THE WEEK India Magazine - May 18, 2025

In this issue

AN EYE FOR AN EYE

Following the deadly attack on tourists by Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, India has struck with unprecedented force. With no signs of de-escalation, it remains to be seen how long this confrontation will last. Also: How was Operation Sindoor planned?

CURRENT EVENTS: Darjeeling tea is facing crisis over threats from climate change, labour discontent and strife over land rights

EMPOWERMENT: Alina Alam’s MITTI Café employs only people with disabilities, and it has been endorsed by no less than the president of India

@LEISURE: How a Kannada priest set out to make India’s first certified AI film—Love You

How powerful is the pope?

The pope? How many divisions has he got?” Joseph Stalin is said to have shouted at Winston Churchill when the Brit talked about protecting the Catholics in Europe from the Nazis.

2 mins

BREWING TROUBLE

Darjeeling tea faces existential crisis over looming threats from climate change, labour dissatisfaction and unrest over land rights

10 mins

ROAD RAGE

A new expressway project has farmers across Maharashtra up in arms

4 mins

REVENGE SERVED HOT

India avenged the Pahalgam attack with Operation Sindoor, striking key terror hubs in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and deep inside Pakistan. The mission fused military precision with civil defence, economic pressure, and diplomatic assertiveness, delivering a decisive blow to Pakistan's military-terrorist nexus. However, the threat of a full-fledged war looms large

10+ mins

A NEW WAY OF FIGHTING

India worked out a purely stand-off strike mission doctrine, the first step towards the way wars will go in future

4 mins

MASTER'S STRIKE

With Operation Sindoor, the Modi government has earned both public and political support. But a prolonged conflict would prove detrimental

3 mins

THE DEVIL'S ALTERNATIVE

Pakistan army chief seems to have limited options to deal with the ongoing crisis

3 mins

INTEGRATED POWER

How the Army, Navy and Air Force made Operation Sindoor a success

5 mins

BORDER ON EDGE

Fear looms large in villages along the LoC

4 mins

SEASON OF TROUBLE

Kashmir's booming tourism industry comes to a grinding halt

2 mins

THE INVISIBLE ENEMY

India urgently needs to ensure that its critical infrastructure—from power grids to defence networks—is not vulnerable to coordinated digital attacks

2 mins

Time to back down

Operation Sindoor is effective branding. It pays homage to the lives and the grieving wives of the 26 blameless civilian men we lost, thus reminding the world, every time the operation is mentioned, that our action was purely retributive, and it also puns neatly on Sindhu, our shared river and our shared heritage, and the treaty we have currently put in abeyance.

2 mins

We stand united

As I write this article, my heart is anguished by the inhuman terror attack that claimed the lives of innocent civilians in the Baisaran Valley, Kashmir.

2 mins

When fashion and identity MET

I adored the theme of the Met Gala this year. Cryptically called 'Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,' I'll admit the title required a footnote.

2 mins

Culture connect

India and the UK can forge a common future, and racism and hate crimes need not come in the way, says Lisa Nandy, British secretary of state for culture

4 mins

REFORM IN A TEACUP

Alina Alam's MITTI Café employs only people with disabilities, and it has been endorsed by no less than the president of India

10 mins

All eyes on AI

How a Kannada priest set out to make India's first certified Al film

3 mins

Shell stocked

How villagers near a Konkan beach went from eating Olive ridley turtle eggs to protecting and building an economy around them

2 mins

Art city

From cloistered galleries and museums, the inaugural edition of the Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial took art to the people

3 mins

The summers of our discontent

It's as if 17 years have not passed: I recall clearly the day when I first drove up Israel's Route 1 from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem past fragrant forests of pine, almond and olive.

2 mins

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