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Check (up on) Big Tech

Oh, utopia exists. At least in our minds. But dystopia comes and goes, in different countries, in different eras, in different hideous forms. Now we are in “Technopia”—a world re-engineered by the omnipresent Big Tech. Their complicity in surveillance, data theft, disinformation, addictive click-baiting algorithms and unfair competition persists. The worry now is Big Tech’s corrupting influence on authorities—everywhere. European Union’s whistleblowers warn that tech companies are “subverting” democracy. They have spun out of democratic control; they have “captured” governments.

SHOCK ABSORBER

Shaitan is a show of blood, gore and expletives

Memories of mayhem

A new museum in Old Delhi is preserving partition memories and sparking conversations

REWRITING HER STORY

Forgotten tales of tawaifs are seeing a revival on screen and in print

Eye on Earth

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar, set for an early 2024 launch, will help predict natural disasters like the Joshimath sinking

Without India on board we cannot save the planet

India and Denmark launched a green strategic partnership back in September 2020, focused on cooperating and promoting sustainable development. Freddy Svane, the ambassador of Denmark to India, says the partnership is ready to take off now like a rocket, with many initiatives and projects already under way. Excerpts from an interview:

DARE TO DREAM

Having rediscovered their mojo in the Indonesia Open, Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy are eyeing bigger victories

SILVER-WHERE?

After the heartbreak at the World Test Championship final, and with the ODI World Cup at home looming large, a look at where the Indian team stands now

Never point fingers at IPL; see how we can get more out of it

Ravi Shastri debuted for India in 1981. He was 18. A left-arm spinner who batted right-handed, he took six wickets in the Test at Wellington, which India lost to New Zealand, and scored 22 at number 10. Playing alongside the likes of captain Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev must have been a great learning experience for the Mumbaikar. So, when he advocates the need to blood youngsters when the experienced are still around, he has to be taken seriously. After India were defeated at the Oval in the final of the World Test Championship early this month, Shastri, who was in London as a commentator, was the first to say that India has to learn from Australia on making the transition smooth.

Making Gandhi greater

Gujarat goes ahead with a 1,200-crore project to expand the Sabarmati Ashram complex, brushing aside opposition from Gandhi’s descendants

Battleground Barsu

People of eight Ratnagiri villages are torn between the benefits a refinery would bring and the environment it would spoil

ALLY-DALLYING

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is wooing estranged allies, but on its own terms

Family plan

The Rajapaksas believe that the Sinhala majoritarian feeling is alive in Sri Lanka, and it will help them make a comeback

ALL QUIET ON THE WATERFRONT

A YEAR AFTER THE GALLE FACE PROTESTS, SRI LANKA IS LARGELY PEACEFUL, BUT THE ACTIVISTS WHO LED THE MOVEMENT FACE GOVERNMENT PERSECUTION. AND, THE ECONOMY REMAINS A MESS

Unwelcome Mat

Wrestling controversy puts question mark on dreams of young girls in Haryana

Failing The Test

Changes are needed to take Indian cricket ahead from this moribund state

Best Friends Forever

Modi has thrown his weight behind making Indo-US ties stronger than ever; Biden, too, appears clearly committed

UNICORN UTOPIA

With G20’s first-of-a-kind Startup20 initiative, India aims to position itself as a global go-to hub for startups

India can be great for manufacturing

INTERVIEW: Nadir Godrej, chairman and managing director, Godrej Industries

Unlocking future

With acquisitions, expansion and new businesses, Godrej is spreading its wings

Return request

NIA hopes Modi’s diplomatic outreach in Washington could help the Tahawwur Rana extradition process

TRICKY EMBRACE

The F414 aero-engines deal could take India’s reliance on the US to new heights

This conflict is between two communities, not between tribals and Meiteis

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: N.BIREN SINGH, CHIEF MINISTER, MANIPUR

COMPLICIT IN THE CARNAGE

Manipuri women have historically fought tyranny and oppression, but they are now at the forefront of ethnic violence

Music with a mission

Indian Ocean’s latest album Tu Hai sparks contemplation on a range of issues from existence of God to climate change

FLYING COLOURS

From showing at the Paris Haute Couture Week to dressing Jr NTR at the Oscars designer Gaurav Gupta has had a fantastic year. And he says he saw it all coming

Yoga Made Easy

Protect Your Knees

Fickle friendship

Dilemma in the Congress over ordinance against Kejriwal government; opposition unity hurt

Storwel to space

From making India self-reliant, pre- and post-independence, to taking her to space, there is one company that played a key role in nation building: Godrej

Where Buddhism Meets Hinduism

India, from time immemorial, has been sharing the values of Buddhism with the world