Social Trends
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From Nupur Sharma to IPL: What Indians searched for on Google in 2022
Four out of five most-searched topics on the search engine in India pertained to sports.
Scroll Staff
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From a temple and sari to gender inclusive couples – here’s what the new emojis include
A new emoji showing a drop of blood has also been introduced to represent menstruation.
Scroll Staff
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Blocking out the poor: Why the attitude of many urban middle class volunteers at my NGO bothers me
Their gated, guarded, supervised lives do not seem to allow for osmosis with the larger world.
Bharati Chaturvedi
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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Watch: Feeling lonely? This robot baby will soon give you company and a cuddle
Meet a new product of the loneliness economy.
Scroll Staff
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When did Che Guevara become CEO? How corporations are increasingly taking progressive stands
Companies, which in the past tended to stay neutral on divisive social and political issues, are increasingly taking a position. What's behind the change?
Jerry Davis, The Conversation
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Why rice growers in China are more sexually liberal than wheat growers
New research questions whether claims of a 'national sex revolution' in China are actually nothing of the sort.
Yang Hu, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Swadesh House Mafia, Kholgate and the year in GharWapsi humour
It's becoming a genre by itself.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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The nuclear family is on the decline in India
Scarce housing and more women working in urban areas may together be spurring the return of the joint family, but in new and myriad forms.
John Samuel Raja D, qz.com