THE WEEK India Magazine - June 30, 2024

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BEST COLLEGES OF INDIA THE WEEK-HANSA SURVEY 2024

How India’s best colleges are shaping their students to be part of the country’s growth objectives

IIT Kanpur is one of the best engineering colleges in the country. What makes it among the best is perhaps its multidisciplinary approach to education. It is taking innovation to new heights and frontiers—from aerospace engineering to medical science. THE WEEK travels to the premier institute

Also read: A former Army officer, a JNU professor, a former bureaucrat, an imam... meet ten first-time MPs who stand out

@Leisure: Chandu Champion ushers in a mature Kartik Aaryan, one who is ready to shoulder the weight of an emotional, meaty narrative

FIRST AMONG EQUALS

The number of new MPs in the Lok Sabha has become a statistic that is regularly measured and evaluated. THE WEEK presents ten first-timers who stand out

3 mins

GUIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION

For Priya Saroj, the smile that her father, Tufani Saroj, flashed at her as she stepped out with her winner's certificate felt sweeter than the electoral victory.

1 min

DEVELOPMENT DREAMS

During his Army days, Captain Brijesh Chowta, 42, served in the 8th Gorkha Rifles, the same regiment in which former Army chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, too, served.

1 min

MISSION POSSIBLE

On December 26, 2017, Shashank Mani was in Kanniyakumari as part of his Jagriti Yatra.

1 min

STATE OF STATELESSNESS

At the height of the campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, a video of Angomcha Bimol Akoijam belting out a song of the legendary rock band Scorpions went viral.

1 min

AGE NO BAR

During the Lok Sabha campaign in a remote part of Bihar's Samastipur constituency, Shambhavi Choudhary, 25, spoke to an elderly woman, who said that she had never met a candidate or an MP in her life.

1 min

DANCE OF DEMOCRACY

On the evening of June 4, the video of a young woman-dressed in a sari, her head covered by the pallu—dancing merrily to the beats of the dhol went viral.

1 min

THE ART OF POLITICS

Sasikanth Senthil, 45, won with the highest margin from Tamil Nadu, marking another milestone for this former IAS officer.

1 min

MESSENGER OF PEACE

The Jama Masjid in Delhi, a Mughal-era structure, is located just a few paces from the Parliament building and has come to be known as the 'Parliament-wali masjid' Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi, the imam of the masjid, has for years been a bridge between the people and the political leaders who would come to the mosque to pray.

1 min

FAMILY MATTERS

At 27, Priyanka Jarkiholi became the first tribal woman to become an MP from an unreserved Lok Sabha constituency by winning the Chikkodi seat in Karnataka's Belagavi district.

1 min

GAME ON

Malwinder Singh Kang, 45, has had many victories under his belt.

1 min

THE FUTURE TAKES ROOT

How India's best colleges are shaping their students to be part of the country's growth objectives

10+ mins

Chocolate boy levels up

Chandu Champion ushers in a mature Kartik Aaryan, one who is ready to shoulder the weight of an emotional, meaty narrative

3 mins

Homegrown luxuries

My grandfather would have turned 99 last month.

2 mins

No reason for reforms to change; it could even accelerate

SANJIV PURI, THE ITC chairman who was recently elected president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, has a clear blueprint: Ensure that the new 'coalition' government's composition does not derail the economic reforms set in motion by Modi 1.0 and 2.0.

4 mins

The dirt on NEET

Uproar over NEET UG results points to systemic issues in the National Testing Agency

5 mins

Set up reconciliation commission

IT IS A stalemate at the moment in Manipur.

2 mins

Damning truths in soft voice

The hounding of Arundhati Roy may well turn out to be one more of those own-goals our rulers are growing to be famous for.

2 mins

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