hindi TV

Nidhima Taneja -
Women still rule Hindi TV but their roles have drastically changed. Anupamaa and Naagin 6 might be poles apart, but it shows an interesting trend.

Why Smriti Irani’s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi rerun feels like a live show today

Shailaja Bajpai -
From the Virani parivar to the Sangh parivar, there’s not much of a distance to travel, as Smriti Irani’s real-life journey has shown us.

A millennial desi femme fatale and in a saree. That’s Netflix’s ‘Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein’

Tina Das -
Anchal Singh’s portrayal of Purva, a small-town femme fatale, feels straight out of Manohar Kahaniyan. Her ‘USP’ is her girl-next-door look.

Hatim, a low-budget epic about an Arabian prince, gripped Indian viewers in the early 2000s

Gautamee Hazarika -
The series was only on air for a year, but stood out from saas-bahu staples with its unapologetic fantasy storytelling and novel CGI to become cult classic

Guddan, Mayuri, Molkki, Imli — Hindi TV series are finally doing something revolutionary

Shailaja Bajpai -
Hindi soaps have long resisted reality and lived in their havelis with kilos of jewellery. That’s changing now because news has gotten so bad

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Opinion

Climate change doesn’t just affect poor people, farmers. Cities and banks aren’t safe either

Renuka Sane -
In India, only 17% of public sector banks and 25% of private sector banks claimed to have an internal strategy for integrating climate risks into their risk management framework.

Deepening insecurity has led the world into a mindless arms race. Don’t forget past wars

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Economy

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

+TFP TCA Sharad Raghavan -
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

Defence

India, Oman hold 5th annual high-level meeting to boost maritime security

ThePrint Team -
Both the governments expressed their commitment to strengthening their maritime cooperation to strengthen the maritime safety and security framework in the region.

National Interest

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

Shekhar Gupta -
While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.

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