CATEGORIES

Covid-19 Vaccine Without Waning

A majority of MOTN respondents give a thumbs up to the Union government’s vaccination drive and Covid efforts, with Odisha scoring top marks among states for its handling of the pandemic

In Modi We Trust...

The biannual survey reveals that the prime minister is still regarded as the best bet for the job, but serious concerns remain

Raja of Ras

The Kathak stalwart’s impact and outreach have been and shall remain universal

UP THE DOWNWARD SLOPE

MOHAMMAD ARIF KHAN IS CARRYING ON HIS BRAVE, HARDENED SHOULDERS ALL OF INDIA’S WINTER OLYMPIC HOPES

POETRY IN STONE

The stark simplicity of farm life juxtaposed with a complex architectural narrative forms the inspiration for this minimal home in Karjat

MIXED MESSAGES

While Indian citizens worry about the state of Indian democracy, they are optimistic about corruption and eager for change

TOP DRAWS

Regional players dominate the public mindspace when it comes to the performance of heads of Indian states

TALE OF THREE CITIES

New books that lead us through the urban maze

STARS in Their EYES

Vivan Marwaha's examination of India's millennial culture is weighed down by its predictability

PRIDE IN PRAYAGRAJ

Allahabad might have changed its name, but a new book shows that the iconoclastic spirit of its youth remains resolute

The Omicron Explosion - How Dangerous Is It?

Don’t be fooled by Omicron’s milder manifestation. Covid’s new strain is spreading like wildfire and can be ignored only at our own peril

CONFIDENCE BOOSTER

The launch of the booster shot campaign and new vaccines give hope that the impact of Omicron and the third wave will be less severe than the previous surge

GOA GETS A PARTY OF PARTIES

The TMC’s entry is the big news in the Goa election. Elsewhere, the mix ’n match of state politics continues even as the BJP tries to stave off anti-incumbency

AN UNEASY TRUCE

On December 15, 2021, a long-drawn-out legal battlebetween members of the erstwhile Jaipur royalty came to a close.

DELIGHTING IN THE DETAIL

Her attention to craft has helped actor SHEFALI SHAH become the cynosure of modern entertainment

WANTED: A HEALING TOUCH

After two Covid-battered years and in the midst of assembly elections, the government is likely to attempt a feelgood budget for 2022-23

Q + A “AGE HAS LIBERATED ME”

Actor Lara Dutta Bhupathi is enjoying her day in the ott sun. The comedy Kaun Banegi Shikharwati on Zee5 is already the former Ms Universe’s third web show in two years

A CAMPAIGN WITH BYTE

Leaders savvy and unsavvy, freelance techie gunslingers who do saffron in the morning and socialism by night, the smell of virtual cordite…. India is seeing its first online-only elections. What do the Digital War Rooms of parties look like?

THE POISONED WELL

Ask around in the Digambar Chowk area of Jorhat in Assam about engineering student Niraj Bishnoi and you run up against a strange kind of absence. Many in the neighbourhood did not even know he existed.

JAT PLUS: A CHALLENGE IN THE WEST

After a decade in the wilderness, the Rashtriya Lok Dal and its new chief, Jayant Chaudhary, are back in the reckoning in bastion western UP

A FLYOVER INTO PUNJAB

High sensitivity around identity issues, the spectre of security, a fragmented and fluid political canvas...will all of that converge to the BJP's advantage?

THAT SINKING FEELING

THEATRES

DARK CLOUDS LOOM AGAIN

The Covid Omicron variant once again threatens to cripple most services sector businesses. How deeply the economy will be scarred depends on the level of the health crisis at hand

'Long-endurance submarines pose new challenges'

INTERVIEW

WE THAT ARE YOUNG

Much like the youth of her characters, Sally Rooney’s latest novel is caught in a flux of becoming

DON'T FIGHT THIS FLIGHT

Written by T.J. Newman, a former flight attendant, Falling is a kind of blockbuster hijack drama that keeps you strapped in from the start

UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY

Abir Mukherjee’s sixth novel in the Wyndham-Banerjee series sees him better already good form

DADDY DEAREST

THE NIZAM IN ANEES SALIM’S NOVEL HAS SO MANY CHILDREN THAT THEIR VOICES TOGETHER CREATE A POLYPHONY

WINNING THE RACE

IN HIS RECENTLY RELEASED MEMOIR, KAL PENN TELLS THE STORY OF HOW HE BROKE HOLLYWOOD’S DIVERSITY CEILING

BOOK MARKING 2021

From the return of big names to Covid becoming a literary protagonist, 2021 had something for us all