The
Kiss Of Death
Can a kiss kill a civilisation and imagination pose a threat
to the sacred? Can an India aware of its choices and opportunities
be a culturally vulnerable nation in need of bans and banishments?
The India of moral vigilantism is a huge hypocrisy.
From international cosmetic companies, to high-end
hair-care and even global salon chains, Mumbai beauties
have never had it so good. India Today's Kimi Dangor
takes a good look.
Kissable starlets, dancing glamour girls, insignificant
networks, boldface writers, even an iconic artist.
No one is safe from the crusading zeal of the self-appointed
arbiters of public morality. Do they represent the
country’s silent majority? Or are these manufacturers
of outrage as hungry for attention as the objects
of their derision?
It’s a tale of two cities—one a sleepy state
capital and the other a small town, both in the throes
of a transformation. Dehradun and Rudrapur are witnessing
massive industrialisation that has given them a total
facelift.
In a season of dramatic narratives, a virginal couple
dread their first night, a war veteran revisits the
gulag, the devil chronicles the boyhood of Adolf Hitler,
and Death is scared of humans. Read on to explore the
lands of Middle-Earth, find the answer to what women
want, and join in a teenager’s hunt for a mysterious
murderer.
With gory details coming out every passing day, the
‘fake encounter’ case snowballs into a national
controversy that puts the spotlight on the uglier side
of policing— killing in the name of law enforcement
The icons meet was witness to a common refrain that
the warring political parties should forget their differences
for the sake of the state’s development
The armed forces are pushing for close to a five-fold
hike in salaries to attract new recruits and stem
the growing officer exodus. But do they have a plan
to rightsize or cut costs?
Slapstick comedy isn’t getting the laughs anymore.
It is the irreverent spoofs, which dare to spare none,
that have taken over television airwaves, crowding air
time on news channels and entertainment networks.
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