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Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Slaps, sex & saas-bahu—what Hindi TV serials say about ‘traditional family values’

The joint family, the parivaar, is dressed up and then layer after layer of emotional atyachaar is stripped bare, exposing the ploys, the plots, and tricks of its members.

A ‘tight slap’ only exists in Indian English. Everywhere else, they hit ‘hard’

In his book 'Mind it!: A Tongue-in-Cheek Look at How Indian English Can Amuse and Even Confuse', Sandeep Nulkar chronicles the uniqueness of Indian English words and phrases and the amusing reasons they came to be.

Bigg Boss going soft on Armaan Malik’s slap is a new low. Salman wouldn’t have let it slide

YouTuber Armaan Malik was given a free pass after he slapped Bigg Boss OTT-3 co-contestant Vishal Pandey. The reason: Pandey called Malik’s wife ‘beautiful’.

YSRCP MLA detained at home after slapping voter at polling booth & getting it back in kind

Voter standing in queue at booth in Ithanagar locality in Tenali objected to MLA jumping queue-line to cast ballot. Clip shows MLA’s men pounced on man & raining blows on him.

From DDLJ to Dil Chahta Hai, Bollywood has one act to thank — that one tight thappad

From gratuitous comedy to the turning point of a movie, a slap is an essential part of Bollywood’s history.

Man slaps Hardik Patel on stage during Congress rally in Gujarat

A video of the unidentified man slapping Patidar leader Hardik Patel, who recently joined the Congress, has surfaced on social media.

On Camera

India is becoming a Republic of RWAs. It’s the most powerful elected body

Civics textbooks need an upgrade, considering that RWAs enforce laws they’ve devised themselves – no matter if it violates a fundamental right or two.

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

Can’t restrict ‘extent of induction’—why SC struck down gender quotas in Army’s JAG recruitment

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ruled that the Indian Army cannot cap the number of women in its Judge Advocate General (JAG) branch...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.