The appointment of the first ever woman VC in Jamia Milia Islamia is a positive step in the direction of women empowerment. So who exactly is Najma Akhtar? Soon after her appointment as Vice Chancellor (VC) of Jamia Milia Islamia, Najma Akhtar said that she was against the very existence of a glass ceiling. She […]

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A first-hand experience of working with a few dogdy artists in Mumbai gives a peek into the hidden aspects of the glitzy film industry “Don’t do it. You’re crazy!” exclaimed a friend in New York when I told him about my upcoming visit to Mumbai for the post-production of a documentary film. He recounted his […]

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After making his debut with Raj Kumar Gupta’s No One Killed Jessica, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub has gone on to play memorable characters in films like Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu 2, Raees, Tubelight, Sameer and Manikarnika. His earnest performances in these films have  established him as the go-to actor in the Mumbai film industry. In 2018 […]

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The ‘Smart Cities’ plan of futuristic cities which operate by themselves using Artificial Intelligence is not even mentioned in the BJP manifesto. has it gone kaput? In 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party had promised to build 100 Smart Cities across India, all in an attempt to modernise urban infrastructure so that it can handle the […]

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What does it mean to be a citizen of social media, and how does that affect our relationship with the country that we actually live in? This April Fool’s Day, Facebook announced that it had removed from its platform several accounts, pages and groups indulging in “coordinated inauthentic behaviour or spam” from India and Pakistan. […]

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As we move from 2004 to 2019, ‘Indians’ trumps ‘India’, ‘government’ takes a back seat, and the Congress definitely played the ‘national’ card. Let’s take a look at the most-used words by political parties in their manifestos It’s another election year, and with it comes another round of heavily-loaded manifestos promising a pot of gold […]

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On CV Raman Marg, New Friends Colony, workers have been digging near the main road to install pipes with PWD Permission. The issue here is that they were pulling up the soil very close to the trees. According to an NGT order, digging within 1 metre radius of trees is prohibited. However, the PWD permission […]

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Netflix series Delhi Crime, it turns out, was only loosely based on the official case files of the Nirbhaya rape case. The real-life patrol officer who called the Police Control room is not even in the picture, while the SHO and Nirbhaya’s friend say they have been defamed On a scorching afternoon, with the sun […]

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