The chatter

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The irony of Pakistan permitting Kulbhushan Jadhav's family to visit him as a "humanitarian gesture" is that he has ceased to be treated as a human being for some time now. Pakistanis on social media castigated their government for their supposed soft heart, while Indians shed copious crocodile tears but reserved their genuine emotion for the cursing of Pakistan. On social media, 'patriots' have claimed ownership of the outrage over Jadhav's death sentence. Film director Madhur Bhandarkar got in on the act, tweeting that the insults shouted by overzealous Pakistani journalists at Jadhav's family were bad, but not as bad as the silence of actors, human rights activists, and liberals about Jadhav's plight.
Gangster Democracy
Angry about the absence of the district civil surgeon from an event in Maharashtra, Hansraj Ahir, minister of state for home affairs, said the doctor was disrespecting not just Ahir but democracy itself. If doctors, he added, "don't believe in democracy, then they should join Naxals, we will put bullets in them". Apparently, it's Ahir who doesn't believe in democracy, or know what it entails.
Badass Feminism
Garnering nearly 70 million views on the YouTube in just a week, Brazilian pop star Anitta's new song 'Vai Malandra' is an international hit. The video, shot by fashion photographer Terry Richardson, is an unabashed celebration of a sexually aggressive favela style. Anitta doesn't touch up her cellulite, nor do the women in the video conform to idealised body types. But Anitta has had to respond to criticism about her use of Richardson, long known for his abuse of models and dropped by Conde Nast in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. She has also been accused of appropriation, of adopting black Brazilian style when it suits her. Anitta is from a favela and, as she says, nobody in Brazil is "totally white". Her brazenness is impressive and powerful

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