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Not there yet

Kolkata could be flattening the curve, but problems remain

Man for all seasons

A fighter till his last breath, Pranab Mukherjee did not give up till he achieved his ambitious goals

HEAR THE BIRDS SING

The silence of the lockdown helped India’s birders expand the country’s birdsong database

Newer targets

Though there is a dip in cases in high-density areas, Mumbai continues to grapple with spread in other regions

Cautious optimism

With its falling mortality rate and high recovery rate, Bengaluru seems to be on the right path in taming Covid-19

GOVERNMENTS NEED TO AVOID IMPOSING ARBITRARY LOCKDOWNS

Delhi has emerged as one of the biggest success stories of Covid-containment in the past few months. As the country begins Unlock 4.0, the national capital has its own strategies of survival.

Best Indian Innovations During The Pandemic

As India works its way into the new normal, the week presents stories of resilience, ideas triumphing after floating on a thread of hope for a while, light-footed adaptations that held us in good stead—the veritable silver lining to the Covid-19 cloud hanging over all of us

Recovery In International Air Travel Slower Than Expected

David Lim has been overseeing India operations for Singapore Airlines since April 2016.

Startup, shake up

These young entrepreneurs have twisted and tweaked their business ideas to suit Covid-19-influenced lifestyles

Mismatching elements

Suheldev, the king who slew the Turk Salar Masud in the Battle of Bahraich in CE 1033 has been, in recent years, resurrected from his part historical, part legendary oblivion.

Fighter's corner

Book Review

Family comes first

The letter seeking sweeping reforms in the Congress may have had the unintended impact of hastening Rahul Gandhi’s comeback

Up beat

After years of neglect, Malayalam hip-hop is making its way into the mainstream with strong themes

Happy feet again

Travel industry goes all out to woo domestic tourists with short stays and road trips

BADASSES IN BURQAS

A new Pakistani show reveals the dark underbelly of Karachi through four women out to expose cheating spouses

Dream Come True

Shabana and Baba Azmi fulfil their father’s wish to shoot a film in his village

Asymptomatic infection may lead to greater immunity

Monica Gandhi, professor of medicine and infectious diseases specialist, University of California San Francisco

Assets, imagined and real

The dystopian world of artificial intelligence that we imagined would unfold in the future is already here.

A thrilling ride

Book Review

Best Colleges 2020

The Indian education sector was not prepared for a pandemic, but the country’s top colleges have reacted fast

Lankan labyrinth

A man dies in Coimbatore and leaves a trail leading to Colombo. The R&AW and the Tamil Nadu Police seek to establish if he was history-sheeter Angoda Lokka

Trust deficit

Muivah wants the interlocutor sacked

EVER THE SEEKER

Filmmaker Anand Gandhi’s next project will revolve around the pandemic and delve deeper into questions of human identity and existence

We want space flight to be as cheap as air flights

We want space flight to be as cheap as air flights

The silver lining

The fallout of the pandemic powered the much-needed systemic change in education. The time is ripe for innovation

Space craft

A startup in Hyderabad wants to be the world’s most affordable small satellite carrier

Adapt and deliver

Colleges in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are developing new strategies to deal with the Covid-19 situation

Dhoni inspired generations to pick up the bat

I FIRST SAW Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2004, in his ODI debut series in Bangladesh. Before that, people had spoken about him, but I had not seen him at all. There was a general buzz about him—that he can hit big in domestic cricket. But whether he could hit the same way in international cricket was yet to be seen.

A JUGALBANDI OF MINDS

Bandish Bandits employs music, tradition and love to tell a contemporary story

Thug of Hindustan

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, heroes of the past are falling by the wayside. In a similar move, prominent Indians have been protesting the glorification of the man who led the loot of the country and paved the way for the British empire—Robert Clive