Tag: Barkha Dutt

  • Severe backlash on son Taimur’s name ‘scarred’ Kareena Kapoor, reveals Barkha Dutt

    Severe backlash on son Taimur’s name ‘scarred’ Kareena Kapoor, reveals Barkha Dutt

    Indian Journalist Barkha Dutt called out the criticism on Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan’s son Taimur’s name by a section of the Indian population.

    Sharing an old interview with the Jab We Met actor, she wrote: “At @WeTheWomenAsia townhall Kareena Kapoor shared me how much the vile focus on Taimurs name had scarred her, now i see the same crap over her new born’s name. How toxic, how poisonous, how ugh can people be. Listen to her here and HAVE SOME SHAME.”

    The 3 Idiots star shared that she and Saif were overwhelmed about it initially, adding that she will never forget it and called it a ‘ghastly’ experience and it ‘scarred’ her deeply as a mother.

    Kareena stated that what she names her child is completely her ‘discretion.’

    According to Bollywood Hungama’s report, it’s actually Jehangir Ali Khan as revealed in the captions for the pictures of her baby son in the last few pages of Kapoor’s new book.

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    Jeh Ali Khan, or Jehangir as it might be, was born in February this year.

  • Barkha Dutt reminisces craze of iconic Pakistani dramas in India

    Barkha Dutt reminisces craze of iconic Pakistani dramas in India

    Television legends Marina Khan and Shehnaz Sheikh of Tanhaiyaan fame recently had a reunion and actor Imran Abbas shared their pictures on social media. Indian Journalist and author when saw the pictures of the two actresses, couldn’t stop herself without praising the actors and dramas Tanhaiyaan and Dhoop Kinare.

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    Sharing a collage of the veteran actresses on Twitter, Barkha wrote: “Gosh . Dhoop kinare and Tanhaiyaan. I would watch DK before every school exam, crushed on Dr Ahmer before wuthering heights made the Heathcliffe sort trendy and hoped someone would sing me faiz some day. Are we that old?”

    Sharing the pictures of the two, a Twitter user asked that who remembers Dhoop Kinare and Dr Zoya?

    Barkha replied: “Are you mad? Who can forget! Every single girl I know was in love with Dr Ahmer and hoped that someone would sing jaise veerane mein chupke se bahar aa jaye for them.”

    Taking to Instagram to share a picture with the two veteran TV stars who were seen in iconic shows like Tanhaiyaan and Dhoop Kinare, Abbas gushed about being given the opportunity to hang out with the two togather.

    “What a memorable moment to be with the two icons together,” he wrote. “The ladies who wrote their names in the history of Pakistani drama through their unmatched performances in Ankahi, Tanhaiyyan, and Dhoop Kinaray in every true sense.”

    Abbas then called the two “living legends” and “powerhouses of talent”, and thanked Asim Yar Tiwana, who hosted a PTV talk show for an evening with the two.

    Tiwana also shared “after recording” photos with Sheikh and Khan, captioning one, “Overwhelmed with the love & affection @shahnaz_sheikh gave me by doing this program.”

    Sheikh and Khan starred together as sisters Zara and Sanya in the 1986 serial Tahaiyaan, which became a cult classic in the Pakistani TV industry.

  • Modi Administration exposed – India’s COVID crisis

    Modi Administration exposed – India’s COVID crisis

    The visuals from our next-door neighbour, India, are just horrendous. The record-breaking surge in coronavirus cases and the reports from India have left the entire world in shock. According to the Indian health ministry, 3,689 people have died within the past 24 hours. Last month, India became the first country in the world to register over 400,000 coronavirus infections in a single day. The situation in India continues to get worse. The second wave of coronavirus has exposed the Modi administration.

    The Modi administration gravely mishandled the COVID-19 crisis in India. From declaring a premature victory after the first wave, the Modi government is now downplaying the crisis. According to a report published in the New York Times, “Interviews from cremation grounds across the country, where the fires never stop, portray an extensive pattern of deaths far exceeding the official figures. Nervous politicians and hospital administrators may be undercounting or overlooking large numbers of dead, analysts say. And grieving families may be hiding Covid connections as well, out of shame, adding to the confusion in this enormous nation of 1.4 billion.”

    We have seen how journalists in India are being attacked online for telling the truth. The Modi government, it seems, is more worried about its international image than handling the crisis. From pro-Modi actors like Kangana Ranaut to media channels like Times Now to websites acting like the government’s mouthpieces, we have seen journalists Rana Ayyub and Barkha Dutt being attacked for their journalism. What is worse is how Indian government is also directly involved in intimidating those critising it. The police in Uttar Pradesh (UP) – a state run by BJP’s Yogi Adityanath – filed a criminal case against a man who used Twitter to appeal for an oxygen cylinder for his grandfather. CM Adityanath also asked the UP administration to “crack down” on hospitals that discharge patients due to shortage of oxygen or “complain” about it to the media. Just a week ago, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said it had asked Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms to remove some posts “in view of the misuse of social media platforms by certain users to spread fake or misleading information”. Such sort of censorship and intimidation just points to one thing: the Modi government is more interested in its image-building than addressing the disastrous COVID-19 crisis. Hospitals across India have run out of beds, oxygen supply is dwindling, the vaccination rollout programme is slow. All of this combined with election rallies and large gatherings that were allowed by the government in recent months led to catastrophic results.

    Pakistan government has offered relief and support to India. Prime Minister Imran Khan as well as others expressed their solidarity with India in this difficult time. We hope and pray that the situation changes for the better in India.