THE WEEK India Magazine - November 24, 2024

In this issue

US ELECTIONS: A TALE OF TWO TRUMPS

Navtej Sarna on Don 1.0 and 2.0: Trump 1.0 was not an aberration, but a logical sign of shifting political realities and cultures. Simply following the playbook of the first term may not be enough to do business with Donald Trump in his second term

Also read: Like Indira Gandhi did in the 1960s, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is channeling her motherly instincts to win Wayanad on her electoral debut

Maharashtra: THE WEEK looks at four high-profile contests in the assembly elections in the state

@Leisure: 50 years after his first book, Jeffrey Archer refuses to put down his felt-tip Pilot pen

Bully in White House isn't bad news

Most of us claim to be nice people. We work hard, we give to charity, we love our families, we don’t cheat, we pay our taxes, we are kind, we respect teachers, we don’t jump red lights, we respect other faiths, we read to children, we believe in democracy, we cheer free speech, and we hate Donald Trump. We think all nice people do all these things.

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Olympics, 2036: Host and ghosts

The Indian Olympics Association (IOA) has sent the International Olympics Committee (IOC) its ‘letter of intent’ to host the Olympics in 2036—appositely enough the centenary of the very year, 1936, when Adolf Hitler hosted the Games in Berlin!

2 mins

Mother India, RELOADED

Like her grandmother Indira did in the 1960s, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is channelling her motherly instincts to win her electoral debut, in Wayanad

8 mins

The price of surprise

Rajdeep Sardesai’s new book is a gripping election post-mortem that offers candid glimpses of Indian politics

4 mins

By- and large

The stakes are high in the assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, which will see a direct face-off between the Samajwadi Party and the BJP

4 mins

Mahayuti will get 175 seats

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is facing perhaps his toughest electoral challenge yet.

7 mins

Battle of the biggies

From Thackeray cousins to heavyweight veterans, a look at four hotly contested seats featuring high-profile candidates in the Maharashtra assembly elections

5 mins

MATTER OF FACTOR

FACTOR FUNDS CAN COMPLEMENT MARKET-CAP-WEIGHTED INVESTMENTS BY TARGETING SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS

3 mins

MAJOR GAINS FOR MINORS

THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE OF NPS VATSALYA IS THAT THE CHILD STARTS SAVING EARLY, AND A HUGE CORPUS CAN BE GENERATED OVER TIME

2 mins

THE SECOND COMING

Trump 1.0 was not an aberration, but a logical sign of shifting political realities and cultures. Simply following the playbook of the first term may not be enough to do business with DONALD TRUMP in his second term

4 mins

DON 2.0

Trump returns to presidency stronger than before, but just as unpredictable

5 mins

POWER HOUSE

Trump International Hotel was the only place outside the White House where Trump ever dined during his four years as president

2 mins

WOES TO WOWS

The fundamental reason behind Trump’s success was his ability to convert average Americans’ feelings of grievance into votes for him

3 mins

DOOM AND GLOOM

Democrats’ message came across as vague, preachy and hopelessly removed from reality. And voters believed Trump’s depiction of illegal immigrants as a source of their economic woes

4 mins

MADE FOR EACH OTHER

Trump’s preferred transactional approach to foreign policy meshes well with Modi’s bent towards strategic autonomy

4 mins

Energy transition and AI are reshaping shipping

PORTS AND ALLIED infrastructure development are at the heart of India's ambitions to become a maritime heavyweight.

5 mins

Smart and sassy Passi

Pop culture works according to its own unpredictable, crazy logic. An unlikely, overnight celebrity has become the talk of India. Everyone, especially on social media, is discussing, dissing, hissing and mimicking just one person—Shalini Passi.

2 mins

MASTER OF MAKE-BELIEVE

50 years. after his first book, Jeffrey*Archer refuses to put down his'felt-tip Pilot pen

4 mins

A SHOT OF ARCHER

An excerpt from the prologue of An Eye for an Eye

2 mins

The female act

The 19th edition of the Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival was of the women and by the women

4 mins

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