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THE SISTER SPEAKS

V.K. Sasikala has had a ringside view of Tamil Nadu politics, thanks to her decades-long friendship with former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa. As she steps out of the shadows to dive into active politics, she remembers her friend, sister and guide

Paddlers' progress

With four Indians in the fray, this might be the country’s best chance at a table tennis medal at the Olympics, especially in mixed doubles

Candid notes

Kaushik Basu’s book is a fascinating journey into the heart of the ‘babu Dilli’

THE HIDDEN EYE

Raihan Rajiv Vadra’s photographs in his latest solo exhibition offer a deeply personal view into his life

Return game

Palaniswami and Panneerselvam have joined hands to thwart Sasikala, but there is no guarantee that the truce will hold

WARNING SHOTS

Central agencies target key members of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra in what is seen as a political message to anti-BJP forces

VIAL OF LIFE

A Hyderabad couple’s journey to get the world’s costliest medicine for their three-year-old son

WE WILL TURN EVERY CONGRESS WORKER INTO A PRASHANT KISHOR

A. Revanth Reddy, Congress president in Telangana

Stop Gaslighting Us, GoI

Am I mad?’ A friend asked me recently. ‘I was on the road, my mother was gasping for breath, we drove in a rented ambulance from hospital to hospital, and there was no oxygen to be had for love or money or influence. It was a complete nightmare.

What Exactly Happened In Wuhan?

In this exclusive article, celebrated virus origin hunter @TheSeeker268 exposes genetic experiments in Wuhan with American support

Roar, Masurkar, roar

DETOUR

Greek gifts

Delta Plus may not harm too much; now Lambda is on the way

The world's foremost virus origins hunter

@TheSeeker268/Pivotal member of DRASTIC group

Cheetah, kangaroo, horse, GOAT!

SOUND BITE

The importance of Infosys

THE INDIAN IT industry took off in the early 1990s. Before that, it was just a tiny industry with TCS being the Big Daddy, Infosys representing the future aspirations and Wipro being the challenger.

Guarding our libraries

LAST WORD

Tamil Nadu is not a freebie state

P.T.R. Palanivel Thiagarajan, finance minister, Tamil Nadu

We can control the next wave

SAMIRAN PANDA/ head of epidemiology and communicable diseases, ICMR

Check Heart Condition With Thumb-Palm Test

A simple thumb-palm test can be used to identify people who are at a higher risk of having a hidden ascending aortic aneurysm, which could be fatal.

Do Sleep Medicines Work?

Nearly 40 per cent of people who start taking sleep medications continue to take them for years.

IN FOR THE LONG DRIVE

A stellar show in a difficult year. This could be the beginning of a dream run for Tata Motors

Sourav Ganguly: The Best New Zealand Team In A Long While

As captain of the Indian team or president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Sourav Ganguly has always treated Test cricket as the pinnacle format of the game.

My film shows how patriarchy plays out in everyday life

Indian-American actor-director Lakshmi Devy, currently settled in New York, is living the dream.

INTEGRATED INTENT

Unified theatre commands can augment India’s military might, but concerns remain

When empathy is criminal

A lynching is no longer a new or unusual occurrence in “New India”. It has become something of a routine.

VALHALLA BECKONS

An atmospheric and evocative Viking survival simulator with sunsets worth weeping over

Pressure politics, pleasure tactics

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says she has written thrice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking recall of ‘meddling’ Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar.

KEEP YOUR HEAD

The right helmet at the right moment could save thousands of lives

HIMALAYAN MISADVENTURE

The Galwan clashes and the Ladakh standoff may have validated China’s mobilisation doctrines ahead of the Chinese Communist Party’s centenary, but they also exposed the PLA’s several weaknesses and have brought India into the mainstream of China’s security narrative

ELEGY FOR A FALLEN SHRINE

The Bhatkhande Music Institute, once home to Indian classical giants, is now steeped in controversies