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Social media is a strange and dangerous space these days. Cleavage, muscle, booty shaking as an apology for dancing, and tattooing erogenous zones, are more of display norms than exception. Dance bar induced body movements by teenagers, housewives and daddies alike, to the tunes of Kancha Badam and Puspa holds sway in TikTok clone Facebook ‘Reels’ and videos. Masterclasses offered by Toms and Jerrys galore. The phenomenon is not a very hard nut to crack if I may use a ‘Badam’ metaphor.

For the last few days, I have been following the news coming from my home country of Ukraine in disbelief. I have watched hospitals, residential buildings, and even kindergartens in my home city of Kharkiv being bombed. I saw its central square in ruins. It doesn’t feel real, and yet it is.

Vladimir Putin, the Russian Federation President, in his imperialistic speech delivered on February 24, declared a special military operation in order to protect people who had been abused by Genocide for eight years under the Kyiv regime, strive to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine, and bring those to justice who had committed crimes against the civilians of Russian Federation. Paradoxically, Putin has cited international law to defend his blatant illegal actions. But these justifications are laughably weak, erroneous and absurd. The present crisis has posed a question as to the existence and enforcement of international law if Russia can still use military force and invade Ukraine.

International Women’s Day (IWD) is being celebrated all over the globe on March 8 every year. Theme of IWD-2022 is Break the Bias. Bias, whether deliberate or unconscious, makes it difficult for women to move ahead. It is not enough to recognize bias; action is required to level the playing field. Countries need to devise policies to end the bias so that women can prosper in different walks of life. There are statistics that show bias against women is extremely real. Governments are delivering; outcomes for women not so much. This has prompted demands for renaming IWD to International Do-More-Work-For-Free Day.

New Delhi: Krrish Pal (46kg) and Ravi Saini (48kg) chalked out contrasting victories over their respective rivals to move into the semi-finals of the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Sunday.

New Delhi: Champion pugilist MC Mary Kom on Sunday announced her decision to opt out of the World Boxing Championships and Asian Games, to make way for the upcoming young boxers.

New Delhi: F1 hopeful Jehan Daruvala set the second-fastest overall time at the Formula 2 pre-season test session in Bahrain.

New Delhi: Eknath Sambhaji Turambekar and Priyanka Goswami created new National Records in the men and women’s 35km events in the World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships Muscat on Saturday.

New Delhi: Nivedita Karki and Tamanna recorded facile victories over their respective rivals to move into the semi-finals of the Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan on Saturday.

New Delhi: Ace duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan overcame spirited resistance from Frederik Nielsen and Mikael Torpegaard 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) to give the hosts winning lead as India overpowered Denmark 4-0 in the Davis Cup World Group 1 Playoff at the Delhi Gymkhana Club here on Saturday.