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Row over whitewashing of century-old murals at Kolkata’s government art college

The 170-year-old Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, has found itself at the centre of controversy over the whitewashing of century-old Rajasthani murals on the college building. The Rajasthani motifs — painted in a repetitive, matrix formation on the arches of three floors — are believed to have been commissioned in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when …

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4 days, 17 hours ago

Revealed: A-listers who hid their privileged backgrounds - as Blake Lively is the latest star whose 'working class' upbringing doesn't quite ring true

Daily Mail

They live the glamorous life of red carpets, private jets, glitzy parties and never ending wardrobes, however some celebrities like to create the illusion that they are 'just like us' and are in fact ordinary people from modest beginnings. From Posh Spice's Roll's Royce to Ed Sheeran's homeless nights outside Buckingham Palace - the celebrities attempting to whitewash their backgrounds …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

I’m Super Excited to Be a Mother—Except for One Major Part

Slate

Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. As with every other aspect of birth and parenting, you can try to educate yourself as much as possible ahead of time, but then you’re going to learn primarily by doing it. It’s not 100 percent finalized, but it looks like he’ll get the part of Sun Quan, which is apparently the …

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1 month ago

Trump spokesperson whitewashes record with indefinite sentencing delay remarks

Raw Story

New York State Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan has issued an indefinite delay in the sentencing of Donald Trump, who was found guilty in a criminal trial and convicted on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election, in the so-called "hush money" case. Trump's attorneys have asked for the case to …

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1 month ago

Nikkhil Advani: When you make something like Freedom at Midnight, there will be opposing points of view | Exclusive

Hindustan Times

Nikkhil Advani's Freedom At Midnight traces the days leading up to the India-Pakistan partition in 1947, and he says he was prepared to receive polarising feedback for the series which tries to turmoil inside the political rooms. On mixed response to show Freedom at Midnight is an epic political thriller that vividly captures the dramatic and defining events surrounding India's …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Southee to retire from Tests after home series against England

The Hindu

New Zealand pacer and former captain Tim Southee will retire from Test cricket after the upcoming three-match home series against England, said the country’s cricket board on Friday. However, Southee will be available for selection in case New Zealand qualifies for the World Test Championship Final next June. Southee has played 104 Tests for New Zealand and taken 385 wickets, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

After ODI success, Pakistan captain Rizwan eyeing whitewash against Australia in T20I series

The Hindu

Pakistan’s white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan is confident of winning the upcoming T20 international series in Australia and is also eyeing a whitewash of the home team. The Pakistan team led by Rizwan surprised everyone by winning a one-day series in Australia for the first time since 2002 after the Australian team management decided to rest five of their senior players …

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After ODI success, Rizwan eyes T20I series win in Australia

Hindustan Times

Karachi, Pakistan's white-ball captain Mohammad Rizwan is confident of winning the upcoming T20 international series in Australia and is also eyeing a whitewash of the home team. After ODI success, Rizwan eyes T20I series win in Australia The Pakistan team led by Rizwan surprised everyone by winning a one-day series in Australia for the first time since 2002, after the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tom Latham applies balm on Rohit Sharma after inflicting immense pain, says ‘India don’t become bad overnight'

Hindustan Times

New Zealand captain Tom Latham put his weight behind a struggling Indian team despite whitewashing them in a three-match Test series. India's captain Rohit Sharma and New Zealand's captain Tom Latham Latham became the first visiting captain to whitewash India in a Test series at home. New Zealand looking forward to Bazball challenge Latham said the series victory became much …

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2 months ago

Donald Trump Analyzes Bret Baier's Performance In Kamala Harris Interview

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Not surprisingly, the former president used much of his Truth Social post to insult his opponent. “She is also the WORST Vice president in history, but hopefully will soon be GONE.” “Again, congratulations to Bret Baier on a tough but very fair interview, one that clearly showed how totally incompetent Kamala is. Baier’s tense chat with Harris …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

JD Vance Spent The VP Debate Whitewashing Donald Trump's Most Extreme Plans

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Sen. JD Vance spent Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate downplaying former President Donald Trump’s most extreme plans for a second term, on issues including abortion, immigration and health care. Vance, who once called Trump “America’s Hitler,” also defended his running mate as having overseen a peaceful transfer of presidential power to Joe Biden — despite …

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3 months ago

Sorry, Washington Post: Whitewashing a Nazi sympathizer isn't "debate"

Salon

Readers of my Contrary to the common belief, Americans are not less historically conscious than Europeans; in fact, the reverse is true. What of Brands’ assertion that Lindbergh “loathed politics?” Lindbergh's father was a congressman whose isolationism and views about banking conspiracies the son eagerly adopted; during his father’s stint in Washington, Charles attended Sidwell Friends School, the nursery of …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

IC814 The Kandahar Hijack is not a documentary: Patralekhaa

Hindustan Times

Patralekhaa, who plays a cabin crew member on the OTT show IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, is in favour of accommodating the “imagination” of the director and the writer in storytelling on screen. “It’s a collaborative effort to bring authenticity and personal touch to the role,” the actor says, in wake of the platform revising its opening disclaimer for the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

MIB summons Netflix officials over use of Hindu pseudonyms in ‘Kandahar Hijack’

Hindustan Times

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday summoned officials from Netflix over the portrayal of the hijackers using Hindu pseudonyms in the streaming platform’s series “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack”. “They should take care to not hurt the country’s sentiments,” a senior government official said. To be sure, in a January 6, 2000 statement available on the website …

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4 months ago

One of Disneyland’s original rides plans to remove racist tropes

LA Times

Disneyland is set to update one of its oldest rides to correct racist tropes about Indigenous people. Peter Pan’s Flight, one of the original theme park attractions when Disneyland opened in Anaheim in 1955, will update Tiger Lily and her tribe in the ride, which has come under scrutiny for its racist portrayal of Native American characters. James Matthew Barrie, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Akash Banerjee, recently invited by US embassy in India, whitewashes Islamist violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

