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Why We Need the ₹2,989-Crore Statue of Unity

You can’t put a price tag on memorials like the Statue of Unity. They could serve as a starting point to anyone who wants to discover our history in the future. I just have one question here: What great structures have we built in the last 50 years that will stand the test of time? Orion Mall? Lodha World Towers?

Devaiah Bopanna June 21, 2016

POV

Tum Saale Presswalleh

If it isn’t the media’s job to introduce nuance to debate, to question prevailing narratives, to side with the people – all people, and not just the privileged – whose job is it?

Arnav Das June 16, 2016

POV

Sabarimala vs Triple Talaq: Dear PM, There’s No Choice Between Hindu & Islamic Oppression of Women

In a rare interview, PM Modi stated that banning triple talaq has helped secure gender equality, but the Sabarimala ban on women is a tradition that has nothing to do with discrimination. But if treating women’s bodies as sacrilege isn’t blatant discrimination, what is?

Kahini Iyer June 7, 2016

Gender

From the Dadis of Shaheen Bagh to the Mothers of Manipur: The Strength of Women Protesters

When women are in the street, the State better sit up and listen. So when a JNU student leader refuses to back down despite being beaten up, and when grandmothers and mothers in Shaheen Bagh gaze into the camera and demand answers of the PM, there is only so long he can hide behind silence and platitudes.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee June 5, 2016

DisArré

Exposé! Sugar Lobby Behind Macron Win

A macaron named Emmanuel has been elected as the French president. W&B uncover the sugar lobby’s nefarious plan for world domination, even bigger than the Watergateaux Scandal.

Weedward and June 3, 2016

Money Matters

On a Scale of 1 to Manmohan, How Spicy is the Annual Budget Going to Be?

This year’s budget will be worth watching. Even if all we really care about is section 80, there is a lot there that will tell us what our government is thinking. With an election coming up, that’s more important than scrolling through your Instagram feed.

Adhirath Sethi May 27, 2016

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The 11300 Crore-Rupee Question: Who Pays for These Financial Frauds?

Hint: It’s NEVER the men in the middle of financial storms who pay up.

Hardik Rajgor May 23, 2016

POV

I am a Modi Supporter in a Media Office Watching the Ultimate Liberal Meltdown

Looks like it’s going to be Phir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar. As Narendra Modi is set to make a comeback, I have front-row tickets to the ultimate liberal meltdown. I am the only BJP backer in an office overflowing with liberals, who are already googling which country to move to.

Mamlesh Tiwari May 12, 2016

POV

Modi’s Middle Finger to the Apology Budget

Our PM is a bit of a badass who has delivered the ultimate “fuck you”… but not to the middle class, or even the rich. It’s to all the “experts” who expected him to make amends.

Johan Dsouza May 12, 2016

Pop Culture

What Hun Hunshi Hunshilal, a Gujarati Satire About Fascism, Tells Us About Governments and the Banning Culture

In the era of political biopics, Sanjeev Shah’s Gujarati satire, Hun Hunshi Hunshilal, reminds us how governments anywhere manipulate the narrative. The movie is set in Khojpuri, whose king is busy protecting the nation against mosquitoes, although no one has a clue why they need to be protected from these mosquitoes.

Sayantan Mondal May 4, 2016