THE WEEK India Magazine - February 04, 2024

In this issue

Republic Day special: Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari talks about aerospace power, space and more.



Also, a joint interview with P.V. Sindhu and Prakash Padukone, and how the legacy of Army cantonments is on its last legs.



THE WEEK also takes you inside India's booming weight loss industry, in the free HEALTH supplement.



All these and much more in the latest issue now on stands.

Baywatch dreams on Lakshadweep

On his many visits to Dhaka in the days after winning the 1971 war, Lt.-Gen. J.S. Aurora used to drive from the airport flying his eastern command flag on the car, with outriders ahead, sirens blaring, and traffic cleared, straight to the old Pak army commander’s bungalow where he would set up his lodging.

2 mins

What makes Mohamed Muizzu so angry?

On November 3, 1988, a group of well-armed mercenaries recruited by dissident Maldivian expatriates disembarked in Male, capital of the Maldives, and within a few hours succeeded in capturing most government buildings, including the presidential palace, and holding hundreds of civilians and one government minister hostage.

2 mins

SPACE IS THE ULTIMATE HIGH GROUND FOR ALL OPERATIONS

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari, V.R. Chief of the Air Staff

8 mins

SPACE NEEDS PACE

India is playing catchup in the military exploitation of space in a fragile global security environment

7 mins

FIGHTING FIT, FUTURE-READY

With air power influencing every facet of contemporary warfare, one of the areas the IAF must concentrate on is acquiring offensive capability as speedily as possible

6 mins

END OF A 260-YEAR MARCH

As the Narendra Modi government plans to disband cantonments, THE WEEK follows their chronology

4 mins

MELANCHOLY BEAUTY

Lucknow: Ruins that bear record of the past and well-laid gardens that provide an oasis of calm

3 mins

A CRUMBLING CITADEL

Meerut: Once the military centre of the British empire in north India, the cantonment is now battling surging population and large-scale encroachments

2 mins

UNTOUCHED CHARM

Deolali: Peaceful vibes, thanks to pleasant weather and lush cover

3 mins

BYGONE BLISS

Landour: Less quaint, more crowded now, it is yet to be de-notified

2 mins

OFFICERS AND THE MESS

Delhi: A cantonment that houses two starkly different worlds that are still learning to coexist

2 mins

LOSING SHEEN

Shillong: The cantonment has remained small even as others have grown in strategic importance

2 mins

Faith on his sleeve

Modi is known to have prostrated at only two placesParliament and the Ram Mandir. In politics, he has sought to combine them

4 mins

The Bank Or The Ballot?

Nirmala Sitharaman's interim budget could take the fiscal prudence highway, or it could choose the freeway to voter satisfaction

7 mins

MODI AND SHARIF MIGHT PREFER TO LEAVE A LEGACY OF PEACE

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AJAY BISARIA, former high commissioner to Pakistan

8 mins

EAGER TO WIN OLYMPIC GOLD: SINDHU WE THINK WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PRAKASH

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW P.V. SINDHU & PRAKASH PADUKONE

7 mins

Point to ponder

Ten thousand practitioners of Transcendental Meditation came together in Hyderabad for a programme aimed at achieving world peace

4 mins

For us, a 350-bed hospital is ideal; time for 700-bed hospitals over

INTERVIEW DILIP JOSE managing director and CEO, Manipal Hospitals

5 mins

Visualising hope

There is an open door, shut by a closed mind….” This is the line that grabbed me when I opened Asha Thadani’s catalogue, Broken—Dalit Lives, which introduced viewers to her just concluded exhibition of photographs in Delhi.

2 mins

BRANDWAGON BOSS

Adman Prahlad Kakar's memoir is no malicious but delicious read

5 mins

BROTHERHOOD OF EMPTY WALLETS

Before cellphones and the internet, a legendary rock band in Kerala had a city in thrall with their rock 'n' roll renditions

4 mins

Life hacks by Orry

I have succumbed. I held off writing about Orry for more than five years, when he reached out to me at the previous newspaper I worked at. I may have declined him then, but now I have been made to eat crow.

2 mins

Behind every chef

For Chef Garima Arora, her father is magician, mentor, and master taster

2 mins

Code and the crab

Genomic testing is reshaping the way we find and treat cancer

5 mins

The eyes have it

Taking care of eyes is not difficult, but it is an everyday job

6 mins

Dope's in your DMs

On November 20, 2023, Anne Milgram, head of the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), said at a press conference: “Fentanyl poses the greatest threat to Americans today, devastating families and becoming the leading cause of death for those aged 18 to 45.”

2 mins

TRIM TO THE BRIM

With obesity on the rise and the increasing desire to look fit and good, the weight loss industry in India is booming

10+ mins

Mantra magic

A made-in-India robotic surgeon

3 mins

I had to sell everything, even furniture, to fund the development of our robot

INTERVIEW Dr Sudhir Prem Srivastava, founder-chairman and CEO of SS Innovations

3 mins

Heart of the matter

Why are so many young Indians at risk?

3 mins

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