Shaurya Thapa
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How Creed III (and a Tamil film) punched life back into the cliched boxing genre
An underdog. Training montages. A female love interest for emotional support. Slow-mo punches with sweat and blood dripping on the ring. And probably a real-life boxer-wrestler cameo. For the decades after 1976’s Rocky and 1980’s Raging Bull, this has been the standard recipe for almost every boxing flick including the recently-released Creed III but... → Read More
Wild Wild Cult guy Swami Nithyananda just took his island nation Kailasa to UN in Geneva
Kailasa, yes, Kailasa, the same island country off the Pacific coast of South America, which is not recognised by any other nation in the world, just found an audience at the United Nations in Geneva. → Read More
The Chaat Battle of Baghpat turns 2. Einstein Chacha still a war hero
Remember when two groups of warring shopkeepers fought it out in the mean streets of Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat? Yes, that iconic brawl happened on this very day, the 22nd of February, in the year 2021. → Read More
Dadasaheb Phalke and the TV show Naagin have something in common. An award
What is common between Dadasaheb Phalke and the latest season of Naagin? Well, the lead actress of the Hindi supernatural soap opera is now a Dadasaheb Phalke awardee. Tejasswi Prakash was just one of the many awardees at the latest edition of the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) which was held on February 20 (Monday). → Read More
Delhi has banned Ola, Uber and Rapido bike taxis but drivers clueless
Preferred booking an Uber or Rapido bike to save yourself from the Metro crowds? Well, start surviving the claustrophobic work hours in the Metro as that's what the transport ministry seems to be asking from you. → Read More
Ranveer Singh raps at NBA. Shang-Chi star doesn't know how to react. Indians cringe.
Ranveer Singh often gets to attend high-profile basketball games as he is after all, the Indian brand ambassador for NBA. But Indians back home seem to be feeling more embarrassed than proud for all his NBA antics overseas. → Read More
A leopard terrorised Islamabad for half a day. It turned out to be a retired General's pet.
For over seven hours on Thursday, a leopard was seen running within the housing societies of Pakistan's capital city, Islamabad. Naturally, people in the vicinity were trembling with fear (and so was the wild cat jumping around). It made for good content for Pakistani social media users though, with many recording the "leopard's day out". → Read More
A birth control pill for men is on its way, but how does it work?
When it comes to oral contraceptives marketed for women like the Plan B pills, hormonal side-effects are expected. But now a bunch of mice offer the solution. → Read More
How did the Shraddha Murder Case become a Copycat Murder template?
Dubbed as 'fridge murder' by the media circus that followed it, Shraddha Walkar's murder by her live-in partner Aaftab Poonawala in 2022 definitely led to wide coverage of more such murders that involved dismembered bodies and refrigerated storage. → Read More
Don't like critics? Smear dog poop on their face like German choreographer Marco Goecke
German choreographer Marco Goecke went on to attack a critic by smearing dog feces on her face. The reason? She wrote a negative review for Goecke's work. → Read More
We tried hugging a cow to celebrate Cow Hug Day. What could go wrong?
Following the appeal of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on celebrating February 14 as Cow Hug Day, two of us set out to find a cow to hug. We even went to a gaushala to achieve the seemingly unachievable. What could go wrong, right? Right. Well. FYI: The Ministry has now withdrawn the appeal to celebrate Valentine's Day as Cow Hug Day. So, guess we'll be celebrating… → Read More
Parliament is talking shero-shayari, hold my Arts degree
Poetry was already being used as a tool of debate by Opposition leaders like All India Trinamool Congress's Mahua Moitra and Indian National Congress's Adhir Chowdhury and Malikarjun Kharge. And with his Parliament appearance today, February 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also joined the party! → Read More
Leonardo DiCaprio, 48, might not be dating Israeli model, 19, but Twitter had a field day with Last of Us-level age gap
Leonardo DiCaprio and his obsession with dating younger women, preferably under 25, is common news at this point. But if we were to believe the rumours, the Oscar-winner has now moved on to dating teenagers! → Read More
Can Netflix and the rest of the world get over Elvis now?
While movies and shows continue to be made on Elvis Presley, the King of Rock n' Roll has definitely been rebranded by the Gen-Z. → Read More
Salman Rushdie is back with his Sea of Stories and a million dollar photograph
He has lost sight in one eye and one hand. He suffers from PTSD making it difficult to write right now. But the 75-year-old Booker winner is still alive and breathing. → Read More
The Whale Review: Brendan Fraser deserved better than this melodramatic Oscar bait
While The Whale might indeed have been Brendan Fraser's career-best performance, it can be argued that he deserved a better comeback. He might just end up winning the Best Actor Oscar this year for all we know but the film as a whole might not age well. → Read More
Arbaaz Khan just did an ad as that Roger Federer meme and it is better than his whole career
Arbaaz Khan took on the many Roger Federer memes that have dominated our timelines all these years, with an ad that is perhaps more than his entire career. → Read More
Grammys 2023 Highlights: Beyonce creates history, Bad Bunny's tribute, Indian Ricky Kej wins third Grammy
Beyonce was and is still the talking point of the 65th Grammys ever since the nominations were first announced. With nine nominations at this ceremony followed by four wins, the Renaissance hitmaker has already broken the record for most Grammy wins in history with 33 wins. → Read More
I asked ChatGPT to write a poem on Narendra Modi and this is what it did
ChatGPT seems to have a poetic liking for almost every world leader, regardless of their views or public image. So, when we asked ChatGPT to write a poem on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the AI tool tried its best to come up with a poem that will definitely not disappoint the leader's voters. → Read More
I read all 58 pages of Budget 2023 summary and tried to explain it in memes for Gen-Z
The Budget for this year (financial year 2023-2024) is out and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has a few incentives that Gen-Z might be interested in. While the college-going folks or the newly-recruited people in their early 20s might not care much about agricultural industry reforms and gold-silver-diamond prices, they might bat an eye for some highlights like mobile phones getting… → Read More