#Sushant Singh Rajput death mystery

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The Trial's pivotal Track was inspired by a Sushant Singh Rajput, Rhea Chakraborty, and Arnab Goswami episode.

Three years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic was causing havoc in India, but the Sushant Singh Rajput death case was also receiving attention from the media and some online users. Rhea Chakraborty's portrayal as the villain eventually turned the situation into a media spectacle. A number of outrageous accusations—the majority of which lacked any supporting evidence—were made against her in connection with the actor's death. This iconic episode is covered in a key track in the most recent web series, The Trial, which debuted today on Disney+ Hotstar.

In the leading role, Kajol plays a mother trying to support her family after her husband is implicated in a bribery and sex scandal in The Trial. To make ends meet, she must work at a law firm. Every episode depicts Noyonika Sengupta (Kajol) battling a different case. The death of cricketer Mohit Singh, which occurred in mysterious circumstances, is one such case that is quite memorable. Juhi Bhatia, his girlfriend, has been detained on suspicion of aiding suicide. Despite the fact that the deceased is depicted as a sportsman, it is obvious that the Sushant Singh Rajput case served as inspiration for the film's creators.

The 2020 case is also notable because popular news anchor Arnab Goswami tried his best to persuade his viewers that Sushant Singh Rajput was killed by Rhea Chakraborty by presenting them with various theories. Daksh Rathod (Atul Kumar), a character based on him, also treats Juhi in the same way. Daksh Rathod is depicted as working for SNP News while Arnab happens to be the owner of Republic Network.

Crucial track in Kajol’s The Trial inspired by Sushant Singh Rajput – Rhea Chakraborty – Arnab Goswami episode : Bollywood News

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The Death Trap -- Sushant Singh Rajput And The Reign Of Injustice

