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Monday, October 27, 2025
TopicPop culture

Topic: Pop culture

Is there an Indian way to be gay? Most of us learn about queerness from American TV

We’re sad about drag bans in the US, but don’t care about horizontal reservations in India. Stonewall remains our frame of reference, and AIDS Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan is unheard of.

Luigi Mangione changed how we view murder suspects. It’s all about his digital footprint

Luigi became a folk hero overnight, across the political spectrum. But his personality being deciphered from his online presence left me feeling disconcerted.

Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain is still shaping pop culture. Here’s how

Nirvana were everywhere at the start of the 1990s, much like Taylor Swift’s omnipresence today.

After K-culture boom, Indian women loving Thai queer drama. ‘We can see 2 handsome men’

A legion of new fans has bolstered the BL fandom in India. They have sent gifts to the actors in Thailand, sent food trucks to their shooting locations, & put up billboards in India.

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Hindu temples belong to deities & devotees, not the govt. Himachal Pradesh HC got it right

Just as India’s educated elite have benefited from missionary-run schools, temple donations could be channelled for the economic and educational upliftment of Hindus.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.