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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicIPL commenatry

Topic: IPL commenatry

IPL in 12 languages—bland English, spicy Punjabi, juicy Haryanvi. Which one’s your favourite?

What has made the outrageous exploits of IPL players on the field so much fun are the verbal antics of the commentary team in the box.

Haryanvi IPL commentary is more crass than cricket. Don’t waste the opportunity

Haryanvi and Bhojpuri music industry have done enough damage to the culture by shaming women and propagating misogyny. IPL cricket commentary must not join that league.

What’s a full toss in Jio’s Bhojpuri IPL? Ravi Kishan makes it travel the Ara-Chhapra distance

Bhojpuri has been reduced to humour in popular culture. Part of the reason why Bhojpuri cricket commentary is going viral.

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Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

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

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

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.