It’s not even been a fortnight since the controversial Tanishq ad was aired, and there has been another horrific instance to show just how far the ad was divorced from reality. Yesterday, a 21-year-old B.Com student named Nikita Tomar was shot dead in broad daylight by two men outside the Aggarwal college […]
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Netizens Point Out Inconsistencies In Sonu Sood’s Latest ‘Good Deed’, Claim It’s A PR Stunt
You either die a hero, or live long enough to become a villain. Sonu Sood, who’d earlier received plaudits for helping migrants reach home when the coronavirus lockdown had hit, has found himself at the center of a Twitter controversy over his latest good deed. On 20th October, a Twitter […]
Ayodhya’s Ramlila Viewed By Record 10 Crore People, DD’s Online Viewership Rises 330%
The left has been carrying out an unceasing attack on Hinduism for decades, but if recent viewership figures are any indication, their efforts aren’t quite paying off. The grand Ramlila being staged at Ayodhya this year has had 10 crore viewers across different platforms, the organizers have said. “Ayodhya has […]
Dildar Qureshi Pretends To Be Rahul, Kidnaps And Runs Away With 13-Year Old Girl
The Tanishq ad might have chosen to present a sugary-sweet version of how interfaith marriages work, but it seems to have brushed some very serious problems under the carpet. In Delhi, 28-year-old Dildar Qureshi pretended to be Rahul to befriend a 13-year-old girl, and has now kidnapped her and absconded. […]
Indian Man Who’d Threatened To Keep Beheading Those Who Insult The Prophet Turns Out To Be Fan Of Kunal Kamra
Far-left personalities have been instigating violence for years in the name of art and comedy, and the results are beginning to show. Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron shared a heartfelt tweet honouring Samuel Paty, the teacher who’d been murdered by an Islamist for showing his class the Charlie Hebdo cartoons […]
Eros Now Shares Sexually Suggestive Messages On Navratri, Angry Netizens Threaten Boycott
Eros Now might be named after the Greek god of love, but it appears to have taken its things a bit too far with its Navrati messaging. ‘Boycott Eros Now’ is trending on social media after users were horrified at its Navratri posts on Facebook and Twitter. On Facebook, Eros […]
Tanishq Ad: Kerala’s Catholic Church Has Also Previously Called Out ‘Love Jihad’, Said Christian Women Lured Into Traps
The liberal intelligentsia that has spoken out in support of the Tanishq ad has chosen to dismiss those who opposed it as ‘trolls’ and ‘Hindutva bigots.’ But as it turns out, the issue of Love Jihad has been raised by an institution that has nothing to do with Hindutva, and […]
While France Gives Its Highest Civilian Award To Samuel Paty, India Has Forgotten Kamlesh Tiwari
Two men, across two two continents, were murdered for the same crime: insulting the Prophet Mohammad. But the reactions to the two murders couldn’t have been more different. France has posthumously given its highest civilian award, the Legion d’Honneur, to Samuel Paty, the teacher who was murdered by an Islamist […]
Tanishq Ad: Hindu Woman Stabbed To Death By Lover Syed Mustafa In Hyderabad
The furore over the controversial Tanishq ad has barely died down, but yet another grisly incident has shown just how far the ad was divorced from reality. A 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death allegedly by her lover and his brother in Hyderabad’s Rein Bazar area in the old city. […]
‘Woke’ Bajaj Sees Stock Price Fall 4 Percent This Year, Rival Hero Motocorp’s Price Has Risen 40%
Bajaj might be at the center of attention over the last few weeks — MD Rajiv Bajaj has gone public with a stand to pull advertising from ‘toxic media channels’ — but the company is floundering at the stock markets. Bajaj’s stock price is down 4 percent this year, while […]