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TopicStreet play

Topic: Street play

‘Nukkad Naatak’ makers faced many rejections in Bollywood. Mamdani inspired them to go solo

Triya Gulati -
The independent film will open on 100 screens across India. The filmmakers are confident that their ‘audience will watch Nukkad Naatak over The Kerala Story 2.’

Shadipur drama — tailors, chaiwalas, shopkeepers are the new judges of talent

Shania Mathew -
It's not easy to gain Shadipur’s validation. Just see how the Natak Utsav 2022 opened with a Spanish play in Hindi called Kali Odhni.

NGO fact-finding team hints at Maoist role in Jharkhand gang rape of street play artistes

Alind Chauhan -
Seven performers were allegedly gang-raped after being abducted from a school during a play on human trafficking.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

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

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

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

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

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

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