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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Mauritian Bhojpuri is being dressed in Hindu nationalist robes – and I’m in mourning
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Young professionals are fleeing crisis-hit Pakistan in hope of a better future
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Watch: ‘3 Idiots’ stars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan comically reunite to promote new film
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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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
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Toddler says she didn’t like ‘Pathaan’, Shah Rukh Khan posts video with a promise to work harder
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Watch: TV host Ellen DeGeneres surprised with marriage vow renewal ceremony by wife Portia de Rossi
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Watch: This dog was taking a ride on the roof of a car in Bengaluru
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Eco India: Why are sparrows continuing to disappear from Indian cities?
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Watch: Adele moved to tears as fan shows up with picture of his late wife to her Las Vegas show
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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