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Daily Dose Ep 118: Ravish Kumar, UAPA Bill and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Gaurav Sarkar brings you the latest stories from Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangkok and more.Produced by Gaurav Sarkar and edited by Satish Kumar.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free,…

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Daily Dose Ep 113: F-16 fighter jets, Gupta brothers and more

This episode is hosted by Gaurav Sarkar, who has stories from the US, South Africa, Mumbai and more.Produced by Parikshit Sanyal and edited by Umrav Singh.You can also listen to all our podcasts on the Newslaundry App and get updates about all our podcasts via Twitter and Facebook.Newslaundry is a reader-supported, ad-free, independent news…

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The Awful and Awesome Entertainment Wrap Ep 99: Fyre, Uri, the Nineties and more

In the latest episode, Abhinandan Sekhri co-hosts with Samar Khan—director, producer and former journalist based in Mumbai. The duo discuss the portrayal of the Indian forces in cinema, the rise of TV and change in cinema in the Nineties, the Netflix documentary Fyre and more.

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#Iftar4all: The not so political iftar

On May 28 last year, during the month of Ramazan, writer Nazia Erum posed a question on her Facebook wall, asking how many of her friends had attended an iftar before. An overwhelming majority said no. This got her thinking and within a few days, she, along with a few…

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Why brands like Amazon unfriend actors like Swara Bhaskar

Like Hollywood, the Mumbai film industry too can offer a lesson or two to the world every once in a while. For the past two weeks or so, Swara Bhaskar, an up-and-coming Indian actress, has been at the centre of a most curious unravelling.

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Chronicle of an Imperfect cricketer

There was a type of melancholic and underachieving Indian in the late 1980s and 90s who watched cricket with an empathy for the struggling career of a technique-obsessed Indian batsman. He wanted Sanjay Manjrekar to succeed but there was something strange that the Mumbai batsman’s invisible admirers wouldn’t like to…

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Ground report: What sparked #BhimaKoregaonViolence

Huge protests by Dalit groups erupted in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday, a day after members of the community were attacked on their way to Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district. One person died and five were injured in Monday’s violence during an event to celebrate the historic “Battle of Bhima…

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DNA doesn’t seem to understand what nepotism is

DNA Mumbai, much like Saif Ali Khan doesn’t seem to understand what nepotism actually is (perhaps it’s the water there).

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Face-booked!

The case of the Palghar girls arrested for an innocuous facebook comment made the scope for misuse of Section 66A of the IT Act clear. However, even before this case, a similar, albeit more complex, story was already playing out in Mumbai. This time the victims were Mayank Sharma and…

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Girls Not-So Aloud

On November 17, 2012, as news of Bal Thackeray’s death was announced, Mumbai braced itself for the inevitable shutdown that was to come. Politicians across the spectrum sang his praises. And police and government officials scrambled to make arrangements to ensure that the imminent funeral ceremony at Shivaji Park didn’t…

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‘Aye dil hai mushkil…’: A look at Bombay through film songs

This piece was first published in 2012.

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