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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Topic: Pasoori

Ali Sethi gets ‘cancelled’ for coming out. But not all Pakistani fans see it as ‘strange’

The 'Pasoori' singer posted his childhood photo on Instagram with a caption that confirmed his sexual identity. Last year, he had rejected claims of being married to artist Salman Toor.

Ali Sethi, Pasoori are so big that Arijit Singh looks small for trying to own it

Hindi film remakes take regional songs to a wider audience but the big Bollywood singer gets the fame not the original artiste.

Pakistanis pan Arijit Singh’s Pasoori remake. Ali Sethi fans accuse Bollywood of stealing

While Ali Sethi was credited in the remake that features in the upcoming Kartik Aaryan-Kiara Advani movie, there is no mention of Shae Gill or Coke Studio Pakistan.

Ali Sethi wore a white angarkha but Pakistanis just don’t understand fashion

Many in Pakistan, where gender identity is off-limits, erroneously derided Sethi for his choice of attire — a white angarkha.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.