Apart from caricaturing public figures, memes appropriated for political propaganda have not really added gravitas to public debates. Rather, they have trivialised serious issues If we look at some famous “meme” of the last few weeks that grabbed a lot of attention on social media — one was “Rasode me kaun tha (Who was in […]

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The story of three men united by their fever-pitch resentment towards Rhea Chakraborty, and their anger and grief at the death of a Bollywood star A picture posted on a popular Facebook group shows actor Rhea Chakraborty next to a coronavirus illustration. “Which virus is more dangerous?” shouts the text on the image. The caption says: “2020 worst […]

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Netflix’s ‘Masaba Masaba’ has its protagonist depicting the lives of young working women like never before — it may be a ficitonalised story of a famous mother and daughter, but it’s totally relatable When I started watching Netflix’s much-talked about “Masaba Masaba”, I did not have any expectations from it. Rather, I was only hoping […]

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When two brothers running a jewellery showroom committed suicide due to inability to repay debt taken from private financiers, Patriot puts the whole modus operandi of loan sharks under the scanner and finds a dismal scenario Shopkeepers look around furtively to see if anyone else heard Patriot’s query about loan sharks. When they feel assured […]

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Small retailers in the informal sector kept the supply of essential commodities running during the lockdown. Now, in want of government support, they are losing market to online retail….   When everything was lockdown during the first few months of the pandemic, the convenient online retail where you get all you need at your doorstep wasn’t […]

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For students with disabilities, the pandemic is nothing short of a nightmare. Here’s why Rahul Tiwari is a 19- year-old deaf student from Banaras Hindu University pursuing BA (maths). Amid the pandemic, he is now unable to access online classes due to unavailability of a sign language interpreter. In a video message widely shared on […]

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Animals like leopards and elephants are not killed just in self-defence by communities living near forests – often, it is revenge for a killing that has already occurred In 2018, Thane police arrested a man from Chowk village in Raigad, for killing a leopard because this wild cat killed his livestock. A tigress was also […]

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It was a measure of Pranab Mukherjee’s longevity and influence in Delhi’s power corridors that the account of his career could also be read as an insider’s view of the shifting sands of Indian politics As he entered his eightieth year in December 2014, and almost midway through his presidential term, Pranab Mukherjee got his […]

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