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Racing Through The Day

For Ayesha Billimoria, fitness training is a full-time job, so is keeping the dream of competing at the Olympics alive for fifteen years and working constantly to realise it

Foreign Policy: Future Imperfect

The government gets high marks for its foreign and security policy handling. There is uncertainty, but people seem optimistic about the challenges ahead.

Radical Note

Marshalling many a writer, thinker and philosopher, Pankaj Mishra tries to make sense of the world around us in the era of Trump and Brexit.

OYE ROMEO!

The clampdown on freedom has hit a new low. Friendship, romance and everything in between is suspect as UP’s young men scurry for cover from anti-Romeo squads.

Addicted To Sugar

Despite a severe drought two years ago, Latur’s farmers prefer to grow water-guzzling sugarcane. Why?

Perfect Cover

Invest in insurance to secure not just your life and savings but the future of your children

What Happened At Doka La

We can have lunch in Gangtok and dinner in Yadong,” mused Le Yucheng, the then Chinese envoy in Delhi, speaking in June 2015 at the small, muddy Tibetan mountain town of Yadong, which sits on the Chinese side of Nathu La.

A Pregnant Pause

Surrogacy exploitation cases show up government’s ineffectual rules

The Amma Of All Questions

As the AIADMK faithful wait uncertainly for word on Jayalalithaa’s health, the state continues to function smoothly. But an uncertain future looms. What next for TN?

bridging the gap

seva setu, gujarat cm vijay rupani’s novel project, brings the state’s schemes for the poor right to their doorstep.

nobel and beyond

what happens after you scoop the ultimate accolade for finishing the great work of your life? for kailash satyarthi, it’s the beginning of a new innings.

smoking barrels

illegal weapons from the gun factories of bihar are fuelling a deadly spike in firearms-related violence in jharkhand

artisanal haven

sienna has carved a niche for itself in homes of kolkata with its terracotta craft, pottery and ceramics.

how to train your dragon

a timely pointer to how india’s foreign policy falls short of the challenges posed by china’s growing potency.

for me, writing is cathartic

author and filmmaker aishwaryaa rajinikanth dhanush on creating her own path while growing up in a celebrity household.

The CPI(M) Takes To The Streets To ‘Save' Bengal

Awaking from deep hibernation, the CPI(M) takes to the streets to ‘save’ Bengal.

The Return Of Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy’s follow-up to The God of Small Things, 20 years in the making, is arguably already the literary event of the year. And the book isn’t even on the shelves yet. Roy is venerated abroad, treated like a saint. At home, though, she is derided as a terrorist sympathiser, a Naxalite, a communist, and secessionist. It hasn’t stopped her saying what she wants. And in her new novel, she doesn’t pull any punches, finding despair and devastation all around her, but reason, too, for hope.

KCR Versus Shah

KCR bristles at the BJP’s “blatant lies”, as Shah & Co. continue with their expansionist plans.

Bye Bye Bofors!

The Indian army is set to acquire its first howitzers in three decades and restart a long-delayed artillery modernisation programme

Modi's Tightrope Walk On Belt And Road

Modi's Tightrope Walk On Belt And Road

Rules Of American Engagement

Rules Of American Engagement

Sandstorm In The Desert

A court-ordered ban on sand mining puts the BJP government in a bind as sand/ gravel prices shoot up and the opposition alleges a nexus with miners

Abhinav Bindra: Why We Are A Two-Medal Nation

We have work to do. A frenzy every four years won’t cut it

Sting of the Scorpene

THE MASSIVE LEAK OF RESTRICTED DOCUMENTS ON INDIA’S SUBMARINE PROGRAMME JEOPARDISES NATIONAL SECURITY AND NECESSITATES A CHANGE OF SPECIFICATIONS

Free To Disagree

A Centre of Excellence turns into a hotbed of dissent as Jadavpur University students and faculty resist government attempts to muzzle its autonomy.

The Disruptor

Mukesh ambani’s daring rs 1.5 lakh crore jio gamble has sent rival telcos into a mad scramble. Consumers aren’t complaining—they’re smiling at the prospect of better services at lower prices.

Damage Control

The Centre clears the use of less lethal alternatives, but ‘pellet guns’ will not disappear

The Politics Of Plunder

In a departure from ‘postcolonial melancholia’, an unsparing account of the exploitation, expropriation and racism that accompanied the imperial project in India

Aap Is Down In Punjab

Plagued by allegations of corruption and sexual impropriety, and the mass resignations by members, things are suddenly looking down for the party

Can Modi's Digital Drive Overcome The Cash Crunch?

Cashless transactions will bring millions more into the tax net, but are the government’s initiatives to accelerate the digital rollout enough to revive an economy reeling under a cash shock?