Sonal Gupta
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Super excited to share the newest Express offering: Fresh Take, where we talk all things #popculture, muse on stuff around us and ask pertinent (and sometimes trivial) questions.
#FreshTake | Why are OTT platforms churning out brain-dead content? . The bigger question is: Why are we watching?. And, can we break out of this vicious cycle?. ✍️ @SonalGupta97 .
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RT @ieexplained: Why have the French president and his wife sued an American right-wing podcaster? How did conspiracy theories about Brigit….
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Why have the French president and his wife sued an American right-wing podcaster? How did conspiracy theories about Brigitte Macron's gender first surface?
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | Most sneakers, even the “cool” ones, look like swollen foot pillows. They are sold to us as ergonomic marve….
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The first time I wore proper sandals that supported my feet and my dignity, I felt like I had joined a secret club.
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | When the kitchen turned into a time machine: Bonding with my mom, a decade late and 900 km away. @SwapnilJo….
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Between cooking lessons and tech tutorials, a 28-year-old reflects on the quiet rebalancing of roles between a mother and a son
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Became a #matcha convert while reporting for this one. Read?.
Fresh Take | Some say it tastes like grass. Others swear by its calming effects. Hate it or love it, matcha, the whisked Japanese tea, has stirred a full-blown lifestyle trend. What's behind the #matcha mania💚? @SonalGupta97 writes:.
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Absolutely loved editing this super fun, yet very insightful piece by @VibhaBMadhava. Latest on #FreshTake!.
#ZohranMamdani, the Democratic candidate for New York’s mayoral elections, an Internet sensation and the chosen Gen Z messiah, is proof that a politician’s love life doesn’t need to be a scandal or a secret. Read @VibhaBMadhava's #FreshTake:
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | Among young Indians, a quiet resistance is emerging against the dopamine-driven scroll and the unspoken pre….
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"Now I still go out, take photos and enjoy things, but I do it without feeling the pressure to share it online," says one 20-year-old.
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | Kidfluencer Piper Rockelle once presented the perfect world of girlhood you could subscribe to. Then, it….
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It’s disquieting to see your childhood icons recontextualised as case studies. Piper Rockelle’s story is an embodiment of a system that flattens children into commodities.
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RT @ieexplained: Tourism has resurged across the world, which industry experts attribute to 'revenge travel' after the Covid pandemic restr….
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Tourism has resurged across the world, which industry experts attribute to 'revenge travel' after the Covid pandemic restrictions forced many to abandon their travel plans
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | As missiles lit up the distant sky, music spilled from a rooftop in Beirut. The video has divided the int….
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In times of conflict, music can become a vessel for collective resistance, shared sorrow, and bearing witness.
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RT @ieexplained: #planecrash | Boeing has called the 787 Dreamliner its "best selling passenger planes" as it offers spacious cabins and la….
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Air India Flight Crash Details Explained: Boeing has called the 787 Dreamliner its "best selling passenger planes" as it offers spacious cabins and large windows. However, multiple safety concerns...
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RT @ieexplained: The last such attempt to deliver aid to Gaza by sea was attacked by drones allegedly belonging to Israel. @SonalGupta97 ex….
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The last such attempt to deliver aid to Gaza by sea was attacked by drones allegedly belonging to Israel
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | Why I miss my local kirana store: Confessions of a serial delivery-app user. @ayaldasani writes. https://t.c….
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Quick delivery apps do what they promise, and they do it well. But when they become our first option instead of a last resort, we end up giving away more than just our money.
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RT @IndianExpress: #FreshTake | Is an em dash proof that ChatGPT wrote the text? . Once a mark of a great writer, the em dash has earned….
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May the em dash — the purveyor of impulse, a vessel for context and a gateway to digression — remain a lasting imprint of human messiness.
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RT @ieexplained: Nawrocki's victory signals the resurgence of the nationalist PiS and will put the Eurosceptic president at odds with the p….
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Nawrocki has invoked the slogan “Poland First” along the campaign trail to express his concerns on the cost of living, migration, and security. A Trump ally, he called on the EU to show 'respect for...
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And in her debut piece, Shaima S coins a new term, 'Netflix parents', to spotlight a new generation of parents who are tackling tabboo subjects one OTT show at a time.
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As a generation of parents turn to OTT shows, compelling stories may be making taboo subjects palatable.
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We launched this week with this refreshing take on the enduring charm of Maya Sarabhai.
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What's behind the enduring charm of Maya Sarabhai, Indian television's OG roastmaster? Read on.
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And in her debut piece, Shaima S coins a new term, 'Netflix parents', to spotlight a new generation of parents who are tackling tabboo subjects one OTT show at a time.
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As a generation of parents turn to OTT shows, compelling stories may be making taboo subjects palatable.
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We launched this week, with this refreshing take on the enduring charm of #MayaSarabhai.
indianexpress.com
What's behind the enduring charm of Maya Sarabhai, Indian television's OG roastmaster? Read on.
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RT @ieexplained: Trump's actions against Chinese students are not unprecedented. After Indians, they are the biggest group of foreign stude….
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Trump's actions against Chinese students are not unprecedented. After Indians, they are the biggest group of foreign students in the United States.
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