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TopicNorth-South divide

Topic: North-South divide

Regena Cassandrra says Janhvi Kapoor’s Peddi remarks creating ‘North-South divide’

In an interview, Regena Cassandrra said she was glad Janhvi Kapoor and Radhika Apte were speaking about their experiences, but objected to the way they discussed South cinema.

Mama’s boys from MP to dominating Mallu women—North–South romances doomed by stereotypes

Food is a big battleground. 'His understanding of good food is tandoori momo floating in Afghani sauce,' a Malayali girlfriend said about her Chandigarh partner.

Modi govt lost in Parliament, but India won

India’s parliamentary power was never entirely numerical. By giving voice to regions, federalism turned India into a nation. Now that national coherence is threatened by a purely numerical principle.

Reddit is the new site of north-south divide

Nowhere is this divide more prominent than on r/India, one of the country’s largest subreddits with 3.3 million members.

With Param Sundari, the North-South divide is back

Bollywood has clearly not learned anything from its past mistakes. The habit of stereotyping South Indians claims its latest victim in Param Sundari — the Malayalis.

Who were the first Indians? Research says Dravidians, not Aryans

Professor Raj Mutharasan's lecture at the Roja Muthiah Research Library in Chennai was an in-depth exploration of one question: Who was the first Indian?

New Bollywood film to bridge the north-south divide—a Janhvi & Sidharth romcom ‘Param Sundari’

‘Ek Duuje Ke Liye’, ‘Chennai Express’, ‘2 States’—a north-south love story has rarely failed Bollywood. Janvhi & Siddharth are now joining the tradition.

South India’s GDP growth didn’t come out of the blue. Central govt had a big hand

A recent EAC-PM working paper showed southern states performed very well in terms of contribution to the nation’s GDP. A history of concessions and policy support from New Delhi played a part.

One business, 2 states, ₹400 cr gap. What Tamil Nadu & UP bandage industries say about India

Tamil Nadu's Chatrapatti’s bandage industry emerged at least two decades after UP's Kanth but it is better organised and is more lucrative. The difference is of 3Es.

Stop this North-South divide over mangoes. The real match is playing out in Bihar and Bengal

In 'Magnifera Indica', Sopan Joshi presents a rich synthesis of reportage, history, biology, economics, and culture to chronicle India's favourite fruit - mango.

On Camera

A rare earth with geopolitical powers: How China’s yttrium leverage is choking defence supply chains

Chinese restrictions on yttrium supplies have driven international spot prices to $1,150 per kg, over 127 times the domestic price, highlighting the need to diversify supply sources.

Big change in Agnipath scheme: Govt grants 2-yr extension to the 75% Agniveers not selected for service

This has now created a pathway for all Agniveers to potentially join the defence forces as regular soldiers after their tenure of six years.

Netanyahu has won because he isn’t defeated. And Israel is left more divided

Netanyahu has won only because he hasn’t been defeated. He’s also changed Israel fundamentally. Any ruling alliance now will have to be a coalition to the exclusion of Israel’s Arab citizens.