Can India Run Its Cities Without Migrant Workers?
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Can India Run Its Cities Without Migrant Workers?

Imagine being able to run a city without the cheap labour provided by migrant workers. Without Aziz bhai to fix the socket or Chetna didi to mop the floors, we’d be lost. But maybe the coronavirus is an opportunity for India – an opportunity to accord dignity of labour to the ones that work hardest for it.
Censor Di M** Di
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Censor Di M** Di

A film about drug abuse in Punjab is objectionable. But it is okay to portray all Catholic Goans as drunks and all south Indians as lungi-wearing “Madrasis”.
Mard Ko Dard Hoga: How Ripped Male Bodies Became a Joke
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Mard Ko Dard Hoga: How Ripped Male Bodies Became a Joke

There was a phase in Indian cinema when our beefy leading men were both, the poster and the song – the hero and the wit. But the sun is setting on the ripped male form. For a cross section of audiences, the sculpted male body is now an object of ridicule.
Take Me Down to the Dynamic City
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Take Me Down to the Dynamic City

The world’s most dynamic city once had the image of being a haven for rock ’n’ roll and relaxed start-ups. Now, its claims to fame are its traffic and an appetite for destruction.