Topic: Neeraj Ghaywan
A Dalit lead who isn’t honour killing or inter-caste love victim. It takes a Neeraj Ghaywan
Bollywood is now comfortable with portraying drugs, gender parity, crime and sexuality, but still finds Dalit characters too hot to handle.
Three years ago, Masaan brilliantly captured sexuality and aspiration in small town India
In the third anniversary week of Neeraj Ghaywan’s landmark Masaan, sharing my reflections on how it saw the rise of the small-town Indian, powered by the cheap private education-motorcycle-smartphone trinity.
On Camera
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BJP, Modi’s ‘total politics’ stems from insecurity. They still don’t rule the power elite
Yogendra Yadav is wrong. BJP might have a hegemonic position in politics and economy, but it's not the same in moral and intellectual spaces.
RBI intervenes with multi-pronged strategy in battle against rupee fall
The Reserve Bank’s challenges include crashes in forward dollar premiums to rising open interest in futures that adds to pressure on the currency.
Defence
‘Major milestone’: India conducts maiden flight of unmanned aircraft demonstrator
DRDO calls flight a significant step towards self-reliance in defence technologies; Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauds achievement, says ‘it paves way for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in critical military systems’.
With Agnipath, Modi govt’s shock & awe doctrine may have misfired a vital reform, yet again
Modi govt's biggest flaw has been its disinclination to accept limitations of electoral majorities. This ruined land acquisition and farm reform, stalled labour codes.