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Topic: padmavati

PM Modi must speak up against Karni Sena’s cowardly attack on a school bus filled with kids

In the past, I have never felt the need for the Prime Minister to speak up and speak out against the fringe. Now I do.

Despite Rajasthan’s regressive march, India’s liberals flock to Jaipur Lit Fest

The Raje government has banned the release of ‘Padmaavat’ in the state, claiming that the film shows disrespect to Rajput women.

Padmavati has been a part of Indian theatre & cinema for 111 years, and nobody protested 

Since 1906, the Rani Padmini-Alauddin Khalji story has been told and retold multiple times in various forms, without people going up in arms.

भाई-भतीजावाद से लेकर इरेक्शन तक, बॉलीवुड के सबसे बोल्ड और कमज़ोर पल- 2017

बॉलीवुड की फिल्मों, किरदारों, कहानियों और गपशप ने अपनी अलग ही छाप छोड़ी है. 2017 में बॉलीवुड के बेहतरीन और बदतरीन, ए से ज़ेड तक

From erection to nepotism: Bollywood’s boldest and weakest moments in 2017

The best and worst of Bollywood in 2017, an A-to-Z guide

Looking up virgin in a dictionary to waging war on Christmas: The A to Z of India’s 2017

India was so weird in 2017, it took an alphabetic guide to understand it.

Be feisty and fearless, says Priyanka Chopra. Then promptly ducks question on Padmavati.

‘Why aren’t these questions asked to politicians? What can I do as an actor?’ is what Chopra said at the Penguin Annual Lecture in New Delhi.

Censors, SC should take a call on Padmavati release: Salman Khan

Actor also comments on Harvey Weinstein sex allegations, says if something like this happens in India, he himself will take the individual “to the cleaners”

Padmavati was the fake news of the medieval world

The cyberspace is now essential to the political management of memory, whether it is dubious historical claims about the Armenian genocide, or Hindu claims about the Taj Mahal.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has only himself to blame for the Padmavati controversy

Sanjay Leela Bhansali should have thought about how much liberty he can take with traditions, customs, and people’s sensibilities, writes Professor Makkhan Lal.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.