It was June 14, 2020. I woke up late that morning. I received the news that Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput is no more. He had killed himself by hanging himself in his bedroom. I thought, how can this be? His film “Chhichhore” was released just a few days back. In that, he had given the message “Suicide is not a solution”. Then how can this person who advocated against suicide, kill himself? The majority of Indians believed that he was actually murdered. Born on January 21, 1986, Sushant Singh Rajput emerged to be an iconic Bollywood star. He left his engineering studies in his third year, despite scoring outstanding marks in his engineering selection examination, to join the Bollywood film industry. Otherwise, he would have been a brilliant mechanical engineer today. He joined Bollywood as a struggling side performer and rose to fame from starring in Indian television serials to becoming an iconic Bollywood hero. He was in the Top 10 list in Bollywood and starred in several inspirational, cult-classic, and biographical movies. In 2019, he rented a lavish duplex flat in the Mount Blanc apartment complex in Bandra West, Mumbai. He had kept an astronomical telescope in his flat and his favorite hobby was watching celestial objects and stars. There was no financial crisis as his flat rent was a whopping INR 4 Lakhs a month! It is also said that he used to charge INR 6 Crore per movie he did. Then what led to his mysterious death which was tagged as a “suicide due to depression”? Our story begins in the Mount Blanc apartment where Sushant used to stay. Dear readers, I would advise you all to stay tuned till the end as in this exclusive post I will decode the mystery behind his sudden death. Exclusive: Late Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend finally speaks up on Disha Salian’s Death Case https://youtu.be/THjPeh5EJMo?si=ynFqXZKi-X5e_Eb0 Disclaimer: The information provided in this post has been collected from multiple sources with over years of media-based research. These facts are genuine based on evidence. Sushant Singh Rajput used to reside in his flat with three other people, his cook, his live-in girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, and his close friend Siddharth Pathani. Now, I will be revealing the incident that Siddharth Pathani and the cook narrated to the police during interrogation after Sushant’s death. It was COVID-19 lockdown in India. As per Siddharth and the cook -- Sushant got up at 6.30 A.M. on June 14, 2020, the day of his death. He strolled for a while, drank some juice, and called his sister at around 9 A.M. The last phone call that he made that day was to his friend at 10.30 A.M. After that he went to his bedroom. At 11 A.M., the cook knocked at his bedroom door to ask him what he would have for lunch. When no answer came from Sushant’s side, the cook and Siddharth phone-called his sister. They summoned a lock expert and somehow within 10 minutes managed to open his bedroom door. Do they want me to believe that during that peak time of lockdown in June 2020, they could easily summon a random lock expert? Now, the unbelievable happened. After the lock expert unlocked Sushant’s bedroom door, Siddharth Pathani and the cook sent him away assuring him not to worry, and that they would take care of what was going on inside. After opening the gate, they saw Sushant Singh Rajput dead, hanging from the ceiling fan. They took down Sushant’s dead body from the ceiling fan and by that time Sushant’s sister arrived. Mind you, this is their testimony. It’s up to you whether you want to believe them. But I do not! Are You Kidding Me?! When you know something horrific might have happened inside the room as the person inside was not responding for a long time, how come you sent away the lock expert instead of first opening the door and going inside? Really suspicious! And what’s more? You tampered with the crime scene! Who gave you the authority to take down his dead body from the ceiling fan? Let the police and the medical team arrive first! It's their job! There was no suicide note in the room when it mostly happens that if a person dies by suicide, they leave behind a suicide note. And the startling fact was the plight of Sushant’s dead body. If anybody saw that, let alone a medical professional, any average person would have been able to say that he was severely beaten up before his death. His leg was broken, his eye socket was bruised as if someone had punched him really hard in that area, and his entire neck area had a deep red bruise which indicated strangulation with some object, probably a leather belt. When his body was taken to Cooper Hospital, the post-mortem report revealed “Asphyxia due to hanging”. Just Depression? No Way! Now the entire Bollywood industry had something to talk about! Celebrities started commenting that Sushant was suffering from depression and that’s why he killed himself. Some celebrities also accused him of taking drugs to overcome his depression. These know-it-all celebrities alleged that Sushant was boycotted from working on many film projects and his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty had deserted him, which is why he was suffering from depression on account of which he was consuming illicit drugs. An FIR was also filed against Rhea Chakraborty and her family by Sushant’s father that she had cheated Sushant financially and had stolen an amount of INR 15 Crore from him. Mumbai police, who were trying all ways to divert this case, suddenly had a new topic to ponder upon. Bollywood’s illicit drug case! The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) started summoning every Bollywood celebrity and had them tested for consuming illicit drugs. Rhea Chakraborty was also arrested in this drug case. This case went up so strong that the mysterious death case of Sushant Singh Rajput faded away, lost in the dilemma of the NCB trying to solve illicit drug consumption in Bollywood. “Do Not Drag Me Into This”: Bollywood Actor Dino Morea Speaks Up On Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death Case https://youtu.be/TrtMK71o7Kg?si=3oiyxBjjgZywz-un The Death Of Disha Salian: The Link To Sushant’s Murder Mystery Disha Salian was a young and enterprising celebrity manager. She had managed Sushant Singh Rajput for quite some time. Disha was mysteriously murdered six days before Sushant’s death. First, I will talk about how the murder of Sushant Singh Rajput is linked with his ex-manager Disha Salian’s death. What exactly happened on that mysterious night of June 8, 2020? Brace yourselves to confront the truth unveiled! The Conspiracy Theory: Was It An Accident Or Was Disha Salian Murdered That Night? Disha Salian and her boyfriend Rohan Rai were in a relationship for seven years. They started living together in a flat in the Malad suburb area of Mumbai. It was the night of June 8, 2020, that a lively party was going on at Disha and Rohan’s residence. Among the guests at the party were some of their school friends, two Bollywood actors, and the son of a renowned politician. As the party proceeded, the eyewitness entered, whose name I will not reveal as that would put his life in danger. Suddenly, Disha’s phone rang and she went inside her bedroom to attend the call. The call was from one of her friends who stayed in London. Four of the guests followed her inside the bedroom. As per the eyewitness, two among these four were the politician's security guard and one of her close friends named Himanshu Shikre. While the other guests including the eyewitness were enjoying outside the room, they could see that every now and then a person was coming out of that room, waiting, and then again going in. This coming-out and going-in went on for a few hours. The music in the room was so loud that any noise coming from that bedroom was not audible. A Horrific Crime Occurred! Finally, one of the four people who had entered the room called all the other guests telling them that something was seriously wrong inside Disha’s bedroom, and told them to wait in a room that was diagonally opposite to her bedroom. Disha’s boyfriend Rohan was also among the ones who were waiting. While waiting, the eyewitness was able to have a peak into the bedroom. What he saw will make your blood run cold! Disha’s nude lifeless body was lying on the bed. A white blanket was placed over her nude body which clearly indicated that the four people who had entered her room while she was attending her call had gang-raped and murdered her. After some time, one of those four escorted all the waiting guests to Dadar railway station and warned them that if they told anyone what they saw, they would lose their lives as well. Investigation revealed that politician Aditya Thackeray and Bollywood actors Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi’s mobile locations were tracked at Disha's residence that night. Now that the case has been handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), they have been accused as prime suspects in this crime. Bollywood Actor Sooraj Pancholi Denies Connection With Aditya Thackeray https://youtu.be/A9RDS_Zdkwk?si=OhBSVu5pUXouyL2- The dead body of Disha was discovered outside the apartment complex on the road. Her body was flung out from her flat’s balcony with full force that it dropped about 20 feet away from the building. The police ruled her murder as an “accident” or “suicide” as you are well aware of how the Indian legal system actually is. They closed the case telling that Disha might be too drunk that night. She might have slipped from her balcony and fallen to her death or she might have killed herself due to some underlying frustration. But what bothers me is that can someone slip or jump out from their high-rise balcony and fall 20 feet away from the building, outside the apartment complex? Had Disha done so, she would have fallen just below the building. If she had taken a run and then jumped from her balcony, then also her body wouldn’t have dropped so far. This was clear evidence that a group of people had flung her body with full force from her balcony. A Shocking Truth! Disha’s original post-mortem report revealed serious injuries all over her body including her private parts. But that original forensic report was altered and a new report was made by the forensics which ruled out any signs of rape. A big conspiracy went on. If you think that the police were helping in this case, then wake up, you have been pranked! The Mumbai police were in fact bent on covering every piece of evidence that would have proved Disha was murdered that night. You might know why. As I had “praised” the Indian legal system repeatedly in many of my previous posts. This was being done by the police so that no clue about Disha’s murder reached the CBI. Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied! I have to tell you that the eyewitness has clearly identified politician Aditya Thackeray in the location. His location and Bollywood actors Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi’s locations were all tracked inside Disha’s residence that night. Disha’s friend Himanshu Shikre, who is also said to have been involved in her murder, miraculously vanished. When the media reached his residence, Himanshu called over the cops. The police came and drove the media persons away. If Disha’s death was just a suicide or an accident, then for what reason her boyfriend Rohan and all her friends attending the party were nowhere to be seen after that night? Also, what was the reason for deleting all CCTV footage and the watchman’s diary entry? And where did the apartment’s watchman vanish? He has been missing till today, perhaps killed. And isn’t it suspicious that on June 8, 2020, Disha died and on the same day Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty deserted him? It is said that after hearing about Disha’s death, Sushant became extremely disturbed and his phone call with his sister revealed that. To be honest, I don’t think this poor woman will ever get justice. Influential people were involved in her murder and over here in India, if you are rich and influential, you can easily get away with any crime you may commit. You may have a case filed against you but that case will remain idle and proceed slowly till you grow old and pass away. You will always walk free! But mind you, you have to be rich and influential. For any ordinary person laws are different. Then you may have to spend the rest of your life behind bars if you commit such a heinous crime. Shiv Sena MLA Aditya Thackeray’s Appeal To Mumbai High Court On Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death Case https://youtu.be/ijxfZqFO89s?si=iufd9-dLahDK_5fo The Mystery Behind The Murder Of Sushant Singh Rajput After Disha’s murder, the entire CCTV footage of the crime scene was deleted. Also, the watchman who was guarding the apartment that night disappeared, never to be found again! The page of his entry book containing the entries of that night was torn off. Probably the watchman was made to disappear or was murdered. Deep wounds were revealed in Disha’s body during post-mortem. But the police ruled out the fact of how the wounds occurred as the original post-mortem report revealed that the wounds were inflicted much before she had fallen from her balcony. Sushant Was An Evidence Himself! After Disha’s murderers tampered with all the evidence on the night of June 8, 2020, they left behind one piece of evidence. That was Sushant Singh Rajput himself! It has been revealed that Sushant knew about the murderers and he was going to unveil them in front of the media. You will be astonished to know that after Disha’s murder, Sushant had changed 15 to 20 SIM cards! Either he was encountering death threat calls or maybe he was trying to contact his live-in girlfriend Riya Chakraborty who had deserted him and blocked his original number. But nobody knows the truth behind why he changed so many SIM cards! It was revealed that after Disha’s murder, Sushant had called his sister and cried, “Now they won’t spare me as well!” Yes, this was the note from Sushant Singh Rajput to his sister. Six days after Disha’s death, Sushant’s body inflicted with multiple injuries was discovered hanging in his bedroom from his ceiling fan. Post-mortem reports and the police immediately ruled it as a suicide. Nobody cared about how a person who died by hanging himself had multiple injuries on his body. Facts Tell This Was Not A Suicide! Further, Sushant was exactly six feet tall. The space between his bed and the ceiling fan from which his body was hanging was exactly 5 feet 11 inches. In fact, his legs were touching the bed. How can a six-foot-tall man die by hanging from a 5-foot 11-inch space? The killers might have forgotten that to die by hanging, one requires a space greater than their height and also a small table or chair on which they need to stand. And the astonishing part is that the fan from which Sushant’s body was hanging was intact. It should have broken from the jerk or his body weight if he had really hung himself. When someone hangs himself, the cartilage of his neck breaks. But in Sushant’s case, his neck cartilage was intact. Instead, a deep red mark was surrounding his neck which indicated that someone had strangled him to death. The bruises on his body indicated a struggle. Mind it, all these evidences were removed from his original post-mortem report which I am revealing today in this post. Suspicious, Isn't It? You will be shocked to know that when the police and the medical team reached Sushant’s flat to uncover his corpse, his attendees had already taken down his hanging body from the ceiling fan and mummified it by wrapping it completely with a white cloth. Isn’t this tampering with evidence? Same as Disha’s case, over here, all CCTV footage and pieces of evidence were deleted from the crime scene. The mysterious fact is that on the night of June 13, 2020, all lights in Sushant’s flat except his kitchen were switched off at around 10:30 P.M. which never happened before. Sushant was a late to-bedder. Might be he was killed on June 13, 2020, and his cook and Siddharth Pathani were making things up. Were they behind his murder? Did Disha’s murderers bribe them and make them kill Sushant and then they pretended to be eyewitnesses to his “suicide”? It is possible because as per sources it has been revealed that Sushant had come to know every detail about Disha’s murder and was about to reveal everything to the media in a few days. These guys had already taken his body down from the ceiling fan before the police and medical team arrived. Might be that they killed him and later framed the story of a suicide! Who Were The Culprits? The post-mortem report of Sushant didn’t reveal that he had juice on June 14, 2020 morning whereas Siddharth Pathani and the cook told the police that he did have juice on June 14 morning. A big contradiction to their statements, isn’t it? Are they lying? If they were present all the time in Sushant’s flat then what about the bruises on his body? Who else could have beaten him up and strangled him to death? There was no one else other than Siddharth and the cook along with Sushant in that flat! The startling fact is that Sushant’s live-in girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, who had left his house, was getting continuous calls on her mobile phone from June 8 till June 15 from a mysterious number she had named “AU”. It is estimated that this “AU” was none other than Aditya Thackeray. A case was filed against Aditya Thackeray demanding his immediate arrest regarding Sushant and Disha’s death cases, but he has appealed to the Mumbai High Court that these are false allegations against him. Location trackers have tracked that Bollywood actors Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi were also present along with Aditya Thackeray during Disha’s death incident. Dino Morea was quite popular during the '90s and early 2000s era. Sooraj Pancholi, the son of popular Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi, happens to be the Godchild of superstar Salman Khan. So, nobody on earth can touch him and he even faced trial for the mysterious death of his girlfriend Jiah Khan in 2013. He was said to be involved in Jiah Khan's mysterious death but pleaded “not guilty”. Aditya Thackeray Appeals To Mumbai High Court Claiming False Allegations Against Him https://youtu.be/fcQ-Uj9Uh2A?si=4QduXsHm6AC5CGAm The Harsh Reality: It has been four years now, since June 2020, and Disha and Sushant’s death cases remain deliberately unsolved. All pieces of evidence against the suspects were deleted and removed from the crime scenes. Post-mortem reports were altered. I would tell the people of India, rather than fearing these influential criminals who murdered them; fear the legal system over here! Tomorrow, God knows, if someone faces the plight of Disha Salian or Sushant Singh Rajput, his or her soul may never rest in peace because of the amount of injustice served by the corrupt legal system in this country. After years of injustice, finally, when the cases were handed to the CBI, all this new evidence emerged. I have to tell you, Sushant Singh Rajput was no ordinary actor. He was an iconic star in Bollywood and as you are aware, top Bollywood actors like him are highly influential. When such an influential and renowned celebrity like him can be murdered in such a brutal manner and the murderers can walk away free, then imagine what’s going to happen to you and me? What justice can we as ordinary citizens of India expect? The cases of Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian’s murders secured worldwide attention and were clear as daylight. Even a school kid could have solved these cases. But our cunning legal system keeps on postponing things and I doubt if, within the next 100 years, these cases will be ever solved. The truth is bribery, corruption, and misuse of power are heavily dominant in India. A star lost forever: The sad part is that we lost a budding superstar who was among the Top 10 list in Bollywood. Read the full article

