| | | Taking a swipe at the opposition parties which went to the Supreme Court against agencies, PM Modi on Saturday said corruption and dynasty politics are not different. "Some corrupt parties even went to court so that the accounts of their corruption are not opened. And there they got jhatka," PM Modi said in Telangana as he laid the foundation of several development projects in Bharat Rashtra Samithi-ruled Telangana. | THE DAILY QUIZ The Booker Prize trophy has a name. Readers voted that it be called X, after author X Murdoch. X is also a song by the Goo Goo Dolls, the part of the eye that controls pupil size and a Greek goddess. Four letters. Give X. a. Retina
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d. Iris TAKE THE FULL QUIZ | | | | THE BIG STORY Corrupt Oppn parties snubbed by court: PM Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at “dynastic and corrupt forces” obstructing development in the country, even as he hailed his government for prioritizing the aspirations of the people. Addressing a gathering in Secunderabad after inaugurating projects worth Rs 11,360 crore in Telangana, the PM also expressed regret over the lack of cooperation from the state government leading to delays in development projects. Read more. | | | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Making up the words: Fictitious bands to add to your playlist today When Aurora, the 11-track debut album by Daisy Jones and The Six, hit Billboard’s emerging artists chart in the middle of March, it went straight to the top. It topped iTunes charts too. This is most unusual. The band does not exist. It’s a fictitious group from the show of the same name on Amazon Prime. The series, based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling 2019 novel, follows the rise and fall of the ’70s music group (which itself is loosely modelled on Fleetwood Mac). The songs have been created especially for the series. This isn’t the first time that a made-up band has played music we love. Read more. | | THE WEEKEND FIX We are many, we are one: Ambi Parameswaran on India’s population milestone Demographers in the US have a clean way of defining generations. They are given nice titles and grouped in 15- to 17-year cohorts. Those born between 1916 and 1927 are the Greatest Generation; 1928-45 , the Silent Generation; 1946-64, the Baby Boomers; 1965-80, Gen X; 1981-1997, the Millennials; and 1998-2020, Gen Z. Classifications for India would necessarily be different. As I see it, there is the pre-Independence generation (1915 to 1935); the first post-Independence generation, or Midnight’s Children (1936-50); the post-Independence idealists (1951-71); the Angry Generation (1972-89); the post-liberalisation generation (1990-2005); and the millennials or the internet generation (2005-20). Each of these carry memories of the India they grew up in, and those memories shape how they evolve, behave and live. As India approaches the new milestone of most populous country in the world, what will this 1.42 billion consist of? Read more. | | ALWAYS AT THE MOVIES BY ANUPAMA CHOPRA Why doesn’t India have an award even half as prestigious as the Oscars? Last week, I held an Oscar in my hands. It belonged to director Kartiki Gonsalves and producer Guneet Monga, who won it for The Elephant Whisperers, but they were generous enough to let me fake-win for photos. It’s the closest I will ever get to the golden man. The statuette was heavier than I expected. But its true heft comes, of course, from the prestige attached to the award. Kartiki and Guneet will now have the prefix “Oscar winner” attached to their names for life. Which made me wonder why, despite making more movies than any other country in the world, in a 110-year tradition of cinematic storytelling, we haven’t been able to create an award that comes even close. Read more. | | HT This Day: April 9, 1947 Indian currency to be independent The Central Assembly today passed three important bills, one delinking the rupee from the sterling, another providing for production and marketing of rubber and a third giving protection to several industries as recommended by the Tariff Board. Read more. | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Sign up here. | | Written and edited by Shahana Yasmin. Produced by Md Shad Hasnain. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | View in Browser | Privacy Policy | Contact us You received this email because you signed up for HT Newsletters or because it is included in your subscription. Copyright © HT Digital Streams. All Rights Reserved | | | | |  | |
