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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicMoral policing

Topic: moral policing

Assault over Hindu colleague giving Muslim co-worker a ride, Bengaluru police arrest two

The arrests were made after the moral policing video with communally-charged comments on social media went viral.

Hyderabad park bans unmarried couples over PDA complaints, removes banner after public outcry

GHMC placed banner outside Indira Park 2 days ago, saying ‘unmarried couples are not allowed’ after receiving complaints about couples involved in 'indecent physical activity like cuddling'.

Pseudo parents or modern Khaps, Indian RWAs are here to police young, single people

Imagine if Arnab Goswami & Navika Kumar were part of your RWA — snooping into your lifestyle and judging your partners and friends. End of freedom and privacy.

‘I run in shorts’ — Congress’ Kavitha Reddy says didn’t shame actor Samyuktha over sports bra

After actor Samyuktha Hegde alleged that Kavitha Reddy abused her for exercising in a public park in Bengaluru wearing a sports bra, the Congress leader has denied the charges.

Coronavirus is complicated, so let’s stop moralising while analysing it

Temptation to moralise is a strong human propensity. But it stems from same reckless impatience that worsened our response to Covid in the first place.

Throughout history, humans have blamed games for moral decline & addiction

Even the Buddha and other leaders of the time were warning about addicting games and recreations including 'throwing dice' & 'Games with balls'.

Karan Johar Instagram video: Are celebrities fair game for moral shaming over online posts?

Filmmaker Karan Johar posted an Instagram video, which had the who’s who of Bollywood like Deepika Padukone and Zoya Akhtar partying at his house.

Pussy cat at home, Bengal tiger in a mob: There’s little genteel about the bhadralok

The Metro rail was once Kolkata’s pride and joy.  This, after all, was the first city in India to get one all the way back in 1984. Now, overnight, it has become a symbol of shame.

In Karnataka’s Mangaluru, ‘Hindutva warriors’ want to swap rowdy vigilantism for votes

Self-styled ‘Hindutva warriors’ have recalibrated their strategy since the BJP suffered a crushing blow in the 2013 polls in coastal stronghold following the 2009 pub assault on women.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.