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s sister’s new revelation on the mysterious death has come to light Mumb - ...

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Nyay Teaser Out: Sushant Singh Rajput की मौत की गुत्थी पर बनी फिल्म का टीजर रिलीज, अब खुलेंगे कई राज

Nyay Teaser Out: Sushant Singh Rajput की मौत की गुत्थी पर बनी फिल्म का टीजर रिलीज, अब खुलेंगे कई राज

नई दिल्ली: बॉलीवुड के दिवंगत एक्टर सुशांत सिंह राजपूत (Sushant Singh Rajput) की मौत की अनसुलझी कहानी पर जल्द ही फिल्म आने वाली है. फिल्म का टीजर भी रिलीज हो गया है. फिल्म का नाम ‘न्याय : द जस्टिस’ (Nyay : The Justice). इस फिल्म में दिवंतगत एक्टर सुशांत सिंह राजपूत की भूमिका में जुबेर नजर आएंगे. वहीं श्रेया उनके ओपोजिट रिया चक्रवर्ती का किरदार निभाएंगी. फिल्म में सुशांत के पिता के किरदार में…

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Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case LIVE updates: Shweta shares old video of him training with CRPF jawans Image Source : INSTAGRAM/SUSHANTSINGHRAJPUTSMILES Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case LIVE updates Sushant Singh Rajput's death investigation is being done by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as well as the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

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Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports

Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports

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Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports

Actress Rhea Chakraborty, who has been missing over the past few days, reportedly left her building in the middle of the night along with her family. Rhea went missing soon after she was charged with abetment to suicide, along with six others, in an FIR…

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जानिए, डिप्रेशन में दिमाग के किस हिस्से पर क्या असर होता है

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सुशांत सिंह राजपूत ने मुंबई के ब्रांदा स्थित अपने आवास पर रविवार दोपहर सुसाइड (Sushant Singh Rajput Suicide) कर लिया. अब तक मिली जानकारी के मुताबिक सुशांत छह महीनों से डिप्रेशन में थे और उनका इलाज ले रहे थे. कोरोना की वजह से पहले से ही आर्थिक तंगी और अकेलापन झेल रहे लोगों तक एक के बाद एक इस तरह की खबरें आ रही हैं. हालत ये है कि अब अवसाद को एक्सपर्ट पोस्ट-कोरोना डिसीज की तरह देख रहे हैं.…

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Sushant Singh Rajput’s body to be tested for COVID-19 infection, swab sample taken Image Source : FILE PHOTO Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra apartment.

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Essays

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) list of essays I like/find interesting/are food for thought; I’ve tried to sort them as much as possible. The starred (*) ones are those I especially love

also quick note: some of these links, especially the ones that are from books/anthologies redirect you to libgen or scihub, and if that doesn’t work for you, do message me; I’d be happy to send them across!

Literature + Writing

Godot Comes to Sarajevo - Susan Sontag

The Strangeness of Grief - V. S. Naipaul*

Memories of V. S. Naipaul - Paul Theroux*

A Rainy Day with Ruskin Bond - Mayank Austen Soofi

How Albert Camus Faced History - Adam Gopnik

Listen, Bro - Jo Livingstone

Rachel Cusk Gut-Renovates the Novel - Judith Thurman

Lost in Translation: What the First Line of “The Stranger” Should Be - Ryan Bloom

The Duke in His Domain - Truman Capote*

The Cult of Donna Tartt: Themes and Strategies in The Secret History - Ana Rita Catalão Guedes

Never Do That to a Book - Anne Fadiman*

Affecting Anger: Ideologies of Community Mobilisation in Early Hindi Novel - Rohan Chauhan*

Why I Write - George Orwell*

Rimbaud and Patti Smith: Style as Social Deviance - Carrie Jaurès Noland*

Art + Photography (+ Aesthetics)

Looking at War - Susan Sontag*

Love, sex, art, and death - Nan Goldin, David Wojnarowicz

Lyons, Szarkowski, and the Perception of Photography - Anne Wilkes Tucker

The Feminist Critique of Art History - Thalia Gouma-Peterson, Patricia Mathews

In Plato's Cave - Susan Sontag*

On reproduction of art (Chapter 1, Ways of Seeing) - John Berger*

On nudity and women in art (Chapter 3, Ways of Seeing) - John Berger*

Kalighat Paintings  - Sharmishtha Chaudhuri

Daydreams and Fragments: On How We Retrieve Images From the Past -  Maël Renouard

Arthur Rimbaud: the Aesthetics of Intoxication - Enid Rhodes Peschel

Cities

Tragic Fable of Mumbai Mills - Gyan Prakash

Whose Bandra is it? - Dustin Silgardo*

Timur's Registan: noblest public square in the world? - Srinath Perur

The first Starbucks coffee shop, Seattle - Colin Marshall*

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Mumbai's iconic railway station - Srinath Perur

From London to Mumbai and Back Again: Gentrification and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective -  Andrew Harris

The Limits of "White Town" in Colonial Calcutta - Swati Chattopadhyay

The Metropolis and Mental Life - Georg Simmel

Colonial Policy and the Culture of Immigration: Citing the Social History of Varanasi - Vinod Kumar, Shiv Narayan

A Caribbean Creole Capital: Kingston, Jamaica - Coln G. Clarke (from Colonial Cities by Robert Ross, Gerard J. Telkamp

The Colonial City and the Post-Colonial World - G. A. de Bruijne

The Nowhere City - Amos Elon*

The Vertical Flâneur: Narratorial Tradecraft in the Colonial Metropolis - Paul K. Saint-Amour

