THE WEEK India Magazine - April 06, 2025

In this issue

WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO END THE WAR THIS YEAR

In an exclusive article to THE WEEK, Andrii Sybiha, minister for foreign affairs, Ukraine, appreciates India’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He said Ukraine is actively working to end the war this year.

JUDICIARY: The curious case of Justice Yashwant Varma could further amplify the calls for judicial reform

TRADE: Donald Trump’s trade tariffs will rewire the way the world operates. How India deals with the challenges and the opportunities
will shape its future

@LEISURE: A long telegram, a love letter, and a movie-length call—Hollywood’s geopolitics-shaped view of Russia

IN HEALTH: Don’t Pause For Menopause

Menopausal women are at risk for multiple health complications for the rest of their lives. Regular check-ups and reducing carbohydrate intake can help the transition. But, most important, we need to talk about menopause and stop treating it as a “women’s only” issue

Cash, ash and Holi smoke

Where there's smoke, there's fire-so goes a saying. There indeed was a fire in Justice Yashwant Varma's home in Delhi on the night of Holi, but the smoke coming out of it is unholy. Worse, it's getting thicker and murkier.

2 mins

WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO END THE WAR THIS YEAR

Last week, I paid my first official visit to India as Ukraine's foreign minister. It was an intense and insightful diplomatic trip.

4 mins

WANT PEACE? GET READY FOR WAR

To save face from many lost battles against Ukraine, and to get what it needs from the international community, Russia needs a regime change.

7 mins

HIGH-WIRE ACT

Given its strong ties with both Russia and the west, India is uniquely positioned to play a constructive role in bringing peace to Ukraine

3 mins

When the gavel falls

The curious case of Justice Yashwant Varma could further amplify the calls for judicial reform

9 mins

Balancing the scales

The process of disciplining judges must be fair, impartial and time-bound, guided by the principles of natural justice

3 mins

Executive interested in government participation in appointments to higher judiciary

Q/ Do you think the allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma raise ethical concerns about judicial conduct?

1 min

Justice on trial

Unless the Supreme Court takes full control of the process to remove corrupt judges of constitutional courts, the political class will step in

3 mins

WHEELING AND DEALING

Arrest of Canada-based trucker and drug smuggler Shehnaz Singh gives India bargaining chip in extradition talks

5 mins

The welfare worry

The cost of populist schemes has Maharashtra reeling; Karnataka and Telangana, too, are struggling to foot the welfare bill

5 mins

THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN'

Donald Trump's trade tariffs will rewire the way the world operates. How India deals with the challenges and the opportunities will shape its future

7 mins

India has an advantage; it is first in line

Q/ Many experts are of the opinion that this could actually be a blessing in disguise that will help the Indian economy reform faster.

4 mins

India and Europe need to look at new alliances

THE WORLD IS CHANGING. It is highly unstable with geopolitical tensions that would last long term.

2 mins

The opportunity in the crisis

TARIFFS ARE IMPOSED by countries to protect domestic industry and, to a lesser extent, raise revenue.

3 mins

Taking the US off the bucket list

Donald Trump says he loves Norwegians. From his perspective, what's not to love? They are tall, blonde, blue-eyed and rich.

2 mins

It's an uneasy dance with the Taliban

When the first Taliban regime fell in 2001, several Afghans, exiled by years of war and conflict, made a trip back home. Among them was Saad Mohseni, son of an Afghan diplomat.

4 mins

Dead as a dodo...alive soon

Bringing back birds and beasts that slipped into extinction

7 mins

Kunal Kamra's truth bombs

Let's be very clear. The outrage over Kunal Kamra's 'Naya Bharat' act (barely a day old and already past four million views) isn't because he might have called Eknath Shinde a traitor.

2 mins

GREMLINS FROM KREMLIN!

A long telegram, a love letter, and a movie-length call—Hollywood’s geopolitics-shaped view of Russia

5 mins

The man behind the myth

A new book brings alive the unknown side of LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran

2 mins

New Dalai Lama will be born in free world

The Dalai Lama's latest book is rich in anecdotes

4 mins

All eyes on Russia

A popular legend in Slavic folklore is the myth of Baba Yaga.

2 mins

Covid's silver lining

No one in India is commemorating the fifth anniversary of the stringent lockdown prompted by Covid-19, which the government imposed on March 24, 2020.

3 mins

BRAIN DRAIN

IS YOUR SMARTPHONE GIVING YOU A POPCORN BRAIN?

3 mins

Tracking a new high

In the 1950s, Swiss company CIBA Pharmaceuticals developed a class of synthetic opioids known as Nitazenes.

2 mins

Count the sheep

Sleep impacts physical and mental health, yet it remains a low priority

4 mins

Ailing but aiding

K.S. Jayamohan did not let illnesses stop him from helping those in need By Nirmal Jovial

4 mins

NO SILENT PAUSES

Menopausal women are at risk for multiple health complications for the rest of their lives. Regular check-ups and reducing carbohydrate intake can help the transition. But, most important, we need to talk about menopause and stop treating it as a \"women's only\" issue

8 mins

Menopause is in need of a radical rebranding

The Japanese word for menopause is konenki, which means renewal and energy, a time of growth, rebirth and renewed purpose. I dare say it is no coincidence that Japanese women are reported to experience a lower severity of menopausal symptoms.

3 mins

Menopause is not an end, but another period

Q/What is menopause?

2 mins

Understanding of menopause within medical community is variable

The Indian Menopause Society (IMS) is a multidisciplinary national society committed to fostering the comprehensive well-being of the mature and elderly Indian women. Excerpts from an interview with IMS president Dr Anita J. Shah, a gynaecologist in Surat since 1988.

3 mins

60 percent of postmenopausal mental landscape decided by one's environment

Q/How does a woman recognise that her mental wellbeing is impacted by a stage of menopause, given that we live in a world where women are shamed for not keeping their hormones in check?

3 mins

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