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My Geopolitico quiz on Asha Bhosle's global appeal including collaborations with artists outside India & her songs being sampled by prominent hip-hop artists. Thanks to @Paperclip_In's post about Cornershop for seeding the idea geopolitico.substack.com/p/asha-bhosles…


Over 4,400 fake football shirts have been seized by UK police in the biggest raid of a new pre-World Cup crackdown. The early morning operation took place in the Midlands on Saturday at one of the largest outdoor markets in the country. The cut-priced counterfeits — including shirts of major tournament teams such as Argentina, France, Portugal and England — were located at one stall that has been under long-term surveillance. One man was arrested on suspicion of distributing counterfeit goods and taken into custody. He was later released on bail pending further investigation. Police confirmed that they intend to speak to further individuals believed to be involved in the case. Full story is free to read here ⬇️ 🔗 nyti.ms/4cnXEGE





Walk into any government office in India, towels are a common sight on the chairs of bureaucrats. A ubiquitous symbol of power. Such is the importance of the towel that a few years ago in Uttar Pradesh, lawmakers filed complaints, aggrieved at not being offered chairs draped in white towels during visits to government offices, while pointing out that officers were "sitting on tall, betowelled chairs." The matter was serious enough that the state's parliamentary affairs department had to issue a formal directive to officials, reminding them of the existing hierarchy. The government ordered that MPs, MLAs and MLCs be given towel-adorned chairs "of the same height and decor" at meetings across the state. In the Uttar Pradesh secretariat in Lucknow, around 1,000 towels are changed twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays😀

"Have almond! This will help revive your memory about my lost file" In Chattisgarh's Bilaspur, a man emptied a packet of almond on the table of an official of the housing board to help revive her "memory loss" related to his pending file. He has been running pillar to post to get the file cleared.



🚨 MUKESH KHANNA : "I am losing crores of rupees but still I don't want Ranveer Singh to play Shaktimaan. This character is above stardom"
















