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Topic: Veere Di Wedding

Dirty talk to self-love — Thank You For Coming finally gets women-centric films right

The script by Radhika Anand and Prashasti Singh is complemented by Boolani’s directorial skill, which never panders to the male gaze.

In 2019, Bollywood must invest in female friendships: More Veeres, no Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety

Bollywood is doing ‘women-centric’ films, but still has a long way to go when it comes to portraying the full lives of women.

From fear of homosexuality in Army to lateral entry into IAS: ThePrint’s 20 best of 2018

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in 2018.

Neither NickYanka nor DeepVeer, this was the most searched wedding of India in 2018

There were quite a few headline-grabbing big fat celebrity weddings this year, but they were all trumped on Google Trends.

Why Delhi government schools trumped private ones in Class XII, and Priyanka Chopra’s ‘big mistake’

The Delhi administration was in quite a celebratory mood over the performance of government school students in the Class XII CBSE exams.

Women are just having fun in Veere Di Wedding. And I refuse to feel guilty for enjoying it

It’s a relief to see women in a film talking to each other without having to sprinkle keywords that would sell the movie as one with a cause.

Veere Di Wedding: It’s been a terrible week for masturbation in India

A ridiculous depiction of masturbation does more damage than good. It tells young women that exploring and discovering their bodies is odious and absurd.

Veere Di Wedding is an apology for feminism and doesn’t really celebrate independent women

If you want to watch a movie about a woman asserting herself, finding happiness without a man, and not being unnecessarily mean to anyone, watch Kangana Ranaut’s Queen.

Bollywood loves to hate Pakistan, and Swara Bhasker just proves it

For actors like Swara Bhasker standing up and speaking out is reserved for favourable context. The liberal Bhasker failed to acknowledge the progress a 'failing state' is making.

Veere Di Wedding is banned in Pakistan, while Afghan bowler Rashid Khan packs a punch

Despite being removed for life from politics, Nawaz Sharif’s PML(N) is slated to return to power after elections in Pakistan in July, Fatima Bhutto...

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.