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When we think of film piracy, we usually picture a victim with a very fat wallet. A Bollywood blockbuster drops on a Friday. By midnight, a grainy, camcorded version hits a torrent site and an HD print in just a few days. Millions of people watch it on their phones for free. The studio’s opening weekend numbers dip, a billionaire producer fumes in a Mumbai boardroom, and highly paid actors miss out on a fraction of their profit-sharing checks. This is the conventional narrative of piracy. It is neat, predictable, and entirely incomplete. The true cost of film piracy doesn’t…

In the serene coastal village of Munambam, Kerala, where the waves whisper tales of resilience, 68-year-old Omana Yayi sits on the edge of despair. Her…

In 2024, when the BJP fell short of the 272-seat mark on its own in the Lok Sabha elections, India’s elite and self-proclaimed political analysts…

Rajagopal, a 52-year-old farmer from Thiruchenthurai—a quaint village on the Cauvery River in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli district—was over the moon after his daughter’s wedding. The…

It’s apparently the latest intellectual fad to slap a “fascist” label on India, especially among self-proclaimed thinkers who love to parade their enlightenment. I’ve heard…