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Thursday, January 8, 2026
TopicOscars 2025

Topic: oscars 2025

Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound shortlisted in international feature category at Oscars

The film is inspired by journalist Basharat Peer’s The New York Times article 'Taking Amrit Home', also titled (A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway).

Diplomatic acrobatics & the Oscar goes to…who?

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

‘Anora’, story of a New York sex worker, sweeps Oscars with 5 awards including best picture

Anora was made for $6 mn, a tiny sum by Hollywood standards. It won against papal thriller 'Conclave', Jewish immigrant story 'The Brutalist', and blockbuster musical 'Wicked'.

How did Kanguva become an Oscars Best Picture contender? Paid a fee, filled an application

‘Unlike Laapata Ladies, which was India’s official selection, Kanguva has paid a fee to make it to the list of Best Picture,’ said film critic Ramesh Bala.

Hindi film Santosh earns spot in Oscars 2025 Best International Feature Film category

The UK sent the film as their official submission for the Academy Awards 2025. The movie also premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in May 2024.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.