Conspiracy theories, bitterness and popular culture, how Chamkila's death is remembered 36 years after it happened.

Watch in #ThePrintGroundReport , Tina Das Tina Das revisits the village where the singer was assassinated.

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Watch this ground report for ThePrintIndia to know how Mehsampur looks at the killing of Chamkila, and how he has been represented in pop culture

Chamkila is everywhere in Punjab — in road-side dhabas, trucks, weddings, and homes. His first recorded song, ‘Takue Te Takua’ is still all the rage especially in villages, and local musicians put up photos of him and call him ‘guru’.

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चमकीला की हत्या को 30 साल बीत गए, लेकिन पंजाब में यह पहेली आज भी अनसुलझी है

टीना दास Tina Das की रिपोर्ट-

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Celebrities of TMC — why Mamata Banerjee turns to the glamour world in times of political crisis. I report theprint.in/politics/celeb…

In Chamkila’s village there is an undercurrent of bitterness, regret — Mehsampur has the reputation of being a killing field. Tina Das reports

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Film on Varanasi is a festival hit, but no OTT, theatre release. Violence in every frame

Tina Das Tina Das reports

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With Lok Sabha elections just around the corner, Muslim religious leaders from various parts of West Bengal have one major question — whom should Muslims vote for? 

My first report from West Bengal.

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Script, AI, sex rooms, torture, Chinese music — Cambodia’s billion dollar cyber scam industry.

Rescue of some Indians forced into cyber slavery in Cambodia is just tip of the iceberg of an online slavery epidemic ThePrintIndia

With Sharan Poovanna

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'Why’s Bollywood obsessed with Vijay Mallya? Neeyat, Crew tap into a lingering fantasy'

Tina Das Tina Das writes in ThePrint #BeyondTheReel

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Manjummel Boys has shaken up the narrative beyond numbers—spotlighting the technical crew and how indispensable their work is even when we chose to focus on stars and the director, in a practice prevalent from Bollywood to Mollywood.

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Bastar: The Naxal Story, JNU: Jahangir National University, Main Atal Hoon, and Article 370 are part of the bold new Bollywood propaganda machine. These movies have a way of breaching Model Code of Conduct too.

Tina Das's report for ThePrintIndia:
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'Nearly all of the films have one thing in common: They are hyperpolitical, nationalist, and suspicious of India’s liberals and Leftists.'

Important deep dive into Bollywood's sudden spate of right-wing nationalist films by Tina Das:

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'Delhi girls inherently have a sense of style': Huma Qureshi talks about the 'Maharani' thali near Gargi college, shopping at Sarojini Nagar market, writing a superhero book, and being Rani Bharti. Watch #ThePrintInterview with Tina Das Tina Das:

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I love being a distruptor : This candid, fun conversation with Huma Qureshi, about being Monica, Tarla Dalal and Raju Bharti, and what makes for a good visit to Delhi, for ThePrintIndia

'Delhi girls inherently have a sense of style': Huma Qureshi talks about the 'Maharani' thali near Gargi college, shopping at Sarojini Nagar market, writing a superhero book, and being Rani Bharti. Watch #ThePrintInterview with Tina Das Tina Das

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“As BJP gears up with its campaign speeches, manifestos, and candidate lists ahead of the Lok Sabha election, it has a bouquet of new movies in its arsenal that are working to sway the hearts and minds.” Brilliant piece by Tina Das

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Bastar: The Naxal Story, JNU: Jahangir National University, Main Atal Hoon, and Article 370 are part of the bold new Bollywood propaganda machine. And what’s more, these movies have a way of breaching the Model Code of Conduct too.

My report for ThePrintIndia

A parrot hurling abuse, stolen docks, dacoity vs robbery--what goes behind district courts in India?

Director Rahul Pandey and actor Ravi Kishan (Modi Ka Parivar) talk about their upcoming web series 'Maamla Legal Hai', in #ThePrintInterview with Tina Das Tina Das

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For activist Nagendra Jena, ‘Brahmin Shamsan’ on the signboard was odious in the 21st century. The burial ground is now 'Swarg Dwar' and open to all, but Dalits in the village are still not rushing to cremate their dead.

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