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THE PERFECT MATCH
From the wallpaper and the motifs on the dining chairs to the vibrant art, this multigenerational home in Bangalore is a celebration of carefully curated motifs and forms
The Marque of Magic
The incredibly agile Mercedes AMG GLC 43 is made in India, for India.
The Gold Standard
Nothing signs off on emotion more evocatively than a bauble; here are some trends that will summon that eternal allure to a gift box.
Food made Good
The ground between a better meal and a better world can no longer afford to be a conflict zone. Here is why the clarion call for sustainable dining is an urgent one, more so now than ever before.
A STORMY FLIGHT AHEAD
India’s airlines are staring at aggregate losses of a staggering Rs 1.3 lakh crore by the end of the next fiscal year. The fare hike will bring some relief but not quite enough
Farmers: The BJP's Jat Headache
Rakesh Tikait’s impassioned appeal has resuscitated the farmers’ movement and given the Jats a leader to rally around, making the government’s task that much more difficult
Uttarakhand Disaster - A Rude Wake-Up Call
A devastating flash flood in the Himalayan state highlights the urgent need to protect the region’s fragile environment and review unbridled development activity
A HALF-OPEN WINDOW
An honest critique of former vice-president Mohammad Hamid Ansari’s autobiography, By Many a Happy Accident, is difficult.
Tamil Nadu - The Great Poll Opera
It’s Tamil Nadu’s first assembly election without its towering leaders. But the contest is still very much between the Dravidian heavyweights DMK and AIADMK. The national parties are likely to be bit players
THE THIRD DIMENSION
A broad ‘secular’ alliance is in the works in the run-up to the West Bengal assembly election, with the Congress-Left combine warming to influential Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui and his Indian Secular Front (ISF), launched on January 21
THE FIREARMS TRAP
India’s armed forces suffer due to crippling dependence on whimsical global weapons manufacturers. Behind the crisis is the country’s flawed firearms production-acquisition policy and low R&D
Pinarayi in Poll Position
The local body election results have injected new life into the Left Front election campaign. Can the CPI(M) chief minister ride them to victory?
Mission Mumbai
On January 29, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray unveiled the first driver less coach of the Mumbai Metro.
KITCHEN SINK REALISM
By telling the story of a woman imprisoned in her kitchen, Jeo Baby’s new film speaks for all women
COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU
With cinemas operating at full capacity again, producers and studios are announcing release dates for the blockbusters they have been sitting on for the past year
A Great Leap of Faith
Kajal Aggarwal’s refusal to be bound by limitations posed by language and platform has paid off
How A Slum City Beat The Virus
The determination of its residents and the tireless efforts of health workers and NGOs have helped Dharavi become an exemplar in the battle against Covid
THE CONGRESS IN ITS LABYRINTH
On January 25, as former Congress president Rahul Gandhi returned to Delhi at the end of a threeday visit to Tamil Nadu (the second in 10 days), the prospects of his party’s alliance with the DMK for the upcoming assembly poll remained uncertain. What caused the ripple was DMK leader and Arakkonam MP S. Jagathrakshakan’s assertion that his party would lead the alliance in neighboring Puducherry—where a Congress minis try steered by V. Narayanaswamy is in office—in the summer polls to the 30seat Puducherry assembly. Meanwhile, DMK leaders were not invited to Rahul’s meet ings (all in the western part of Tamil Nadu), and he campaigned without can passing for the coalition.
WHY HER VOTE COUNTS
In the Battle for Bengal, which goes to polls simultaneously with four other Indian states this April, the woman voter seems to be getting some extra attention. Not without reason, and even as all other possible lines of attack and/ or appeasement are also being pursued in tandem.
THE WINNING WAY
THE DEPTH OF TALENT IN THIS YOUNG INDIAN SIDE WAS MANIFEST. WHAT WASN'T IN PLAIN SIGHT, THOUGH, IS THE PROCESS OF DISCOVERING AND NURTURING THAT TALENT
TIGHTROPE WALK
With limited resources on one side and burgeoning expenditure on the other, the Centre had to be realistic, bring in transparency and alter the spending mix
BUDGET PINCER
China’s military deployment along the northern frontiers leads to a spike in India’s defense capital budget, but the bigger challenge will be prioritising acquisitions to modernise India’s military
THE MANTRA OF PRIVATISATION
The 2021-22 budget signals the government’s intent to disinvest like “never before”. But if that’s the new model for economic recovery, it’s easier said
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
The budgetary cut belies the government’s ambition to overhaul India’s education system and digital infrastructure
DRESSING UP THE WOUND
The health budget this year flatters to deceive
A BOLD NEW DEAL
The prime minister has bitten the bullet in Budget 2021 by spending big and giving a massive push to privatisation to fund his ambitious economic revival plans. Now he needs to ensure speedy delivery of his promises
JUNGLE NAMA
A Story of the Sundarban by Amitav Ghosh, illustrated by Salman Toor
Time For A Climbdown?
The violent incidents on Republic Day have cost the farmers’ movement credibility—and leverage in negotiations with the government
The New Republic
In the past 71 years, there is much we can be proud of but equally be disturbed about. What we need is a radical new agenda to fast-track growth for India@75
WAITING FOR WORK
THE PANDEMIC CAUSED AN UNPRECEDENTED EMPLOYMENT CRISIS. THE GOVERNMENT MUST BOOST JOB CREATION