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Cinema has been reduced to gossip
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Cinema has been reduced to gossip

Their (of the women who are speaking out) information, their thoughts and their feelings are added ingredients in the formulation of the film policy.

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September 08, 2024
This isn't about one person; it's about a broader issue
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This isn't about one person; it's about a broader issue

If you start unmasking, I am sure 90 per cent of the people would end up behind bars. This behaviour has become normalised, as if people think they have to give something to get something.

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September 08, 2024
THEATRE OF OUTRAGE
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THEATRE OF OUTRAGE

A shocking report on abuse and exploitation in Malayalam cinema has unleashed a revolution for gender justice. Will the heroic struggle, led by a group of courageous women, succeed?

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September 08, 2024
Blast from the past
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Blast from the past

Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy cries foul as the illegal mining-related case against him gathers pace

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September 08, 2024
The rapist vote bank
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The rapist vote bank

I am sensing some ennui in the reportage around the horrific rape and murder at the R.G. Kar Medical College. Perhaps it is just me, but it seems that the media, while putting on their grimmest faces and asking—‘how many girls will have to die horrible deaths before we fix ourselves as a society?’—seem to be mouthing this often-repeated line a little mechanically.

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September 08, 2024
MEDIA SENSATIONALISM CANNOT DETERMINE THE NARRATIVE OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
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MEDIA SENSATIONALISM CANNOT DETERMINE THE NARRATIVE OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

MAMATA BANERJEE HAS never shied away from a political challenge. But the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata seems to have put her government in West Bengal on the back foot.

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September 08, 2024
HOP & WIN
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HOP & WIN

Assembly polls may not be a straightforward MVA versus Mahayuti affair; ambitious second-rung leaders could switch parties or contest as independents, upsetting calculations of major alliances

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September 08, 2024
Of hugs, handshakes, folded hands
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Of hugs, handshakes, folded hands

Two years ago, the whole world was coming down on Narendra Modi like a tonne of bricks for not having condemned Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, and for buying the bad guy’s oil. So Modi flew to Samarkand, pulled aside the big bad Russian to a corner at the Shanghai gang-up, and told him bluntly—look here big boy, \"Today's era is not of war.”

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September 08, 2024
In 2023, I Was Thinking Of Another Career
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In 2023, I Was Thinking Of Another Career

In a largely lacklustre Olympic campaign in Paris, Manu Bhaker was one of the few bright spots for India.

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September 01, 2024
Paddy in Kashmir's killing fields
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Paddy in Kashmir's killing fields

My job is to install an elected chief minister in Srinagar,” Paddy told us on an August evening in 1996.

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September 01, 2024
Lessons from Bangladesh
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Lessons from Bangladesh

The ‘Monsoon Revolution’ of August 5, 2024, was not about Bangladesh’s relations with India but about the relationship of Bangladesh with Bangladeshis.

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September 01, 2024
How not to react to rape
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How not to react to rape

The rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata has been an inflection point for the country.

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September 01, 2024
Yet another hit
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Yet another hit

A new docuseries on scriptwriters Salim-Javed reveals the untold story of their partnership

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September 01, 2024
Down history lane
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Down history lane

India's first sunken museum will transport you back to the Mughal era

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September 01, 2024
Give audiences the freedom to choose
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Give audiences the freedom to choose

Exclusive: Actor Vikrant Massey on globalising Indian cinema

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September 01, 2024
Maximum fashion
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Maximum fashion

Designers Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla crave the complex, the multi-layered and the divinely detailed

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September 01, 2024
Spin it like Shiamak
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Spin it like Shiamak

The acknowledged guru of modern dance in India—choreographer Shiamak Davar—has made several celebrities dance to his tune over the years.

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September 01, 2024
HEART OF KINDNESS
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HEART OF KINDNESS

Dr Ramana Rao has been running a free Sunday clinic near Bengaluru for 51 years. He has treated almost 18 lakh patients, setting a benchmark in rural health care

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September 01, 2024
IT WAS THE PERFECT FAREWELL
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IT WAS THE PERFECT FAREWELL

To have your jersey number retired from the sport is an honour few receive. P.R. Sreejesh is among those few.

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September 01, 2024
ECONOMICS DOES NOT JUSTIFY CHINA'S INVESTMENT IN GWADAR; THERE IS A SECURITY DIMENSION
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ECONOMICS DOES NOT JUSTIFY CHINA'S INVESTMENT IN GWADAR; THERE IS A SECURITY DIMENSION

Captain Alok Bansal’s Gwadar: A Chinese Gibraltar is the result of 18 years of painstaking research.

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September 01, 2024
Sub-classification is not in the interest of the SC community
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Sub-classification is not in the interest of the SC community

THE SUPREME COURT’S judgment on sub-classification of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has triggered an intense social and political debate.

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September 01, 2024
Flawed script
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Flawed script

Hema committee report highlights unscrupulous trends in Malayalam film industry, but lasting solutions are nowhere in sight

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September 01, 2024
Wilting lotus?
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Wilting lotus?

In what is expected to be a direct BJP-Congress contest, the latter's fortunes seem to be on the rise

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September 01, 2024
Little brother's handicap
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Little brother's handicap

Congress leaders believe that Uddhav Thackeray's impact is limited and they have to carry his party along

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September 01, 2024
SUPPORTING VILLAGE DEFENCE COMMITTEES TO DETER TERRORISTS
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SUPPORTING VILLAGE DEFENCE COMMITTEES TO DETER TERRORISTS

ABOUT THREE DOZEN Pakistani terrorists entered the border areas of Samba, Kathua and Hiranagar through tunnels during the three-month-long Lok Sabha elections to carry out attacks in Jammu.

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September 01, 2024
THE VALLEY OF HOPE
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THE VALLEY OF HOPE

A high-stakes contest not just for the BJP and established regional parties, but also for the people

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September 01, 2024
A VOTE AGAINST VIOLENCE
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A VOTE AGAINST VIOLENCE

As Jammu and Kashmir prepares to hold its first assembly elections in a decade, building a cross-party consensus for ensuring peace and stability can be as radical a step as the voiding of Article 370 was five years ago

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September 01, 2024
THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT WILL GET COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE LG
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THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT WILL GET COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE LG

When Sheikh Abdullah was sworn in as chief minister on July 9, 1977 after the National Conference won the assembly polls, it marked the end of the first spell of governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir.

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September 01, 2024
The Word, A Spark And Nancy's Mission
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The Word, A Spark And Nancy's Mission

America's most powerful woman says she is happy to relinquish that position in favour of Kamala Harris.

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August 25, 2024
America Ready To Elect Kamala Harris Because She Is The Best
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America Ready To Elect Kamala Harris Because She Is The Best

Nancy Pelosi opens her latest book, The Art of Power, describing what was perhaps the most traumatic day of her life, personally.

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August 25, 2024