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When former friends fight

Understanding the conflict in Sudan

Keeping it in our pants

As a Generation X desi, who spent her childhood being bombarded by the family planning initiatives of the government of India (Hum Do, Hamare Do, Mala-D, Nirodh, Ek-ya-do-hi-bachhe-ho-sakte-hain-acche, small family, happy family, etc) I was pleasantly surprised to learn that last year, India, very casually, achieved replacement reproduction rate.

Game for a fight

'Other parties' which could hurt the main contenders

THREE TO TANGLE

BJP expects its social engineering tactics to win it another term, while Congress pins its hopes on the rebellion within the ruling party. Both parties are keen to keep the JD(S) out

HAND IN HAND

Mallikarjun Kharge is the unifier the Congress and the larger opposition require

Modi is a PR bubble that will burst one day

As important as winning elections, the Congress chief knows opposition unity might come at a price but that is nothing before the larger cause

DANGEROUS MIX

How topography and cultural similarities with locals aid militants in Jammu's Rajouri and Poonch

Sudan's war: military v. militia

Those of us who were in school in the 1970s and earlier had heard of Sudan only in English grammar classes. Our teachers told us that there ought to be a ‘the’ before Sudan, Punjab, Netherlands, Hague, and a few such places.

Life On The Brink

THE WEEK travels to the world's largest refugee settlement where 12 lakh Rohingyas struggle for dignity and purpose

Tests of wills, with a few bills

Our Constitution, lauded as the world’s longest and one of the finest, is said to contain prescriptions for most of the problems that our politics, which is often the art of the impossible, can throw up. Yet there are occasions, however rare, when we find the Constitution being silent, and its pundits clueless.

HUMOUR'S HIGH PRIESTESSES

As the fifth season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel rolls out, a female comic gives her take on the show, and on doing standup in India

A HEADY, STEADY MIX

Abraham Verghese's latest family saga-with a dash of history, nostalgia and medicine

Mary Quant's liberating mini skirt

Mary Quant, the British fashion designer who died last week at 93, has often been likened to The Beatles. Mostly because when she visited the US in 1966, she was greeted by a sea of fans much like the world’s most famous boy band.

SAFFRON SCREEN

The RSS is in talks with Hindi filmmakers feature and further its idea of hindutva

WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS IN A HUMAN PLACE

ERIC ADAMS Mayor of New York City

Dreams and despair

The Rohingya in India long to return to Myanmar, but their children are assimilating into the local culture

POLICEMAN'S BATON AND BULLETS ARE NOT ORNAMENTS

INTERVIEW - PRASHANT KUMAR special DG (law and order), Uttar Pradesh

ENDING ATIQUE INC

ED is set to sound the death knell for the gangster-politician's empire

ROUGH JUSTICE

The crux of Atique Ahmed's downfall lies in his siphoning, channelling and filtering of ill-gotten wealth

SHADOW GAMES

Ajit Pawar keeps rumour mills spinning, but it remains to be seen if he can ditch his uncle

Foes with benefits

Nitish Kumar's supporters feel he could bring together unlikely allies to form a joint front to take on the BJP

Fact of the matter

Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar must consider the Indian public to be most gullible if he thinks his argument for a governmental fact-finding body will wash.

Season Of Realignment

The split in the Shiv Sena has resulted in the division of not just party leadership, but families of leaders as well

Happiness Finn-Tuned

The Finns, with their calm and grim demeanour, don't look it; neither does Finland, with its dark, cold and long winters. But it is the happiest country in the world. How? THE WEEK travels to Finland to understand its mantra for contentment

The impractical little purse wins

When I became a mother, the most noticeable change about me was the size of my handbag.

A Delhi-cious spread

Celebrity Chef Kunal Kapur’s new restaurant is a gourmet ode to the city

INTERVIEW Vikramaditya Motwane, filmmaker - I AM KNOWN FOR THE LACK OF A SIGNATURE STYLE

Vikramaditya Motwane became a household name when Sacred Games, which he co-directed, was released on Netflix in 2018 as its first Indian original.

How about a tongue-lashing?

We are all quite fond of the Dalai Lama. He looks Kung Fu Panda level cute, exotic, and vaguely intellectual, all at once, and he gives damn good bang for the buck.

How to turn an elephant into a lion

Beyond the hyperbole, Amitabh Kant’s latest is a neat handbook on India’s economic and business history

LOVE, IN FULL STEAM

Andaleeb Wajid scripted Jun many happy endings in her books, even while she grappled with loss