scorecardresearch
Add as a preferred source on Google
Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicVarun Grover

Topic: Varun Grover

Jaspal Bhatti would be an ‘anti-national’ today — satirist who always punched up, not down

Nothing escaped Jaspal Bhatti’s scrutiny — rising prices, political corruption, or burning brides. 'He performed when both the state and the public allowed space for criticism,' Varun Grover said.

‘Everything happening now has roots in 90s’—Why Varun Grover chose it for ‘All India Rank’

Varun Grover’s central character in ‘All India Rank’ is not the underdog. He is nearly an outsider figure in Kota’s IIT race who experiences the urgency and pressure but isn’t compelled to participate in it.

‘Loser manifesto for youth’—when Anurag Minus Verma, Varun Grover got together at Delhi museum

Verma said that 'loserism' is enjoyable, Grover lamented the sorry state of filmmaking—no one wants to make or watch or show short films.

Modi era has birthed its own Azadi songs — ‘Bella Ciao, Wapas Jao’ to ‘Kaagaz Nahi Dikhayenge’

With a protest every winter, Varun Grover’s poem and Poojan Sahil’s song have become this generation’s Faiz poem ‘Hum Dekhenge’.

On Camera

Brahmins weren’t always ‘dominant’ in medieval India. How history can decode UGC controversy

Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, employment, bureaucratic categories, and media platforms do.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.