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Gender The Secret Lives of Marwari Housewives
In Gujarat, Marwari women lead dual lives. They fast with their mothers-in-law and sip mojitos with their friends.
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Pop Culture How to Win Friends & Influence People, Kumar Sanu-Style
Music from the ’90s has an uncanny ability to bring people together. From the veterans of the cool jamming in some abandoned garage in Mumbai to seasoned hippies grooving around a bonfire in the remote Himalayas, the ’90s is a theme that finds resonance in the unlikeliest of the settings and with the unlikeliest of people.
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Humour Hi HR Friends, Employees are Not “Resources”
Once you rise above the post of manager, why try to learn employee names and bother memorising them all? The corporate experience is all about being treated like shit, and the best way to do it is to refer to a human being with the same word you can use for a stapler.
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POV Ramzan or Ramadan? How Exactly Do You Say It?
The “alien Arabisation” versus Hindustani-Sufiani-Persian-essence debate on the correct way for Indians to pronounce the name of the holy month of Ramadan (Ramzan?) can be put to rest. I tell you exactly how. And it’s very easy.
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Bollywood The Big Bull Review: This Harshad Mehta Story Feels Like a Wikipedia Entry Made More Dull by Abhishek Bachchan
Most biopics are pedestrian visual accounts of Wikipedia pages of their subjects. The Big Bull is no different. It unfolds as a series of events that have to be ticked off a list and has no insights to offer. Abhishek Bachchan’s lazy and uninspired performance makes matters worse.
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POV “Purani Jeans Aur Corona…”: What’s College Life Like for the Class of 2021
College is supposed to be about new-found freedoms but here we are being mindful about every move we make. The hugs we showered on each other, after long breaks, have now become nods in the silent alleys of our campus. I hesitate to share my fried rice in exchange for fries with friends in the canteen even as we sit six-feet apart.
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Outdoors “Yeh Mera India…”: How the Pandemic Has Made the Millennial Traveller Vocal for Local
With no restaurants, pubs, and stand-up shows to enjoy, isolation is better spent away from the hustle and bustle that city-dwellers usually endure. In the past year, I’ve travelled more in India than ever before: a ski trip to Kashmir with friends who would normally rush to Europe, a couple of Goa holidays, and a family vacation to the Nilgiris.
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Pop Culture The Serpent Review: A Whole Series Later, “Bikini Killer” Charles Sobhraj Remains a Mystery
The Serpent, now streaming on Netflix, is a long-due storied portrayal of the enigmatic yet seductive Charles Sobhraj that has eluded Indians for decades. But the series somehow fails to unmask the serial killer beyond the performative aspects of his crimes.
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Features Five Reasons Why Tenet is Christopher Nolan’s Grandest Film Yet
Christopher Nolan has become the master of defying the practical and plausible. He choreographs and executes bewildering action sequences that defy both reason and, perhaps, even caution. Here are five scenes from Tenet, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video, that will leave you gasping for air.
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Pop Culture Joji Review: This Fahadh Faasil Macbeth Movie is Unlike Any Other
Joji, Dileesh Pothan’s Malayalam-language Macbeth adaptation, is not a historical epic or a gangster movie. It is set in a leafy rubber estate in Kerala’s Kottayam. But what makes the film different is not just the setting but also Fahadh Faasil’s interpretation of Macbeth as a mousy schemer instead of a tormented warrior-type.
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