Op India

Amid the Islamist onslaught against Hindus across Bangladesh, Indian YouTuber Akash Banerjee stepped in to whitewash the atrocities committed against the minority community in the neighbouring Islamic country. Akash Banerjee gives ‘political twist’ to religious targeting against Hindus The controversial YouTuber alleged, “It is complicated because other Islamic fundamentalist organizations like BNP and Jamaat are being accused of attacking Hindus …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Modi govt. a disaster for J&K security situation, says Kharge

The Hindu

Condoling the death of five soldiers in a terrorist attack in the Kathua region of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that the Narendra Modi government is a “disaster” for the security situation in J&K. “We unequivocally condemn this cowardly terror attack on the Army in the strongest possible terms. This is the fifth… — Mallikarjun …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Bitcoin Trade Used for Fuelling Violence, Militant Activities in J&K

Deccan Chronicle

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency has during a probe into a terror funding case found that Bitcoin trade has also been used for fuelling violence and militant activities in the Union Territory. Following registering a case in the counterintelligence police station at Srinagar under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Act and the Indian Penal Code, the …

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7 months ago

Are We Bugs? The Geopolitics of Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’

The Diplomat

When and if humanity makes first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization, does it matter which country makes the initial overtures? These are the central international political questions, among many others, that Netflix’s new hit series “3 Body Problem” tackles. While the Trisolarans fear our rapid jumps in technology, they also want to make humanity fear the Universe since human hubris …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Canadian media spreads fake news and whitewashes acts of Khalistani terrorists

Op India

In yet another damp squib and shoddy attempt to peddle fake propaganda, Canadian media house The Globe and Mail recently published an Opinion piece by Journalist Doug Saunders that is riddled with lies, fake news, and a brazen attempt at white-washing Khalistani terrorism. Posting a link to the article, Saunders wrote on X, “In recent weeks, Narendra Modi has been …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

'Charlottesville is peanuts': Trump doubles down on whitewashing neo-Nazi rally

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump again smeared pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses by comparing them to a 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. "Well, if the people that know Charlottesville, when you extend the statement, it's a big hoax what they say was said, and they understand that. “Minimizing the antisemitic and white supremacist poison displayed in Charlottesville is repugnant …

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8 months, 4 weeks ago

Morning Joe serves notice Ronna McDaniel is banned after playing supercut of falsehoods

Raw Story

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski pledged they would not book former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel on "Morning Joe." Network president Rashida Jones reportedly called anchors over the weekend to assure them there was no obligation to bring McDaniel onto their shows, and Scarborough made clear he disagreed with her hiring as a paid contributor due to her …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Hyderabad Liberation Day: Why India needs to look at the dark realities hidden under the whitewashing

Op India

On 12th March, the Ministry of Home Affairs declared that every year henceforth, the 17th of September will be observed as the ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’. pic.twitter.com/RfdnGG9frM — ANI March 13, 2024 Marking September 17th as the ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’ is an important step towards truth and reconciliation, as important as marking August 14th as the Partition Horrors Remembrance Day. Multiple …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Anti-India propagandist Nitasha Kaul cries foul, claims denied entry into India by Centre for a Karnataka govt event

Op India

On 25th February, Nitasha Kaul, an British academician and author, ranted on social media after being denied entry into India upon arriving at the Bengaluru Airport. THREAD 1/n pic.twitter.com/uv7lmWhs4k — Professor Nitasha Kaul, PhD February 25, 2024 Kaul said she was detained at the airport by the immigration officials who cited “orders from Delhi” to not allow her entry into …

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Row over whitewashing of century-old murals at Kolkata’s government art college

Revealed: A-listers who hid their privileged backgrounds - as Blake Lively is the latest star whose 'working class' upbringing doesn't quite ring true

I’m Super Excited to Be a Mother—Except for One Major Part

Trump spokesperson whitewashes record with indefinite sentencing delay remarks

Nikkhil Advani: When you make something like Freedom at Midnight, there will be opposing points of view | Exclusive

Southee to retire from Tests after home series against England

After ODI success, Pakistan captain Rizwan eyeing whitewash against Australia in T20I series

After ODI success, Rizwan eyes T20I series win in Australia

Tom Latham applies balm on Rohit Sharma after inflicting immense pain, says ‘India don’t become bad overnight'

Donald Trump Analyzes Bret Baier's Performance In Kamala Harris Interview

JD Vance Spent The VP Debate Whitewashing Donald Trump's Most Extreme Plans

Sorry, Washington Post: Whitewashing a Nazi sympathizer isn't "debate"

IC814 The Kandahar Hijack is not a documentary: Patralekhaa

MIB summons Netflix officials over use of Hindu pseudonyms in ‘Kandahar Hijack’

One of Disneyland’s original rides plans to remove racist tropes

Akash Banerjee, recently invited by US embassy in India, whitewashes Islamist violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

Modi govt. a disaster for J&K security situation, says Kharge

Bitcoin Trade Used for Fuelling Violence, Militant Activities in J&K

Are We Bugs? The Geopolitics of Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’

Canadian media spreads fake news and whitewashes acts of Khalistani terrorists

'Charlottesville is peanuts': Trump doubles down on whitewashing neo-Nazi rally

Morning Joe serves notice Ronna McDaniel is banned after playing supercut of falsehoods

Hyderabad Liberation Day: Why India needs to look at the dark realities hidden under the whitewashing

Anti-India propagandist Nitasha Kaul cries foul, claims denied entry into India by Centre for a Karnataka govt event