Philosophy

The trolley problem problem - James Wilson

A Brief History of Death - Nir Baram

Justice as Fairness: Political not Metaphysical - John Rawls*

Should Marxists be Interested in Exploitation? - John E. Roemer

The Discomfort You’re Feeling is Grief - Scott Berinato*

The Pandemic and the Crisis of Faith - Makarand Paranjape

If God Is Dead, Your Time is Everything - James Wood

Giving Up on God - Ronald Inglehart

The Limits of Consensual Decision - Douglas Rae*

The Science of "Muddling Through" - Charles Lindblom*

History

The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine - Maria Dolan

The History of Loneliness - Jill Lepore*

From Tuskegee to Togo: the Problem of Freedom in the Empire of Cotton - Sven Beckert*

Time, Work-Discipline, and Industrial Capitalism - E. P. Thompson*

All By Myself - Martha Bailey*

The Geographical Pivot of History - H. J. Mackinder

The sea/ocean

Rim of Life - Manu Pillai

Exploring the Indian Ocean as a rich archive of history – above and below the water line - Isabel Hofmeyr, Charne Lavery

‘Piracy’, connectivity and seaborne power in the Middle Ages - Nikolas Jaspert (from The Sea in History)*

The Vikings and their age - Nils Blomkvist (from The Sea in History)*

Mercantile Networks, Port Cities, and “Pirate” States - Roxani Eleni Margariti

Phantom Peril in the Arctic - Robert David English, Morgan Grant Gardner*

Assorted ones on India

A departure from history: Kashmiri Pandits, 1990-2001 - Alexander Evans *

Writing Post-Orientalist Histories of the Third World - Gyan Prakash

Empire: How Colonial India Made Modern Britain - Aditya Mukherjee

Feminism and Nationalism in India, 1917-1947 - Aparna Basu

The Epic Riddle of Dating Ramayana, Mahabharata - Sunaina Kumar*

Caste and Politics: Identity Over System - Dipankar Gupta

Our worldview is Delhi based*

Sports (you’ll have to excuse the fact that it’s only cricket but what can i say, i’m indian)

'Massa Day Done:' Cricket as a Catalyst for West Indian Independence: 1950-1962 - John Newman*

Playing for power? rugby, Afrikaner nationalism and masculinity in South Africa, c.1900–70 - Albert Grundlingh

When Cricket Was a Symbol, Not Just a Sport - Baz Dreisinger

Cricket, caste, community, colonialism: the politics of a great game - Ramachandra Guha*

Cricket and Politics in Colonial India - Ramchandra Guha

MS Dhoni: A quiet radical who did it his way*

Music

Brega: Music and Conflict in Urban Brazil - Samuel M. Araújo

Color, Music and Conflict: A Study of Aggression in Trinidad with Reference to the Role of Traditional Music - J. D. Elder

The 1975 - ‘Notes On a Conditional Form’ review - Dan Stubbs*

Life Without Live - Rob Sheffield*

How Britney Spears Changed Pop - Rob Sheffield

Concert for Bangladesh

From “Help!” to “Helping out a Friend”: Imagining South Asia through the Beatles and the Concert for Bangladesh - Samantha Christiansen 

Gender

Clothing Behaviour as Non-verbal Resistance - Diana Crane

The Normalisation of Queer Theory - David M. Halperin

Menstruation and the Holocaust - Jo-Ann Owusu*

Women’s Suffrage the Democratic Peace - Allan Dafoe

Pink and Blue: Coloring Inside the Lines of Gender - Catherine Zuckerman*

Women’s health concerns are dismissed more, studied less - Zoanne Clack

Food

How Food-Obsessed Millennials Shape the Future of Food - Rachel A. Becker (as a non-food obsessed somewhat-millennial, this was interesting)

Colonialism's effect on how and what we eat - Coral Lee

Tracing Europe's influence on India's culinary heritage - Ruth Dsouza Prabhu

Chicken Kiev: the world’s most contested ready-meal*

From Russia with mayo: the story of a Soviet super-salad*

The Politics of Pancakes - Taylor Aucoin*

How Doughnuts Fuelled the American Dream*

Pav from the Nau

A Short History of the Vada Pav - Saira Menezes

Fantasy (mostly just harry potter and lord of the rings)

Purebloods and Mudbloods: Race, Species, and Power (from The Politics of Harry Potter)

Azkaban: Discipline, Punishment, and Human Rights (from The Politics of Harry Potter)*

Good and Evil in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lengendarium - Jyrki Korpua

The Fairy Story: J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis - Colin Duriez (from Tree of Tales)*

Tolkien’s Augustinian Understanding of Good and Evil: Why The Lord of the Rings Is Not Manichean - Ralph Wood (from Tree of Tales)*

Travel

The Hidden Cost of Wildlife Tourism

Chronicles of a Writer’s 1950s Road Trip Across France - Kathleen Phelan

On the Early Women Pioneers of Trail Hiking - Gwenyth Loose

On the Mythologies of the Himalaya Mountains - Ed Douglas*

More random assorted ones

The cosmos from the wheelchair (The Economist obituaries)*

In El Salvador - Joan Didion

Scientists are unravelling the mystery of pain - Yudhijit Banerjee

Notes on Nationalism - George Orwell

Politics and the English Language - George Orwell*

What Do the Humanities Do in a Crisis? - Agnes Callard*

The Politics of Joker - Kyle Smith

Sushant Singh Rajput: The outsider - Uday Bhatia*

Credibility and Mystery - John Berger

happy reading :)

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Know about the mystery woman who was pictured outside Sushant Singh Rajput’s home on June 14 | People News New Delhi: Remember how pictures and videos of a woman entering late star Sushant Singh Rajput's building on June 14, the day he died, took over the internet?

