THE WEEK India Magazine - August 11, 2024

In this issue

CAN KAMALA TRUMP DONALD?

With her multicultural heritage, prosecutorial background and passionate defence of women’s rights, Kamala Harris is well positioned to take the fight to Donald Trump in the US elections

Also read: Kerala should have implemented Gadgil report, says V. Ambili, deputy director general, GSI

In untold stories: A Danish chef and an American space travel company come together to offer an experience like no other—dining at the edge of space

@Leisure: Nobel winner Esther Duflo wanted to sensitise children to issues of global poverty, so she wrote a book

Soccer slurs and colonial claims

What exactly had Marco Materazzi muttered to Zinedine Zidane at the 2006 World Cup final?

2 mins

Don't politicise budget

The concept of budget traces its roots from ancient India, with references found in Kautilya's Arthashastra, where kosha (the treasury) is highlighted as a vital component of the state.

2 mins

OPPOSITION INTERESTED IN PLAYING POLITICS, NOT DISCUSSING BUDGET

THE FIRST budget of the first Narendra Modi government in 2014 had seen finance minister Arun Jaitley painstakingly replying to questions, winning grudging admiration of the opposition's floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

5 mins

States of flux

Having shed their NDA-friendly image, the BJD and the YSRCP are reorienting strategies to hold on to their space in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh

5 mins

Kerala should have implemented the Gadgil report

IN THE EARLY hours of July 30, Kerala experienced its most devastating landslide in history.

4 mins

Brown Girl In The Ring

With her multicultural heritage, prosecutorial background and passionate defence of women’s rights, Kamala Harris is well positioned to take the fight to Donald Trump

10+ mins

UNITED COLOURS

Indian American voters are jumping on to the Lotus Potus bandwagon

3 mins

Over And Out

The call to leave the race is perhaps the most important legacy of Joe Biden's presidency

4 mins

GUT PUNCH

It is unlikely that Trump will change his 'combative' mode of campaign as he targets Harris

4 mins

Swinging Pitch

Republicans are recalibrating their campaign to counter Harris

4 mins

ALMIGHTY DOLLAR

Campaign finance in the US looks transparent but may not be really so

4 mins

Trump Is Totally Pro-India

Shalabh Kumar is the founder and chairman of the Republican Hindu Coalition, and is seen as Donald Trump's favourite Indian American.

3 mins

ROOTING FOR KAMALA

People in her grandfather’s village believe she has inherited his qualities

3 mins

ALL IN THE FAMILY

Usha Vance traces her roots to the Chilukuris, a family of educators who made immense contributions to shaping India's academia

4 mins

LEAN IN, LADIES!

From fashion to food to spirituality, how Indian are Kamala Harris and Usha Chilukuri Vance?

5 mins

Hope Manu's Success Opens The Floodgates

IN 1998, I became the first Indian woman to win gold at the Commonwealth Games, in the 50m rifle prone position event. Since then, India has achieved significant successes in shooting, the latest being Manu Bhaker with two bronze medals in Paris.

2 mins

I LOVE GYMNASTICS EVEN MORE NOW

Three years ago, Simone Biles was heralded as the star of the Tokyo Games.

6 mins

GASTRONOMY MEETS ASTRONOMY

A Danish chef and an American space travel company come together to offer an experience like no other—dining at the edge of space

7 mins

Steaming flavours

Badra Coffee is brewing a shake-up in the coffee market

3 mins

The masculine heart

A welcome counterweight to the worrying trend of toxic masculinity in our films, popular culture and the mind of today's youth seems to be emerging in the form of teachable masculinity.

2 mins

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