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VARIETY

| 4-minute read

Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, international men's day, mard ko dard nahin hota

#InternationalMen’sDay: Mard ko dard nahin hota, and other lies that Bollywood taught us

Men are vulnerable too. This Men's Day, let's remember that

Nairita Mukherjee

@NotThatNairita

VOICES

| Paradigm shift | 6-minute read

BBC, hate crimes, Washington Post, perception polls

Paradigm shift

Perception polls about India under Modi: Whose perception is it anyway?

Recently, The Washington Post and the BBC published two articles about India. What is their research methodology and sample size?

Soumyadipta Banerjee

@Soumyadipta

POLITICS

| 5-minute read

Awami League, Bangladesh elections, Khaleda Zia, bnp

Bangladesh polls: Why Awami League cosying up to Islamic fundamentalist Hefazat-e-Islam is raising eyebrows

The election assumes greater significance this time due to PM Sheikh Hasina’s display of political astuteness in engaging with her political adversaries.

Shantanu Mukharji

@Shantanu2818

POLITICS

| 6-minute read

Hinduism, United States, Donald Trump, religious minority

Why hate crimes are rising against Hindus in the US

India's 'cow vigilantism' is much highlighted in US media. The other side of this story has been completely ignored in this process.

Avatans Kumar

@avatans

LIFE

| 5-minute read

Pollution, Indian culture, Tradition, Indian Wedding

Big car, bigger wedding: When will we find out the biggest cost we are paying for our oversized dreams?

We equate excess with success. Progress with profusion.

Irisha Poonawalla

@DanceOfDivinity

VARIETY

| 4-minute read

Winters, রোজা, সিলসিলা, yeh jawaani hai deewani, dilli ki sardi, biri jalaile

Winter is here: Easing into the chill season with snowy Bollywood

A cup of tea, check. An oversized sweater, check. A Bollywood playlist fit for the occasion, check.

Nairita Mukherjee

@NotThatNairita

VARIETY

| 7-minute read

Swachh Bharat, world toilet day, open defecation free, public toilets

World Toilet Day: How this Swachh Bharat 'activist' found out the dirty truth about India's sanitation

Is this not a conspiracy by 'Uncouth India' against 'Swachh Bharat'?

Sanghamitra Baruah

VARIETY

| 4-minute read

Web series, amazon prime, mirzapur, pankaj tripathi

Mirzapur itself is missing from Amazon series 'Mirzapur', but Pankaj Tripathi shines

Almost all the characters abuse, and abuse a lot, but fail to give it the piercing edge characteristic of the part of India the series deals with.

Vandana

@Vandana5

VARIETY

| 3-minute read

Bollywood, Entertainment, Koffee With Karan, taimur

More good news: Why we will never be deprived of cute Taimur photos

Saif Ali Khan is the coolest dad Bollywood never had. He just proved it on Koffee with Karan too.

DailyBite

OPEN TO OPINION

POLITICS

#Chhattisgarh assembly polls
Dealing with Naxalism
The BJP government is neither doing justice by the people of Naxal-affected areas, nor to civil society or our security forces.
Jaiveer Shergill @JaiveerShergill

ART & CULTURE

#Tm krishna concert
Concert and questions
In choosing to sing of all gods with passion, Krishna has evoked an age-old Indian tradition. He’s also left his critics fuming, which is a wonderful note to strike.
Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi

POLITICS

#Lok Sabha elections 2019
Deadlocked?
Here's how much both the NDA and UPA could win in each state, and the magic factors that could swing the final count.
Minhaz Merchant @minhazmerchant

VARIETY

#Avni
Two sides to a story
She had terrorised the villagers. Standing crops were drying in the fields, cattle were starving.
Mustafa Shaikh @mustafashk

ART & CULTURE

#Mughal history
Jat fury against Mughals
The Jat rebellion raged on through 1669; in November, Aurangzeb himself marched to Mathura. But putting down this revolt was far from simple.
Arjun Singh Kadian @ArjunSKadian

VARIETY

#InternationalMen’sDay: Mard ko dard nahin hota, and other lies that Bollywood taught us

Men are vulnerable too. This Men's Day, let's remember that

VOICES

Perception polls about India under Modi: Whose perception is it anyway?