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The Death Trap -- Sushant Singh Rajput And The Reign Of Injustice

It was June 14, 2020. I woke up late that morning. I received the news that Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput is no more. He had killed himself by hanging himself in his bedroom. I thought, how can this be? His film “Chhichhore” was released just a few days back. In that, he had given the message “Suicide is not a solution”. Then how can this person who advocated against suicide, kill himself? The majority of Indians believed that he was actually murdered. Born on January 21, 1986, Sushant Singh Rajput emerged to be an iconic Bollywood star. He left his engineering studies in his third year, despite scoring outstanding marks in his engineering selection examination, to join the Bollywood film industry. Otherwise, he would have been a brilliant mechanical engineer today. He joined Bollywood as a struggling side performer and rose to fame from starring in Indian television serials to becoming an iconic Bollywood hero. He was in the Top 10 list in Bollywood and starred in several inspirational, cult-classic, and biographical movies. In 2019, he rented a lavish duplex flat in the Mount Blanc apartment complex in Bandra West, Mumbai. He had kept an astronomical telescope in his flat and his favorite hobby was watching celestial objects and stars. There was no financial crisis as his flat rent was a whopping INR 4 Lakhs a month! It is also said that he used to charge INR 6 Crore per movie he did. Then what led to his mysterious death which was tagged as a “suicide due to depression”? Our story begins in the Mount Blanc apartment where Sushant used to stay. Dear readers, I would advise you all to stay tuned till the end as in this exclusive post I will decode the mystery behind his sudden death. Exclusive: Late Bollywood Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s friend finally speaks up on Disha Salian’s Death Case https://youtu.be/THjPeh5EJMo?si=ynFqXZKi-X5e_Eb0 Disclaimer: The information provided in this post has been collected from multiple sources with over years of media-based research. These facts are genuine based on evidence. Sushant Singh Rajput used to reside in his flat with three other people, his cook, his live-in girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, and his close friend Siddharth Pathani. Now, I will be revealing the incident that Siddharth Pathani and the cook narrated to the police during interrogation after Sushant’s death. It was COVID-19 lockdown in India. As per Siddharth and the cook -- Sushant got up at 6.30 A.M. on June 14, 2020, the day of his death. He strolled for a while, drank some juice, and called his sister at around 9 A.M. The last phone call that he made that day was to his friend at 10.30 A.M. After that he went to his bedroom. At 11 A.M., the cook knocked at his bedroom door to ask him what he would have for lunch. When no answer came from Sushant’s side, the cook and Siddharth phone-called his sister. They summoned a lock expert and somehow within 10 minutes managed to open his bedroom door. Do they want me to believe that during that peak time of lockdown in June 2020, they could easily summon a random lock expert? Now, the unbelievable happened. After the lock expert unlocked Sushant’s bedroom door, Siddharth Pathani and the cook sent him away assuring him not to worry, and that they would take care of what was going on inside. After opening the gate, they saw Sushant Singh Rajput dead, hanging from the ceiling fan. They took down Sushant’s dead body from the ceiling fan and by that time Sushant’s sister arrived. Mind you, this is their testimony. It’s up to you whether you want to believe them. But I do not! Are You Kidding Me?! When you know something horrific might have happened inside the room as the person inside was not responding for a long time, how come you sent away the lock expert instead of first opening the door and going inside? Really suspicious! And what’s more? You tampered with the crime scene! Who gave you the authority to take down his dead body from the ceiling fan? Let the police and the medical team arrive first! It's their job! There was no suicide note in the room when it mostly happens that if a person dies by suicide, they leave behind a suicide note. And the startling fact was the plight of Sushant’s dead body. If anybody saw that, let alone a medical professional, any average person would have been able to say that he was severely beaten up before his death. His leg was broken, his eye socket was bruised as if someone had punched him really hard in that area, and his entire neck area had a deep red bruise which indicated strangulation with some object, probably a leather belt. When his body was taken to Cooper Hospital, the post-mortem report revealed “Asphyxia due to hanging”. Just Depression? No Way! Now the entire Bollywood industry had something to talk about! Celebrities started commenting that Sushant was suffering from depression and that’s why he killed himself. Some celebrities also accused him of taking drugs to overcome his depression. These know-it-all celebrities alleged that Sushant was boycotted from working on many film projects and his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty had deserted him, which is why he was suffering from depression on account of which he was consuming illicit drugs. An FIR was also filed against Rhea Chakraborty and her family by Sushant’s father that she had cheated Sushant financially and had stolen an amount of INR 15 Crore from him. Mumbai police, who were trying all ways to divert this case, suddenly had a new topic to ponder upon. Bollywood’s illicit drug case! The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) started summoning every Bollywood celebrity and had them tested for consuming illicit drugs. Rhea Chakraborty was also arrested in this drug case. This case went up so strong that the mysterious death case of Sushant Singh Rajput faded away, lost in the dilemma of the NCB trying to solve illicit drug consumption in Bollywood. “Do Not Drag Me Into This”: Bollywood Actor Dino Morea Speaks Up On Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death Case https://youtu.be/TrtMK71o7Kg?si=3oiyxBjjgZywz-un The Death Of Disha Salian: The Link To Sushant’s Murder Mystery Disha Salian was a young and enterprising celebrity manager. She had managed Sushant Singh Rajput for quite some time. Disha was mysteriously murdered six days before Sushant’s death. First, I will talk about how the murder of Sushant Singh Rajput is linked with his ex-manager Disha Salian’s death. What exactly happened on that mysterious night of June 8, 2020? Brace yourselves to confront the truth unveiled! The Conspiracy Theory: Was It An Accident Or Was Disha Salian Murdered That Night? Disha Salian and her boyfriend Rohan Rai were in a relationship for seven years. They started living together in a flat in the Malad suburb area of Mumbai. It was the night of June 8, 2020, that a lively party was going on at Disha and Rohan’s residence. Among the guests at the party were some of their school friends, two Bollywood actors, and the son of a renowned politician. As the party proceeded, the eyewitness entered, whose name I will not reveal as that would put his life in danger. Suddenly, Disha’s phone rang and she went inside her bedroom to attend the call. The call was from one of her friends who stayed in London. Four of the guests followed her inside the bedroom. As per the eyewitness, two among these four were the politician's security guard and one of her close friends named Himanshu Shikre. While the other guests including the eyewitness were enjoying outside the room, they could see that every now and then a person was coming out of that room, waiting, and then again going in. This coming-out and going-in went on for a few hours. The music in the room was so loud that any noise coming from that bedroom was not audible. A Horrific Crime Occurred! Finally, one of the four people who had entered the room called all the other guests telling them that something was seriously wrong inside Disha’s bedroom, and told them to wait in a room that was diagonally opposite to her bedroom. Disha’s boyfriend Rohan was also among the ones who were waiting. While waiting, the eyewitness was able to have a peak into the bedroom. What he saw will make your blood run cold! Disha’s nude lifeless body was lying on the bed. A white blanket was placed over her nude body which clearly indicated that the four people who had entered her room while she was attending her call had gang-raped and murdered her. After some time, one of those four escorted all the waiting guests to Dadar railway station and warned them that if they told anyone what they saw, they would lose their lives as well. Investigation revealed that politician Aditya Thackeray and Bollywood actors Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi’s mobile locations were tracked at Disha's residence that night. Now that the case has been handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), they have been accused as prime suspects in this crime. Bollywood Actor Sooraj Pancholi Denies Connection With Aditya Thackeray https://youtu.be/A9RDS_Zdkwk?si=OhBSVu5pUXouyL2- The dead body of Disha was discovered outside the apartment complex on the road. Her body was flung out from her flat’s balcony with full force that it dropped about 20 feet away from the building. The police ruled her murder as an “accident” or “suicide” as you are well aware of how the Indian legal system actually is. They closed the case telling that Disha might be too drunk that night. She might have slipped from her balcony and fallen to her death or she might have killed herself due to some underlying frustration. But what bothers me is that can someone slip or jump out from their high-rise balcony and fall 20 feet away from the building, outside the apartment complex? Had Disha done so, she would have fallen just below the building. If she had taken a run and then jumped from her balcony, then also her body wouldn’t have dropped so far. This was clear evidence that a group of people had flung her body with full force from her balcony. A Shocking Truth! Disha’s original post-mortem report revealed serious injuries all over her body including her private parts. But that original forensic report was altered and a new report was made by the forensics which ruled out any signs of rape. A big conspiracy went on. If you think that the police were helping in this case, then wake up, you have been pranked! The Mumbai police were in fact bent on covering every piece of evidence that would have proved Disha was murdered that night. You might know why. As I had “praised” the Indian legal system repeatedly in many of my previous posts. This was being done by the police so that no clue about Disha’s murder reached the CBI. Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied! I have to tell you that the eyewitness has clearly identified politician Aditya Thackeray in the location. His location and Bollywood actors Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi’s locations were all tracked inside Disha’s residence that night. Disha’s friend Himanshu Shikre, who is also said to have been involved in her murder, miraculously vanished. When the media reached his residence, Himanshu called over the cops. The police came and drove the media persons away. If Disha’s death was just a suicide or an accident, then for what reason her boyfriend Rohan and all her friends attending the party were nowhere to be seen after that night? Also, what was the reason for deleting all CCTV footage and the watchman’s diary entry? And where did the apartment’s watchman vanish? He has been missing till today, perhaps killed. And isn’t it suspicious that on June 8, 2020, Disha died and on the same day Sushant’s girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty deserted him? It is said that after hearing about Disha’s death, Sushant became extremely disturbed and his phone call with his sister revealed that. To be honest, I don’t think this poor woman will ever get justice. Influential people were involved in her murder and over here in India, if you are rich and influential, you can easily get away with any crime you may commit. You may have a case filed against you but that case will remain idle and proceed slowly till you grow old and pass away. You will always walk free! But mind you, you have to be rich and influential. For any ordinary person laws are different. Then you may have to spend the rest of your life behind bars if you commit such a heinous crime. Shiv Sena MLA Aditya Thackeray’s Appeal To Mumbai High Court On Sushant Singh Rajput’s Death Case https://youtu.be/ijxfZqFO89s?si=iufd9-dLahDK_5fo The Mystery Behind The Murder Of Sushant Singh Rajput After Disha’s murder, the entire CCTV footage of the crime scene was deleted. Also, the watchman who was guarding the apartment that night disappeared, never to be found again! The page of his entry book containing the entries of that night was torn off. Probably the watchman was made to disappear or was murdered. Deep wounds were revealed in Disha’s body during post-mortem. But the police ruled out the fact of how the wounds occurred as the original post-mortem report revealed that the wounds were inflicted much before she had fallen from her balcony. Sushant Was An Evidence Himself! After Disha’s murderers tampered with all the evidence on the night of June 8, 2020, they left behind one piece of evidence. That was Sushant Singh Rajput himself! It has been revealed that Sushant knew about the murderers and he was going to unveil them in front of the media. You will be astonished to know that after Disha’s murder, Sushant had changed 15 to 20 SIM cards! Either he was encountering death threat calls or maybe he was trying to contact his live-in girlfriend Riya Chakraborty who had deserted him and blocked his original number. But nobody knows the truth behind why he changed so many SIM cards! It was revealed that after Disha’s murder, Sushant had called his sister and cried, “Now they won’t spare me as well!” Yes, this was the note from Sushant Singh Rajput to his sister. Six days after Disha’s death, Sushant’s body inflicted with multiple injuries was discovered hanging in his bedroom from his ceiling fan. Post-mortem reports and the police immediately ruled it as a suicide. Nobody cared about how a person who died by hanging himself had multiple injuries on his body. Facts Tell This Was Not A Suicide! Further, Sushant was exactly six feet tall. The space between his bed and the ceiling fan from which his body was hanging was exactly 5 feet 11 inches. In fact, his legs were touching the bed. How can a six-foot-tall man die by hanging from a 5-foot 11-inch space? The killers might have forgotten that to die by hanging, one requires a space greater than their height and also a small table or chair on which they need to stand. And the astonishing part is that the fan from which Sushant’s body was hanging was intact. It should have broken from the jerk or his body weight if he had really hung himself. When someone hangs himself, the cartilage of his neck breaks. But in Sushant’s case, his neck cartilage was intact. Instead, a deep red mark was surrounding his neck which indicated that someone had strangled him to death. The bruises on his body indicated a struggle. Mind it, all these evidences were removed from his original post-mortem report which I am revealing today in this post. Suspicious, Isn't It? You will be shocked to know that when the police and the medical team reached Sushant’s flat to uncover his corpse, his attendees had already taken down his hanging body from the ceiling fan and mummified it by wrapping it completely with a white cloth. Isn’t this tampering with evidence? Same as Disha’s case, over here, all CCTV footage and pieces of evidence were deleted from the crime scene. The mysterious fact is that on the night of June 13, 2020, all lights in Sushant’s flat except his kitchen were switched off at around 10:30 P.M. which never happened before. Sushant was a late to-bedder. Might be he was killed on June 13, 2020, and his cook and Siddharth Pathani were making things up. Were they behind his murder? Did Disha’s murderers bribe them and make them kill Sushant and then they pretended to be eyewitnesses to his “suicide”? It is possible because as per sources it has been revealed that Sushant had come to know every detail about Disha’s murder and was about to reveal everything to the media in a few days. These guys had already taken his body down from the ceiling fan before the police and medical team arrived. Might be that they killed him and later framed the story of a suicide! Who Were The Culprits? The post-mortem report of Sushant didn’t reveal that he had juice on June 14, 2020 morning whereas Siddharth Pathani and the cook told the police that he did have juice on June 14 morning. A big contradiction to their statements, isn’t it? Are they lying? If they were present all the time in Sushant’s flat then what about the bruises on his body? Who else could have beaten him up and strangled him to death? There was no one else other than Siddharth and the cook along with Sushant in that flat! The startling fact is that Sushant’s live-in girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty, who had left his house, was getting continuous calls on her mobile phone from June 8 till June 15 from a mysterious number she had named “AU”. It is estimated that this “AU” was none other than Aditya Thackeray. A case was filed against Aditya Thackeray demanding his immediate arrest regarding Sushant and Disha’s death cases, but he has appealed to the Mumbai High Court that these are false allegations against him. Location trackers have tracked that Bollywood actors Dino Morea and Sooraj Pancholi were also present along with Aditya Thackeray during Disha’s death incident. Dino Morea was quite popular during the '90s and early 2000s era. Sooraj Pancholi, the son of popular Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi, happens to be the Godchild of superstar Salman Khan. So, nobody on earth can touch him and he even faced trial for the mysterious death of his girlfriend Jiah Khan in 2013. He was said to be involved in Jiah Khan's mysterious death but pleaded “not guilty”. Aditya Thackeray Appeals To Mumbai High Court Claiming False Allegations Against Him https://youtu.be/fcQ-Uj9Uh2A?si=4QduXsHm6AC5CGAm The Harsh Reality: It has been four years now, since June 2020, and Disha and Sushant’s death cases remain deliberately unsolved. All pieces of evidence against the suspects were deleted and removed from the crime scenes. Post-mortem reports were altered. I would tell the people of India, rather than fearing these influential criminals who murdered them; fear the legal system over here! Tomorrow, God knows, if someone faces the plight of Disha Salian or Sushant Singh Rajput, his or her soul may never rest in peace because of the amount of injustice served by the corrupt legal system in this country. After years of injustice, finally, when the cases were handed to the CBI, all this new evidence emerged. I have to tell you, Sushant Singh Rajput was no ordinary actor. He was an iconic star in Bollywood and as you are aware, top Bollywood actors like him are highly influential. When such an influential and renowned celebrity like him can be murdered in such a brutal manner and the murderers can walk away free, then imagine what’s going to happen to you and me? What justice can we as ordinary citizens of India expect? The cases of Sushant Singh Rajput and Disha Salian’s murders secured worldwide attention and were clear as daylight. Even a school kid could have solved these cases. But our cunning legal system keeps on postponing things and I doubt if, within the next 100 years, these cases will be ever solved. The truth is bribery, corruption, and misuse of power are heavily dominant in India. A star lost forever: The sad part is that we lost a budding superstar who was among the Top 10 list in Bollywood. Read the full article

