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CASTING A SPELL

How Mukesh Chhabra works his magic on screen by picking the right actors for the right role

The Gregory Peck of India

For the past month, the media has been abuzz celebrating iconic actor Dev Anand’s birth centenary.

STEEL UNDER THE SILK

Netflix's Beckham does a good job of highlighting the legend's mentality and industry that are sometimes obscured by his celebrity

Desi girl's new wardrobe

A year or so ago, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) chief Sunil Sethi and I sat on the floor at the fashion week venue asking scores of fashion students and wannabe designers who they thought was India’s “biggest” fashion designer. An overwhelming majority said Manish Malhotra.

The modern culinary experience encompasses a multitude of elements

INTERVIEW with Sareeka John, culinary curator and co-founder of Guestronomy, a premier curation company

Threads that choke

I thought Parineeti Chopra made for such a happy bride. Seeing images of her dancing to her husband-to-be waiting at the mandap, running the lemon and spoon race with his family, singing songs that mean much to the young lovers, and basically just having a blast at her own wedding, one can’t help but feel all warm and fuzzy.

A HEIST WITHOUT BITE

Jeffrey Archer's latest book lacks his signature 'unputdownable' quality

Page to stage

Literary adaptations at the heart of Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival

LOVELESS IN HOLLYWOOD

Even as Hollywood rom-coms are stuck in a rut, one can find inspiration in world cinema

FROM POULTRY TO POETRY

As the World Cup kicks off, here are a dozen cricketers, one from each edition, with unusual stories full of humour, grit and, at times, sadness

A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE

L&T is preparing itself for a change in the business environment

AN EQUILIBRIUM OF OPPOSITES

Decoding the happy bundle of contradictions that is A.M. Naik

LARSEN & TOUBRO - Beyond bricks and mortar

A.M. Naik's vision, business acumen and work ethic transformed Larsen & Toubro from a construction company to a multinational conglomerate. And his legacy will carry it forward in a world of new opportunities and challenges

Merit is the biggest myth

INTERVIEW - Manoj Jha, RJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP

BJP is against OBCs

INTERVIEW - Bhupesh Baghel, chief minister, Chhattisgarh

My party supports caste census

INTERVIEW - Ramdas Athawale, Union minister of state for social justice and empowerment

COUNT AND WIN

The opposition feels that in caste census and proportional representation, they have a powerful counter to the BJP's winning formula of hindutva, welfare and caste combination

A DEADLY MIX

Canada is losing friends owing to its liberal immigration policy and weak counter-terrorism laws

CALM, DESPITE THE STORM

Now might be the best time to visit Russia

NAM '83 and G-20 '23

Readers might recall Rudyard Kipling’s famed poem Recessional that he wrote for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations: “The tumult and the shouting dies/the captains and the kings depart/still stands thine ancient sacrifice/a humble and a contrite heart.”

Slips between cup and lipstick

Most men like the company of women, but RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui is averse to women who cut their hair and wear lipstick. The former finance minister of Bihar told a rally last week that such women will claim every third seat in Parliament and state legislatures that may get to be reserved for women from 2029.

India Pioneered The All-Rounder Concept With 1983 Win

When Roger Binny was appointed president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India last year, his friend Santosh Desai had this to say: "He will do his job quietly, without much fuss. He is no-nonsense in a way, without being confrontational. If he sees incompetency around him, he will quietly call it out." Desai should know, having opened the batting for Karnataka along with Binny in the Ranji Trophy for many years and later partnered him in running the state cricket board.

A Cupful Of History

THE WEEK brings you action from the centre and the sidelines in frames from the 12 ODI World Cups

Shubman Gill Is A Fearless Game-Changer

Exclusive Interview - Yuvraj Singh, Player Of The Tournament, 2011 World Cup

Caviar caravans on wheels

There's something about Kim-the Jong-un, not the Kardashian. For one, his smiling visage. I do not recall a single picture of him where he is seen as tense, distracted, or scowling. Not even when he met the Donald. There was, I am reliably told, a photographer who once caught him at a bad moment, but then that moment proved to be worse for the photographer.

Art of the sport

On the eve of a festival on Olympic films, two Olympians tell us about their favourite ones, and what the spirit of the game means to them

The artisan as heroine

I first wrote about Monica Shah and Karishma Swali-now known as \"the Chanakya girls\"-in 2019. I was completely fascinated by an embroidery school they had set up in Mumbai's Byculla, formerly part of Girangaon or the textile mill hub that once built the city. The ladies together run The Chanakya School, which invites less privileged women from nearby areas to learn embroidery to upskill them and create employment opportunities.

A SHOT OF TRUTH

In his latest book of aphorisms, Shashi Tharoor is at his wittiest and wisest

The #RagNeeti weekend

A fashion guru friend was invited by a leading TV channel to be on an \"important\" panel. The burning topic of the day was not Manipur. Nor Canada. It was a celebrity wedding in Udaipur. The minutest details of the high profile nuptials involving the young, dashing MP from the Aam Aadmi Party and the accomplished Bollywood actor, were being avidly discussed across media platforms.

WE HAVE LOST THE PLOT ECONOMIC REFORMS ON

Subhash Chandra Garg has let his pen speak his mind far too often. Serving as finance secretary to three finance ministers-Arun Jaitley, Piyush Goyal, and Nirmala Sitharaman-he churned out opposing views, much to Sitharaman's displeasure.