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Tamil Cinema Threatens to Switch Itself Off: Why No New Films May Release From September 1
Tamil Cinema Threatens to Switch Itself Off: Why No New Films May Release From September 1
6 min read
Theatres want audiences to stop waiting for OTT. Producers need streaming money to recover costs, while distributors no longer want to pay advances. Behind the threat to halt releases, shoots and post ...
Shot at the Counter: Are Indians and Asians Becoming Less Safe in Trump’s America?
10 min read
Suresh Patel’s murder appears to have begun as a liquor-store robbery, not a hate crime. But his death opens a larger story about two dangers confronting Indian Americans: anti-Asian hostility that su ...
Was Darwin a Beautiful Hallucination? Bangladesh Crash for 64 and 95 as Australia Win by an Innings
5 min read
Six days after scoring 426 and inflicting a historic nine-wicket defeat on Australia, Bangladesh were bowled out twice inside two days in Mackay. Darwin was real. The hallucination may have been belie ...
Murderers, Hijackers and a Missing Cryptoqueen: Inside 10 of the FBI’s Most Extraordinary Manhunts
9 min read
One allegedly vanished after being released on bond in 1989. Another escaped prison, dressed as a priest and hijacked a plane. A third boarded a flight to Athens and disappeared with billions in her w ...
Mark Zuckerberg: A Metamorphosis Foretold
1 min read
His empire is being made to answer for its creations even as it fights for relevance
Tokyo Earthquake Explained: How Strong Was Japan’s 5.9-Magnitude Quake and is There an Aftershock Risk?
6 min read
The earthquake injured at least 37 people, jolted Tokyo awake and disrupted trains across the capital region. There was no tsunami threat or reported damage to nuclear facilities, but authorities have ...
Trump’s ‘Economic D-Day’ vs Iran’s Oil Chokehold: Who Blinks First at Hormuz?
5 min read
Washington wants its allies to choke Iran’s oil sales, financial transfers and shipping networks. Tehran has delivered a brutal counter-warning: join Trump’s economic war and no oil route in the Persi ...
Sumit Sarkar (1939-2026) and the Deepening of Indian Democracy
6 min read
Sumit Sarkar’s life as a historian and public intellectual was defined by a persistent scrutiny of power—whether exercised by the Right, the Left, the state or institutions of knowledge
Deepika Padukone vs Vanga’s Spirit: What Really Happened and Why the Exit Row Is Back in the Headlines
4 min read
From reports about an eight-hour workday and remuneration negotiations to fresh allegations about profit-sharing and leaked film details, the Deepika Padukone vs Spirit controversy has become one of B ...