In one of her first talked-about appearances, Urfi(she has dropped her last name) wore a frayed denim crop top that exposed a bright pink bra beneath. In other get-ups, she has worn a naughty cutout knockoffof a Kendall Jenner outfit, another time a sheer black top akin Bella Hadid’s risque number. She has worn bralettes to airports, dresses made of safety pins, razor blades, cassette tapes and cell phones.
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We need to engage more with communities
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The great luxury slowdown
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Prof Yogesh Singh is the 23rd vice chancellor of the century-old University of Delhi (DU). An engineer with a PhD in computer engineering, Singh has an impressive track record of teaching, innovation and research in the area of software engineering. He has more than 250 publications and his book, Software Testing, published by the Cambridge University Press, is well-received internationally. In an interview with THE WEEK, Singh talks about trends in higher education in India, the challenges faced by big universities, and how to make higher education more interesting. Asked about the perception that Indian graduates are “not employable”, he reacts strongly, and emphasises the difference between training and higher education. Edited excerpts:
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ANGRY, YOUNG AMERICA
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BJP LEADERS, TOO, HAVE HAD ENOUGH
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