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Shane Warne was a Magician On and Off the Field
I had the privilege of working with the Aussie who was as much a maverick off the field as he was on it.
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Balaknama: The Street Children’s Newsroom
Balaknama is a newspaper run by the children, for the children. India’s only publication with street kids at the helm, it does not involve itself in politics or popular culture, but focuses on the rights of children.
Posted inPop Culture
Dear Shah Rukh Khan, How Many Times Did You Stop Yourself from Rolling Your Eyes at David Letterman?
In the Shah Rukh Khan episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction, David Letterman struggles to get DDLJ right, and asks aloud which country SRK’s father fought against for India’s freedom. It’s embarrassing and cringe-worthy, and I’m amazed the audience didn’t immediately break into a chorus of boos.
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The Batman Re-imagines the Caped Crusader to Stirring Effect
Robert Pattinson’s Batman, if it were even possible, is darker and grimmer but the franchise and film is all better for it. This is a new vision and maybe a new legacy for the superhero we thought couldn’t be imagined any other way.
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Football’s Eternal Question: Is This Going to be England’s World Cup?
2018 marked a rare World Cup where England arrived sans their usual hype and unwarranted swagger. Fans and pundits didn’t have high expectations from this young England squad – until the first kickoff whistle blew.
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“You’re a Good Girl Na?”: Why We’re Raising Our Girls Wrong
If we need women to break out of the exhausting idea of selflessness, then pressuring them to “be a good girl” is exactly the sort of thing that needs to stop. What we need is a culture that sees dissent and opinion as signs of progress, beyond the myopic view of parental disobedience.
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Does Vivek Oberoi Remind You of That Ex Who Still Stalks You on Instagram?
Thanks to Vivek Oberoi and his distasteful meme, plebeians like me know what it feels like to be Aishwarya Rai, if only for a few brief seconds. You know, the ex who lurks around your Facebook and Instagram profiles, passive-aggressively liking your photos from 10 years ago at 3 am? Vivek O reminds me of that guy.
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Andaz Apna Apna: An Ode To Stupidity and Taking Ourselves Less Seriously
We love Andaz Apna Apna for the same reason we enjoy a good prank. Sometimes and in small doses, being a fool can be exhilarating. Andaz Apna Apna is what life would look like if we stopped taking ourselves so damned seriously all the time and embraced our inner idiot.
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Game of Thrones: Are We Ready to Let Go of Jaime Lannister?
When Game of Thrones began, nobody could have predicted that the person to best embody why second chances matter would be Jaime Lannister. If Jaime is to fall in the next episode’s battle, he will be the most sociopathic, twisted, and occasionally inhuman character for whose death I’ll shed a tear.
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Mother Superior: Why Fatherhood Will Never Be Equal to Motherhood
Motherhood is starkly different from fatherhood. Fatherhood is like watching a movie on the couch; motherhood is like being in the movie. Only the movie is 300 and you are on the wrong side of the battlefield.