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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
TopicNepotism

Topic: Nepotism

Bollywood to politics to police, everyone has a ‘theory’ about Sushant Singh Rajput’s death

Every day, there’s a new agency, a new politician and a new actor jumping into the drama surrounding Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, even as media and citizens conduct their own trial.

Compensation for education system, and vaccine vs Rafale

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

It’s a dirty picture — that’s what Sushant Singh Rajput’s death reminds us about Bollywood

Bollywood can be so unfair to the outsider because it is a brutally competitive game with no umpires, adjudicators or whistle-blowers.

Indian media’s priorities, and the collective victory of Covid vaccine

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Nepotistic privilege should be a matter of social shame. It holds India back

Woke young millennials should start looking down upon friends who take the easy route of following up on their parents’ careers.

Sushant Singh Rajput’s family rates Alia Bhatt’s Sadak 2 as 98% nepotistic on Nepometer 

Nepometer website was launched last month by Rajput’s brother-in-law Vishal Kirti. It rates movies based on whether the crew has people from the film industry or outside it.

Potential Covid drug favipiravir to be available at Rs 103/pill at pharmacies by month-end

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

T-series’ Divya Khosla Kumar hits back at Sonu Nigam who called music industry ‘mafia’

Divya Khosla Kumar said ever since Sonu Nigam's video came out, she & her husband, Bhushan Kumar, have receieved rape & death threats.

Sonam Kapoor to Varun Dhawan: A crash course for Bollywood’s star kids on nepotism

Sushant Singh Rajput's death reignited the conversation about nepotism in Bollywood. But Sonam Kapoor Ahuja was quick to thank her 'karma'.

Bollywood’s nepotism didn’t start with Karan Johar. But it must end with Sushant Singh Rajput

Nepotism-led 'othering' has reached a toxic level in Bollywood. Regardless of the extent of its contribution to Sushant’s death, the Hindi film industry must do some soul-searching.

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JDU has a new caste calculation for Bihar 2025 election

The JDU is contesting 101 seats in Bihar this time, lower than its 2020 quota. Here's what our analysis of the caste background of candidates fielded by it reveals.

What’s keeping homegrown consulting firms from taking on Big 4? Here’s what ICAI chief has to say

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India president Charanjot Singh Nanda, a stakeholder in govt's plans to promote home-grown consulting firms, speaks on what is holding back domestic firms.

Precise & proven: The Tomahawk, America’s prized missile wanted by Kyiv & feared by Kremlin

After initially showing interest in supplying the long-range missile to Ukraine, Trump appeared hesitant following his meeting with Zelenskyy, a day after his phone call with Putin.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.