Dhurandhar and India’s new cinema of Hindu nationalism

Dhurandhar celebrates an incursion of Indian intelligence operatives into Pakistani territory.  Specifically, this happens in Lyari – a large, turbulent settlement in Karachi, marked for its large Baloch population as well as its cultural diversity and inclusive atmosphere – where an agent from the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency, is ostensibly…

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Director of Highest Grossing Hindi Movie Opted For Filmmaking Only Because He Couldn’t Find His Footing In Cricket

It is not common in India for the director of the movies to become the centre stage of conversation, especially after their release. However, ‘Dhurandhar’ Aditya Dhar has flipped the script. Ever since the release of the Ranveer Singh headliner in December 2025, appreciation for the director has flooded social media. Naturally, the interest in…

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IICT Signs MoU with Publications Division; Launches Hindi Hum Dono: Dev Anand–Goldie Story

Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) today signed a significant Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) with the Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, to collaborate on the printing and publication of books and knowledge resources for India’s AVGC-XR and creative technology ecosystem. Under the agreement, the Publications Division will act…

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‘Hindi lang dapat pakinggan’: House leadership should elevate members concerns to proper agencies

By Billy Begas A stalwart of the National Unity Party (NUP) stressed that the leadership of the House of Representatives should elevate the concerns of its members to the appropriate government agencies and not merely listen to them. Manila Rep. Rolando Valeriano issued the statement after Senior Deputy Speaker and South Cotabato Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez…

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Filmmaker Yogesh Deshpande enters mainstream Hindi cinema with upcoming directorial debut

After building a strong creative foundation across advertising and regional cinema, filmmaker Yogesh Deshpande is set to step into mainstream Hindi cinema with his upcoming feature film, marking a significant new chapter in a career that has seamlessly bridged advertising craft and culturally rooted storytelling. The project, currently in pre-production, is scheduled to go on…

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Why Protests Over “English and Hindi Only” Tests Just Shut Down SWR Recruitment in Karnataka

2 min readMar 17, 2026 01:04 PM IST South Western Railways (SWR) abruptly postponed Tuesday morning’s recruitment examination after Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) protested near exam centres across Karnataka, objecting to the tests being conducted only in English and Hindi. SWR had scheduled its promotion examinations for 295 posts, including 194 posts for goods train…

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CG Board 12th Hindi Paper Leak 2026: Questions Viral on WhatsApp Night Before Exam — FIR Filed, NSUI Protests at Board Office

The Night Before the Exam — Questions Already on Phones On the night of March 13, 2026 — just hours before the Chhattisgarh Board Class 12 Hindi examination scheduled for March 14 — questions allegedly from the exam paper began circulating rapidly across WhatsApp groups and social media platforms. By morning, thousands of students, parents,…

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