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TopicRajshri Deshpande

Topic: Rajshri Deshpande

Actor Rajshri Deshpande is losing movie roles because of her social work

Running the Nabhangan Foundation since 2018, the actor’s focus is to create actual change on the ground, rather than simply portraying ‘strong’ female characters on screen.

Trial By Fire’s Rajshri Deshpande is a fighter on screen and in 30 Maharashtra villages

From playing Ismat Chugtai in Manto to Subhadra in Sacred Games, Deshpande is a widely-known name in the industry. But she’s more than that.

Nudity is liberating, no regrets about bold scenes: Rajshri Deshpande of ‘Sacred Games’

Rajshri Deshpande says mainstream cinema is still stuck with 'fantasy characters' and is yet to start looking at women as real people.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.