Recently, The Washington Post and the BBC published two articles about India. What is their research methodology and sample size?

POLITICS

Bangladesh polls: Why Awami League cosying up to Islamic fundamentalist Hefazat-e-Islam is raising eyebrows

The election assumes greater significance this time due to PM Sheikh Hasina’s display of political astuteness in engaging with her political adversaries.

POLITICS

Why hate crimes are rising against Hindus in the US

India's 'cow vigilantism' is much highlighted in US media. The other side of this story has been completely ignored in this process.

LIFE

Big car, bigger wedding: When will we find out the biggest cost we are paying for our oversized dreams?

We equate excess with success. Progress with profusion.

VARIETY

Winter is here: Easing into the chill season with snowy Bollywood

A cup of tea, check. An oversized sweater, check. A Bollywood playlist fit for the occasion, check.

VARIETY

World Toilet Day: How this Swachh Bharat 'activist' found out the dirty truth about India's sanitation

Is this not a conspiracy by 'Uncouth India' against 'Swachh Bharat'?

VARIETY

Mirzapur itself is missing from Amazon series 'Mirzapur', but Pankaj Tripathi shines

Almost all the characters abuse, and abuse a lot, but fail to give it the piercing edge characteristic of the part of India the series deals with.

VARIETY

More good news: Why we will never be deprived of cute Taimur photos

Saif Ali Khan is the coolest dad Bollywood never had. He just proved it on Koffee with Karan too.

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#Tm krishna concert Concert and questions TM Krishna: The concert and the questions In choosing to sing of all gods with passion, Krishna has evoked an age-old Indian tradition. He’s also left his critics fuming, which is a wonderful note to strike.Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi

#Lok Sabha elections 2019 Deadlocked? This is how I see the 2019 Lok Sabha shaping up Here's how much both the NDA and UPA could win in each state, and the magic factors that could swing the final count.Minhaz Merchant @minhazmerchant

#Avni Two sides to a story There are two sides to the story of Avni's killing: How my opinion changed after visiting Pandharkawada forest range She had terrorised the villagers. Standing crops were drying in the fields, cattle were starving.Mustafa Shaikh @mustafashk

#Mughal history Jat fury against Mughals How Jat fury turned into a very powerful revolt against the Mughals The Jat rebellion raged on through 1669; in November, Aurangzeb himself marched to Mathura. But putting down this revolt was far from simple.Arjun Singh Kadian @ArjunSKadian

Men are vulnerable too. This Men's Day, let's remember that

Recently, The Washington Post and the BBC published two articles about India. What is their research methodology and sample size?

The election assumes greater significance this time due to PM Sheikh Hasina’s display of political astuteness in engaging with her political adversaries.

India's 'cow vigilantism' is much highlighted in US media. The other side of this story has been completely ignored in this process.

We equate excess with success. Progress with profusion.

A cup of tea, check. An oversized sweater, check. A Bollywood playlist fit for the occasion, check.

Is this not a conspiracy by 'Uncouth India' against 'Swachh Bharat'?

Almost all the characters abuse, and abuse a lot, but fail to give it the piercing edge characteristic of the part of India the series deals with.

Saif Ali Khan is the coolest dad Bollywood never had. He just proved it on Koffee with Karan too.

#Tm krishna concert
Concert and questions
In choosing to sing of all gods with passion, Krishna has evoked an age-old Indian tradition. He’s also left his critics fuming, which is a wonderful note to strike.
Saba Naqvi @_sabanaqvi

#Lok Sabha elections 2019
Deadlocked?
Here's how much both the NDA and UPA could win in each state, and the magic factors that could swing the final count.
Minhaz Merchant @minhazmerchant

#Avni
Two sides to a story
She had terrorised the villagers. Standing crops were drying in the fields, cattle were starving.
Mustafa Shaikh @mustafashk

#Mughal history
Jat fury against Mughals
The Jat rebellion raged on through 1669; in November, Aurangzeb himself marched to Mathura. But putting down this revolt was far from simple.
Arjun Singh Kadian @ArjunSKadian