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Breathing easy
Actor Sapna Pabbi, who shot to fame with the Colors TV series 24, will soon be seen in Season 3 of Amazon Prime’s Inside Edge UK-born Sapna Pabbi shot to overnight fame with the 2013 Colors TV series ‘24’ wherein she played the character of Anil Kapoor’s daughter. But her journey ever since hasn’t been […]
A tragedy in Mewat
In the aftermath of a Dalit girl’s abduction and rape, rumours and media disinformation plague Haryana’s Nuh At about 6 am on July 7, 12-year-old Aparna (name changed) bicycled to a nearby small dairy farm in the unremarkable town of Nuh in Haryana’s Mewat. A day before, the girl had asked her grandmother to make […]
Cleanup or injustice?
UP Police’s ‘Operation Clean’ in Greater Noida led to the detection of at least 30 Africans illegally overstaying in India. Their deportation and the detention of others in jail raises humanitarian concerns On July 10, Uttar Pradesh Police raided a bunch of apartments in Greater Noida. This was part of Operation Clean and targeted illegal […]
MJ Akbar vs Priya Ramani
Akbar’s first witness said she was ‘deeply distressed’ when she first learnt about Priya Ramani’s #metoo allegations When the cross-examination of MJ Akbar’s first witness, Ms Veenu Sandal, took place, neither Akbar nor Ramani were present. “I have been working for over 25 years as a journalist,” said Sandal, beginning her deposition in the witness […]
‘I bring humour even to intense roles’
Since his debut with Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen, Saurabh Shukla has proven himself in both intense as well as light-hearted roles Saurabh Shukla is one of the most reliable character actors currently working in the Hindi film industry. He has also written screenplays and dialogues for films like Satya, Raghu Romeo, Mithya and Salaam-e-Ishq, among […]
Jewelled land
Exquisite floating islands, an all-women market and the INA museum are some of the rewarding sights and sounds of a trip to Manipur “I shall take you around in Meeteilleipak. Or if you prefer, Kangleipak,” smiles a co-passenger on my flight to Imphal. And laughs at my bewildered, “Don’t worry, you’re not headed towards a […]
Netflix’s new arrivals
Leading Indian studios are collaborating with Netflix to present a wide range of diverse Indian stories for its audiences. Let’s take a look at them! From deadly zombies to scary gangsters – a wide variety of diverse Indian stories are set to be made by Netflix for mainstream audiences in the country and around the […]
Dream themes
Restaurants that stand out for their décor by recreating the magic of popular movie stars and films have a surefire recipe for success How can a restaurant among about 5,000 in the city stand out from the crowd? Well, good food is the obvious reason, great ambience is another. Which is why theme restaurants are […]