ENTERTAINMENT
Adolescence on Netflix: Boy, interrupted
Parenting in the Internet age: Teenagers today face perils the previous generation can neither guess at nor guard against. Which is why the four-part OTT series has hit a nerve.
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One hundred grams of solitude: Vinesh Phogat’s Olympic twist of fate
Vinesh Phogat's disqualification in Paris Olympics 2024 turned us into mathematicians of ridiculous proportions for a moment. The fact is that Phogat represents this nation more than the winners, because she was held back by a slender thread, by only 100 grams, a mere whisper. Not a lack of hard work, talent or skill.
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Let the Games begin: Song and scandal in Paris
Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony controversy: The Last Supper, a drag parody inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting, stuck in the craw of many. While some took it as an attack on Christianity, others saw it as an uber cool trans moment.
ENTERTAINMENT
What to watch on Netflix | Buried Truth uncovers ‘real’ Indrani Mukerjea
The Indrani Mukerjea Story: Buried Truth docuseries review | The series reiterates the key points of the headlines that once gripped the nation with its attention to sleaze and scandal among the rich and mighty.
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Where is Kate Middleton, aka Catherine, Princess of Wales?
Case of a disappearing Kate: Tabloids and twitter have been an explosion of conspiracy theories on what happened to Kate Middleton. The most dramatic theory is that she's in a coma – courtesy a suspect section of the Spanish press. Buckingham Palace has denied this.
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Varun Dhawan, Vikrant Massey, Yami Gautam, Richa Chadha: Bollywood expecting!
Bollywood celebrity pregnancy announcements trigger mass hysteria. Sightings of babies Taimur and Jeh, Raha, Kiaan, Viaan, Vamika and newborn Akaay are expected to send the Internet into a tizzy.
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The Shortest History of Sex review: A new book on sex that will charm your pants off
Book review: A scholarly history of sex, from asexual prokaryotes to primate play dates and the storied quest for orgasms - from the writer of The Shortest History of Our Universe.
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Poonam Pandey & the PR mishap cervical cancer could have done without
Cervical cancer: Poonam Pandey has done a disservice to this already 'no one talks about me' illness. The fact that she did NOT die of this, is going to make more people lax.
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Orange Jesus: The second coming of Donald Trump?
Donald Trump isn't turning water into wine yet. But he's also not the first to stake a nearness to divinity. Every century someone somewhere in the world claims to be Jesus.
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Dear reader: With Acts of God, Kanan Gill becomes the latest author to address us
Acts of God review: Here is a story full of science and silly things, but most of all, it is a story that is always conscious of itself – in a good way.
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Women over 40 are counting all their money
Somewhere along the way, women began to save, pay taxes, invest wisely and spend as they pleased. Most women, says a recent DBS & Crisil study, make independent financial decisions by the time they are in their forties.
INDIA
Mother kills, chills nation: Who is Suchana Seth, Bangalore CEO arrested for killing 4-year-old son
Why Suchana Seth killed her son is still a mystery. Police caught her with the body, while she was returning from Goa to Bangalore. Would the news stories be different if she had succeeded in her attempts to commit suicide?
WORLD
Confidential Jeffery Epstein documents: What the list does and does not reveal
Whether Jeffrey Epstein made sex tapes to blackmail clients or not, the new Epstein files have not brought any closure to the conundrum that is Jeffrey Epstein.
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Welcome 2024. And thank you for getting us this far, 2023
2023 was the year the ghost of Mrs Bennet from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice stopped possessing (some) Indian moms, Akshata Murty's Gendaberunda necklace set off a thousand nostalgia trips, Malayalam movies still ruled the screen, Kiara Advani married Sidharth Malhotra, and Raha Kapoor sent the Internet into a tizzy.
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Welcome to Twinkle Khanna’s 'paradise'
From the cover design to the dedication, ‘For Nani, who can’t read this book because she is dead. And may not have bothered to if she were alive’, the text of 'Welcome to Paradise' by Twinkle Khanna is infused with a self-aware wry energy.
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Netflix documentary Curry & Cyanide: A close-up of Jolly Joseph
Jolly Joseph, who allegedly bumped off six people, including husband, mother-in-law, father-in-law, an elderly relative, a baby and its mother, is the subject of the new Netflix documentary, Curry & Cyanide.
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Jackie Shroff is back and mast
The old should always kick ass. Not as a rambling uncle in the background or as someone’s boring parent, but hogging the whole screen.
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When NATO means 'not attached to outcome'
According to a survey conducted by Tinder, in 2023, people dated ‘for the plot’: no end goal in mind, only fun stories to tell your friends.
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Fear of Flying at 50: Erotic fiction then and now
The printing press was invented in the 15th century and R-rated literature wasn’t far behind. Kamasutra set 1883 on fire, and sexual repression in the Victorian and the Edwardian eras saw many a corset unlaced in print...
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Ghouls of November: Indian and foreign ghost stories to make us jump out of our skins
Films and books transport us to worlds where goblins and wraiths roam free. Urban legends and myths would have us believe that anything can happen anytime!
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The 8 Indian men facing death penalty in Qatar
The Indian government, deeply shocked by the verdict of death penalty, says it is awaiting the detailed judgment.
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Madonna, a rebel with many causes
Madonna Louise Ciccone may be in her mid-60s but is still a cultural event worthy of surgical analysis and a story retold multiple times.
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When death reports are gravely exaggerated
The fake death industry never sleeps!
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World Smile Day | Smile an everlasting smile…
Smiles come in many shapes, from dimpled to beaming, fixed to radiant. Mona Lisa, Cheshire Cat and the Joker are all remembered for vastly different smiles.
