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Story Posted on 19-06-2019
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
World Cup 2019: Why I've stopped watching India play cricket
Once known as the gentleman’s game, the sport has turned bats into weapons for hyper-nationalism and for advertising opportunities. This is now war, of a different kind.
POLITICS
| 6-minute read
Indian-Pakistani bhai-bhai? No. There are deep cracks in the South Asian diaspora abroad too
Ties between Indian and Pakistani diaspora abroad stood the test of time. But following Pakistan's support to terrorism, hurting both India and the West, this relationship is showing deep cracks.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Will Congress Implode: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been imposed on Congressmen. If they don’t speak up now, they never will
Excessive display of loyalty bordering on sycophancy has become a curse for the Congress. It has even stymied the growth of talented politicians like Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tewari.
POLITICS
| 3-minute read
Joshua Wong: 'Hong Kong is not afraid of Beijing's Communist state. They will pay for the crackdown on us'
Hong Kong is rocked by huge protests against the Chinese state. Joshua Wong, youth leader, spoke with Rohit E David on China's controversial extradition law Hong Kong is battling now.
Women Like Games Too: Be it the cricket World Cup or a soccer match, why are women always stereotyped?
Why do advertisers assume that only men enjoy sports and that women abhor the idea of their partners prioritizing the World Cup over them?
POLITICS
| 3-minute read
Mukherjee Nagar Clash: I refuse to identify with Sarabjeet. But can a modern police force identify with the cops who attacked him?
The fracas in Mukherjee Nagar shows several lines, of religious identity, secular permission and civil rights, being breached. No one emerges from this looking good.
HUMOUR
| 2-minute read
Why Priyanka Chopra's 'RSS shorts' have got everyone's knickers in a knot!
Priyanka Chopra recently donned a pair of khaki shorts and got trolled for dressing the 'RSS way'. But PeeCee doesn't care. Do you know why?
HUMOUR
| 4-minute read
Happy Birthday, Rahul Gandhi! Let's reflect on the year that was
Do some hard thinking. Maybe you do not have the mettle, and the nastiness, required to be a politician in South Asia. Maybe you didn’t want it in the first place.
POLITICS
| 4-minute read
Hey puritans! Slogans of Jai Shri Ram, Mandir Wahin Banayenge in the House thrilled me
I am glad nobody in Parliament pretended to be sanctimonious, neither those who raised the slogans, nor those who sat and did nothing to stop it.
LIFE
| 4-minute read
