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Rambai Ranveer’s Barefoot Win Is Not a Feel-Good Story Until Her Daughters Can Study Without It
A Maharashtra widow ran a three-kilometre race to buy books for her daughters, and the internet found inspiration. I found a mother being asked to turn desperation into spectacle before education became affordable.
India Does Not Need Another Macho SUV Unless It Can Survive Ordinary Indian Ownership
The JSW Combat’s rugged plug-in-hybrid pitch sounds tailor-made for our SUV obsession, but styling and imported technology are the easy parts. I want pricing, service reach and real-world efficiency before I salute another squared-off bonnet.
The ₹40,000 Phone Is Becoming India’s Most Expensive Annual Habit
Flagship marketing has trained buyers to treat minor refinements as urgent upgrades while mid-range phones already do the ordinary work brilliantly. I think the smartest Indian phone purchase in 2026 is often the model you keep for another year.
Khosla Ka Ghosla Did Not Need a Sequel—Which Is Exactly Why the Sequel Must Earn Every Laugh
The original became beloved because it observed Delhi’s middle class instead of flattering a franchise audience. A second film can work, but nostalgia is not a screenplay and familiar faces cannot replace the first film’s social precision.
India’s Asian Games Story Is Bigger Than the Cricketers Sent to Decorate It
A crowded medal day in Nagoya should force us to notice the athletes who train without cricket’s money, mythology or margin for failure. I’m tired of treating India’s non-cricket champions as inspirational visitors in their own sporting culture.
The Opposition’s SIR Panic Is Not a Substitute for an Argument About Clean Voter Rolls
The Election Commission’s roll revision deserves scrutiny and humane implementation, but the INDIA alliance’s reflexive cry of disenfranchisement treats every verification exercise as a conspiracy. I think the government’s side should defend cleaner rolls while insisting that no genuine voter be defeated by paperwork.
Stop Managing Virat Kohli's Decline. He's Not Declining.
An unbeaten 139 in Thiruvananthapuram put him level with Tendulkar on List A hundreds and one milestone behind him on the ODI run charts. It's time to retire the retirement talk.
Tulsi’s YouTube Village Works Because It Treats Fame as a Group Project
The interesting thing about Chhattisgarh’s creator village is not that rural India has discovered social media. It is that Tulsi has built a shared production culture in an economy designed to make every creator compete alone.
The Tata Punch EV Is a Home-Charger Car Pretending to Be a Public-Charger Car
The Punch EV is an excellent urban runabout, but showroom talk about range and fast charging obscures the condition that decides whether it is convenient: a reliable socket where you park every night. Without one, I would buy the petrol Punch instead.
Two Years On, the Nothing Phone (2a) Is Better Than Its Silly Lights
The Glyph interface was always more shop-window theatre than useful technology. What makes the Phone (2a) worth keeping is the less glamorous combination of clean software, dependable battery life and a design that has not become anonymous.
The Election Commission Owes India Answers, Not Rahul Gandhi a Resignation
Questions about electoral-roll revision deserve documentary answers, but the INDIA alliance has skipped straight from disputed procedure to institutional guilt. I want the Election Commission to disclose more—and the opposition to prove much more.
Mirzapur’s Box-Office Triumph Could Teach Bollywood the Wrong Lesson
A streaming-born franchise succeeding in cinemas proves that audiences will cross formats for a world they know. It does not prove that every popular series should be inflated into a louder, longer film.