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Purple Pain
The Artist Formerly Known As Prince was more than a musician. For a gawky, lisping, introverted Bengali from 1990s’ Kolkata, he was a rite of passage.
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Aarya Season 2 review: Sen-sational yet again
The second season of Aarya may not feel as fresh but is equally explosive and thrilling, with Sushmita Sen returning to form, and one could say, doing even better than the first season.
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The Deafening Silence of the Rape Survivor
Smita Sharma was molested by a professor and then, her cousin committed suicide after facing abuse. Today, this photojournalist traverses India to hear the stories of rape survivors.
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Diego Maradona, Always The Man of the Match
Diego Maradona is GOAT. At the World Cup clash between Argentina and Nigeria, he showed us yet again that he is not just the world’s greatest footballer. He is also the world’s greatest football fan.
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#MeToo: How to Return from Shame-Leave, the Alok Nath Way
Alok Nath might return to the public eye after a self-prescribed sabbatical, in a film about the #MeToo movement. A society that welcomes harassers back after a short time-out ensures that they are shielded from meaningful consequences.
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Can Men and Women Be Friends? After 30 Years of When Harry Met Sally, We Still Don’t Know
Anyone who’s seen When Harry Met Sally as many times as I have will tell you this: its genius evolves and matures as you (hopefully) do. Maybe, when you realise you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you really do want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible. But men and women can be friends. The sex part doesn’t always get in the way. Does it? Oh, who the hell knows.
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Hamid: The Movie on Kashmir We Need
Hamid is a gentle tale of a Kashmiri child’s yearning for his missing father. It is essentially a story of violence – you don’t see it but experience it in full force. Hamid focuses on a particularly gruesome brand of emotional violence that marks the stories of Kashmir’s “disappeared” men.
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Will India Go Into the World Cup Without MS Dhoni?
MS Dhoni has been dropped. For 15 years, he has played international cricket at the highest level, captaining his side in all three formats, while also being the crux of the batting order. Can we begin to fathom what Team India will look like without him in it?
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Dear Nice Guys, Stop Congratulating Yourself for Not Being Harassers
If you think you are a “nice guy” who doesn’t harass women, please stop behaving like you have a halo around your head. And if you are eager for the great guy tag, you will have to do much more than look the other way when you see any woman getting molested and humiliated.
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Dhoni’s Dynasty at CSK Might Be Coming to an End, But His Legacy Is Immortal
Dhoni is CSK and CSK is Dhoni. No one would have envisioned that a player from Jharkhand would be thought of as Chennai’s own, and lead them to untold success. But all good things must come to an end.