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Fact vs. Fiction: What the film Dhurandhar Reveals About India’s Currency Security Crisis
Theatres are currently alight with debate over Dhurandhar’s unflinching portrayal of Pakistan’s underworld. Yet, amidst the on-screen action, the movie drops a geopolitical bombshell: the assertion that the high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) flooding the Indian economy could only have been produced with inside help—specifically, by someone in India providing the blueprint of the…
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The Two reasons why they don’t want you to watch Dhurandhar!
[Spoiler Alert – The post has spoilers from the movie. If you would like the read the review without the spoilers, here is one – Dhurandhar—The 3.5-Hour Epic That is Filling Theaters in the UK: A Non-Spoiler Review] Why has the film Dhurandhar generated such an unprecedented hue and cry? The reaction is a major cinematic…
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PM Modi and CM Yogi, a big reason behind rising unemployment!
Unemployment! Unemployment!! and Unemployment!!! Ever since BJP came to power, unemployment has been an issue. In fact, BJP ruled government is the only government in the entire history of independent India, who has proudly taken away tens of millions of jobs and the bhakts have embraced this with open arms and with smiles on their…
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Atrangi Bhaiya Ji
[Disclaimer: This is a satire on the current state of electoral politics/campaigns in UP and not a movie review. Spoiler Alert!] I recently watched a Hindi movie Atrangi Re. Twenty five minutes into the movie, I realized that there are uncanny similarities between Rinku Suryavanshi, a character played by Sara Ali Khan, in the movie…
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The Cash Nexus: Criminals and Politics
Almost every person who disproves demonetization comes with one of the two arguments: Black money is stashed in Swiss Banks and is not in India. Gathering information on this lead me to write Modi gov’s surgical strike(s) on Black Money Whatever black money is in India, is not in the form of cash. This is the…
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Modi gov’s surgical strike(s) on Black Money
“Everybody was so focused on magician’s right hand, that no one noticed him slipping the coin in his pocket with his left hand. He did it right in front of our eyes and in broad day light, but still we had no clue how the coin disappeared and reached his left pocket.” This exactly is…
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