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To quit or not to quit

Ever since that little big man Lal Bahadur Shastri quit Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet after a train accident, it has become a fashion to ask for the rail minister’s scalp after every accident.

ENGINEERING A RENAISSANCE

IITs ARE EXPANDING THEIR HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES PROGRAMMES. A LOOK AT HOW THE ARTS FIT INTO THE ENGINEERING OUTLOOK

Himalayan slip

India can emulate the British model and offer Gorkha soldiers from Nepal a longer tenure

INNOVATION INCOMING

STEM-SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS IS EXPERIENCING A REVIVAL THANKS TO EXPECTATIONS OF BETTER JOB PROSPECTS

Anurag Thakur needs to do more

Our residence in a SoBo neighbourhood is totally unaccustomed to the sight of VVIP convoys speeding into the complex with cops and random political workers swarming around the lobby

The BCI notification is bad in law

INTERVIEW: Lalit Bhasin, president, Society of Indian Law Firms

Steadfast spirit is in the air

BACK IN MAY-JUNE 1989, when tanks rolled out on Tiananmen Square to crush the movement of the Chinese youth for political reforms, their hopes for change were high, in view of the normalisation of relations with the Soviet Union during Mikhail Gorbachev’s visit after a freeze of 30 years

Clout cover

How Brijbhushan Singh taps his popularity and religious-caste identity

I will not cower... will not bow down

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: BRIJBHUSHAN SHARAN SINGH

Split verdict on split infinitives

In 2009, Barack Obama took his oath of office twice.

Of matters grave

It is not just looted diamonds and valuable artefacts that former colonial powers want to hold on to; they can also be possessive about old bones and mortal dust.

Police are on Brijbhushan's side

The sequence of events in the wrestlers versus Brijbhushan Singh saga confirms that our laws, including the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, can be made toothless and our criminal justice system easily manipulated.

Bogeys on the track

The Balasore malfunctions train tragedy exposes recurrent in the railway signalling system

WOES ON WHEELS

Railways should identify safety risks and take speedy corrective measures

Battle For The Heartland

An upbeat Congress looks to retain Chhattisgarh and eyes a comeback in Madhya Pradesh

Style And Substance

Manoj Bajpayee has now reached a space where the bigwigs of Bollywood are keen to work with him

It Was A Do-Or-Die Battle For Me

The serene morning at the Kumara Krupa Guest House, a heritage estate that overlooks the 18-hole golf course in the heart of Bengaluru, comes alive when Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar strides in greeting a throng of visitors. Clad in a spotless white kurta-pyjama with a black jacket, he takes the stairs to the first floor, sternly announcing that he needs some quiet time for the exclusive interaction with THE WEEK. He asks the bulky sofa to be moved away, picks a sleek leatherette chair and sits on it for the photo-shoot. His confidence and sense of purpose are evident.

Seeing off cancer

Aadharv was like any toddler-cheerful and playful. But then his mother Shanthamma, like any mother attuned to her child's needs, noticed him having trouble locating his toys. He would also ram into the walls and doors of his home in Kolar, some 65km from Bengaluru.

DOUGHTY BEYOND DOUBT

A 17-year-old donates a part of her liver to save her dying father, becoming India's youngest living organ donor

Sound check

An AI model that can diagnose cold from a person's voice can be a game-changer in remote areas

WOUNDED HEALERS

The murder of a young doctor in a Kerala hospital highlights the systemic failure in keeping medical workers safe

Start dialogue with wrestlers

I think Indians, irrespective of political leanings, were dismayed to see the country’s top wrestlers break down in tears, as they sat in a huddle by the riverbank, all set to immerse their medals in the Ganga river.

SIZE MATTERS

A new type of car buyer is changing the rules in the Indian auto industry

The truth about tanning

It is that time of the year when I turn into a fish. With temperatures in Mumbai, where I live, touching 40 degrees, and the city’s famous clammy humidity slapping you in the face, the only way to survive is underwater.

PMO to UNSC

A calm, composed and unruffled diplomat stands up with elan in Centres of Power

GAL PALS TACKLE CRIME

Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's latest heroine is a police officer as feisty as themselves

Speak up, my fellow Indians

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark,” says a minor character in Shakespeare’s iconic play Hamlet, expressing a sense that the affairs of the kingdom are no longer being ethically conducted, and that even the highest authority in the land is sullied by some moral turpitude. More than 400 years after Shakespeare wrote the play, citizens are so jaded that we are no longer surprised at any kind of abuse of power by government. We are too used to scams and the favourite response of the middle-class and educated Indians when critiquing politics is to quip, “All politicians are the same.” Or, “Politics is a dirty game.”

The promising land

A tribal activist in Madhya Pradesh gives away property worth crores of rupees to start a social experiment

THE INEVITABLE AUTHORITARIAN

If anything defines Erdogan's ideology, it is the pragmatism that he embraces in every crisis

LAST MAN STANDING

Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not win the presidential elections in Turkey, the opposition lost it