THE WEEK India Magazine - February 18, 2024

In this issue

Exclusive interview with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, where he talks about the three new laws, the internal security situation, the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and more.



Also read, with the Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand, the BJP has made clear its intent, and how a unique skilling mission for neurodivergent individuals is getting them employed in the IT sector.



These and much more in the latest issue now on stands.

Check! Castling in the air

Zugzwang is a chess term which, in simple English, is the situation when the player who has to make the next move would lose. The German word, pronounced ‘tsooktsvang’, means ‘compulsion to move’.

2 mins

Victory for Jinnah?

Who is the big winner from the inauguration of the Ram Temple at Ayodhya on January 22? The hindutvist PM, of course. Yet, is not the bigger winner Muhammad Ali Jinnah? For we are now an avowed ‘Hindu Rashtra’ and Jinnah always maintained that whatever its pretensions to secularism, independent India was in fact a ‘Hindu Raj’.

2 mins

CODE OF CONFLICT

With the Uttarakhand government convening a special assembly session to enact the Uniform Civil Code, the BJP is reasserting its political intent to put in place a common set of family laws for all citizens

10+ mins

Justice for all Bharat nyay laws are the biggest reform in 160 years

As the sun finally broke through the clouds on a foggy winter morning in Delhi, we walked into the sprawling residence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, undeniably the country’s second-most powerful politician after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for an interaction.

10+ mins

Home advantage

As Union home minister, Amit Shah is building a legacy that could well be the yardstick against which his successors are measured

5 mins

No stone unturned

The BJP's robust organisational structure, effective messaging and Modi's appeal have made it confident of a hat-trick this year

4 mins

Trouble in tribal land

Jharkhand politics is in a state of chaos, and it could have serious repercussions for Hemant Soren and his party

4 mins

A battle and a war

As his army chief's popularity surges, President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to dismiss him. The duo also has differences on the war strategy

4 mins

UPSKILL JOURNEY

This unique skilling mission for neurodivergent individuals — people whose brains develop, or function, differently from a typical one — is getting them employed in the IT sector

8 mins

The daring of Dongri's darling

The extraordinary story of 32-year-old Munawar Iqbal Faruqui, winner of the 17th season of Bigg Boss (Indian television’s biggest reality show) is worthy of a biopic.

2 mins

BATTLE NOTES

When the world is witnessing two wars, a clutch of war writers at the Jaipur Literature Festival spoke about finding hope amidst hopelessness

6 mins

A life, in and among words

Rajen Mehra's Never Out of Print is a memoir of not just a man but also Rupa Publications and the growth of Indian publishing

3 mins

It's raining menswear

I have just returned from what was a truly enjoyable weekend in Goa. On work. Attending fashion shows for a new idea called the India Men’s Weekend put together by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI).

2 mins

Policing the personal

In principle, I support a progressive Uniform Civil Code.

2 mins

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