How stories are winning: Pulitzers, box office bombs—or revivals

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From investigative scoops reshaping tech accountability to cinema and streaming upending who gets to tell a national story, narrative power is the day's through-line. These items show storytelling wearing many hats—reporter, advertiser, director—and occasionally a very glamorous sari.

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Pulitzers, blockbusters, and platform resurrections reshape narratives

A solo investigative punch: Anand RK and Suparna Sharma won a Pulitzer for exposing digital surveillance and cyber fraud, underscoring how reporting can change public tech narratives (report). [P]On the cultural front, Dhurandhar 2 stormed past Rs 1,139 crore, reminding filmmakers that big spy stories still command national attention (box office), while cancelled shows like La Brea finding new life on Netflix show how platform shifts and fandom can rewrite a series' fate.

David Jones III

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