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Before O’Romeo, revisiting Vishal Bhardwaj’s Rangoon, an epic romance unfolding against the fiercest tides of violence | Bollywood News

Before O’Romeo, revisiting Vishal Bhardwaj’s Rangoon, an epic romance unfolding against the fiercest tides of violence | Bollywood News

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5 min readMumbaiFeb 12, 2026 08:07 AM IST It is 1944. The war is tearing the world apart. History is split in two. Both halves are on fire. On one side, empires are burning. On the other hand, India stands at the edge of its own becoming. Gandhi speaks of resistance without blood. Elsewhere, Subhash Chandra Bose gathers an army, moving through Burma, preparing to answer with violence. Against this fractured geopolitical moment, Vishal Bhardwaj stages Rangoon as an epic romance. Its thesis arrives at the midpoint, just before the interval, and it is distinctly his. There is poetry. There is a song. There is mud. There are two damaged souls. They have taken refuge in what was, until recently, an army base. Tanks surround them like witnesses. The threat of death hangs in the air. And yet they make love. For the first time; in the dirt. They discover love on the ground still scarred by war. Their longing outlives the century’s appetite for blood. In a world engineered for ruin, they choose romance. …

Cyclone Fengal live updates cyclonic storm landfall Tamil Nadu rains IMD weather alert coastal areas high tides – India TV

Cyclone Fengal live updates cyclonic storm landfall Tamil Nadu rains IMD weather alert coastal areas high tides – India TV

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Image Source : PTI (FILE) A fisherman uses a net to catch fish despite an advisory issued by India Meteorological Department not to venture into the sea as a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is expected to intensify into cyclone Fengal. Cyclone Fengal LIVE updates: As Cyclone Fengal approaches the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, many areas have experienced massive changes in weather, including high tides and rainfall, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported. According to the IMD, Cyclone Fengal is expected to hit the coastal area tomorrow evening. The weather department has issued warnings for North Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and the adjoining south Andhra Pradesh coasts. The IMD stated that the cyclonic storm Fengal, located over the southwest Bay of Bengal, moved north-northwestward at a speed of 7 km per hour during the past six hours. With Cyclone Fengal expected to make landfall near Chennai, the weather department has forecast heavy rains for Chennai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, and Tiruvallur districts of Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government announced a holiday for all schools and …

Endless tides in reporting Maharashtra’s GPS

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On August 26, 2024, a giant statue of the Maratha warrior king Shivaji Maharaj at the Rajkot Fort in Malvan collapsed. The Opposition was quick to pounce, alleging corruption in the statue’s construction.  File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra, the land of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, is a relentless battleground of political activity. In the two years since I started reporting on the State’s GPS — governance, politics, and society — there has not been a dull day. New controversies often arise before the previous ones have even begun to cool down. The Opposition’s vigorous efforts keep issues in the spotlight, while the ruling dispensation is never far behind in delivering rebuttals, whether through traditional media or a post on X. The political landscape here is markedly different from Telangana, where I reported from 2015 to 2022. In Telangana, the K. Chandrashekhar Rao-led TRS (now BRS) government dominated the narrative, leaving little room for dissent, as the Opposition was weakened by defections and had minimal representation in the Assembly. Reporting there felt like covering a monologue, …