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Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: CBI का बड़ा खुलासा, Subramanian Swamy को दिया जवाब

Sushant Singh Rajput Death Case: CBI का बड़ा खुलासा, Subramanian Swamy को दिया जवाब

नई दिल्ली: एक्टर सुशांत सिंह राजपूत (Sushant Singh Rajput) की मौत को 6 महीने से ज्यादा का वक्त बीत चुका है. इस मामले की जांच सीबीआई कर रही हैं, लेकिन लंबे समय से सीबीआई (CBI) की ओर से कोई अपडेट सामने नहीं आई थी. ऐसे में बीजेपी नेता सुब्रमण्यम स्वामी (Subramanian Swamy) ने तो सीधे पीएमओ के नाम एक चिट्ठी लिख दी थी. चिट्ठी के माध्यम से स्वामी ने सुशांत सिंह राजपूत केस से जुड़ी नई जानकारी साझा करने…

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Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports Image Source : INSTAGRAM/RHEA_CHAKRABORTY Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports…

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Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports Image Source : INSTAGRAM/RHEA_CHAKRABORTY Rhea Chakraborty, family left building in middle of night with big suitcases, say reports…

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Rhea Chakraborty's Jalebi costar Kajol Tyagi claims actress was 'oozing negativity' during shoot

Rhea Chakraborty’s Jalebi costar Kajol Tyagi claims actress was ‘oozing negativity’ during shoot

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Rhea Chakraborty’s Jalebi costar Kajol Tyagi claims actress was ‘oozing negativity’ during shoot

Actress Rhea Chakraborty has been missing after Sushant Singh Rajput’s father KK Singh filed an FIR against the actress accusing her of abetment to suicide. While Bihar police have been waiting for her to record her statement in the investigation, she released a video…

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The mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput The mysterious death of Sushant Singh Rajput