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The Radha Mystique: She teaches us that to love is to transcend our limitations
The Radha Mystique: She teaches us that to love is to transcend our limitations
8 min read
Radha, Krishna’s soulmate, is a unique phenomenon in religious and spiritual history. A milkmaid elevated to the supreme status of the erotic as well as divine beloved of the Supreme Godhead. Our unex ...
The Vvaan: Force of the Forrest Review - Missing the Forest for the Trees
1 min read
A collaboration between TVF and Balaji Telefilms, The Vvaan hopes its pretty leads will make up for the story’s mix of blind faith, rituals and modern values
Filling Up the Script: At the peak of her acting career, Shefali Shah puts her life into words
7 min read
His War on Hunger
6 min read
Narendra Modi’s economic empowerment of the underprivileged by technology will be recognised as one of the great success stories of the first quarter of the 21st century
Shopping Frenzy of the Boomtowns
9 min read
A new study redraws India’s consumption map by identifying powerful demand centres beyond the biggest metropolitan cities
Gold, Grit and Ghar Ka Khana: India Retain Asian Games Hockey Title, Book LA 2028 Berth
4 min read
A 5-1 win over Malaysia delivered India’s first successful Asian Games title defence, Manpreet Singh’s third gold and an Olympic berth. Behind the celebrations lay a difficult World Cup, a tense Pakis ...
India vs Brazil: A 4–0 Defeat & the Bigger Test for Indian Football
4 min read
Four goals. Two footballing worlds. India’s first senior men’s meeting with Brazil brought a dream fixture to Kolkata—and a harder question into focus: how does a country that loves the game become a ...
Was a Warning Missed? flydubai Co-Pilot’s Reported Past Puts Hiring Under Scrutiny
3 min read
Reports allege that concerns about the co-pilot’s extremist views surfaced before the attack on Captain Smit Machchhar. Netanyahu has threatened anyone who directed the assault, while flydubai says th ...
Hollywood’s New Boss: What the Paramount–Warner Bros. Merger Means for Your Screen
7 min read
Batman, Top Gun, HBO and CBS are heading under one corporate roof called Skydance. The $110 billion deal promises a stronger challenger to Netflix. It also brings heavy debt, fewer independent decisio ...