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Lessons from music

Matilda The Musical is a total must watch

Sweet on cinema

If anyone can breach the chasm between chef and actor, it is Ranveer Brar

Free to be me

Deepa Mehta's latest, I am Sirat, is about a transwoman battling dual identity. It is a bold story tenderly told

A chain that links us all

How a governor of Andamans influenced the Barbados programme of action for Small Island Developing States in 1994

Bearing up in boring Britain

These days in Britain, boring is good. After the hangover of Boris Johnson’s wild escapades, Liz Truss’s wilder financial swings, Brexit’s economic nosedives, and Rishi Sunak’s flipflops, British voters find the unexciting rather appealing.

India is firing on just 10 per cent of the engines

INTERVIEW - KARTHIK MURALIDHARAN ECONOMIST

Richer states subsidising poorer ones cannot go on forever

INTERVIEW - D.SUBBARAO FORMER RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR

A midsummer daydream

From simplified taxes to daring reforms, India Inc’s wish list for the new government is long

Boom in the heartland

After nearly 80 years in service, the Carl-Gustaf weapon system continues to be in demand globally. Now, the Indian infantry’s go-to weapon will be made in Haryana

NOT JUST IN THE NAME OF RAM

When voting, Ayodhya has always looked at issues beyond the temple

LURE OF FUTURE

In Varanasi, the younger generation's preference for modernity is likely to guarantee Modi's hat-trick win

RAHUL AND PRIYANKA ARE OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER

INTERVIEW - KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER, UTTAR PRADESH

WE'RE BUILDING A NEW BHARAT; OPPOSITION CAN'T STOMACH IT

INTERVIEW - BRAJESH PATHAK, DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER, UTTAR PRADESH

MANN IN A CORNER

In a four-cornered contest, the division of votes might work to the advantage of the Congress. It could also help the AAP, which is fighting massive anti-incumbency, save face

STILL VOTERS RUN DEEP

THE BJP IS RELYING ON MODI AND YOGI, THE SP IS TRYING TO SHED ITS OLD IMAGE, THE CONGRESS SEEMS ABSENT ON THE GROUND, AND THE BSP IS IN A BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL. THE MOST PROMINENT FEATURE OF THESE ELECTIONS, THOUGH, IS SILENCE

AS LUCKNOW WOULD HAVE IT

The Uttar Pradesh tally could trigger changes in BJP and INDIA bloc

Battle of the exes

As former spouses take on each other, Bishnupur is witnessing a personal as well as political fight

The actor and the charmer

It is a battle of two Biharis in North East Delhi, which highlights the importance of the Purvanchali vote in Delhi politics

Searching for Surjeet

Ever since the British left us to our fate, freedom and franchise, many Indians have yearned for a two-party system like the way they have it in England—a neat polity where two parties contest for power, and the loser would shadow the ruler.

Angry, Young America

Campus protests against the Gaza war continue to linger as students demand a realignment of US ties with Israel

We need to engage more with communities

Designer Aratrik Dev Varman of the label Tilla has long been a lover of history. One could comfortably call him part-aesthete, part-archeologist, for his clothes dip into vintage styles of the Kutch, Sindh, Balochistan and Afghanistan, bringing alive antique styles and crafts. Tilla, the store and atelier, are situated on a tree-lined avenue in Ahmedabad.

The great luxury slowdown

A year or so ago, if anyone had told me that Tommy Hilfiger would have stolen the show at New York’s Met Gala, I would have laughed. But it seems the end of giant luxury labels is upon us even before we expected it. The American ready-to-wear designer Tommy Hilfiger seems to have created the maximum media buzz at the 2024 Met Gala, according to several data analytics firms.

RAP BRINGS RAPTURE

How indie artistes, especially hip-hoppers, are driving the phenomenal rise of Malayalam music

Employability issues are a narrative created by the corporate world

Prof Yogesh Singh is the 23rd vice chancellor of the century-old University of Delhi (DU). An engineer with a PhD in computer engineering, Singh has an impressive track record of teaching, innovation and research in the area of software engineering. He has more than 250 publications and his book, Software Testing, published by the Cambridge University Press, is well-received internationally. In an interview with THE WEEK, Singh talks about trends in higher education in India, the challenges faced by big universities, and how to make higher education more interesting. Asked about the perception that Indian graduates are “not employable”, he reacts strongly, and emphasises the difference between training and higher education. Edited excerpts:

SERVING WITH DISTINCTION

Conceived as a university like no other, Jawaharlal Nehru University became India's best. Here is how

Mandela Effect and Liar's Dividend

The complex tapestry of AI's impact on society

The other Sabyasachi

I am Sabyasachi Mukherjee, not to be confused with my namesake, the celebrated fashion couturier, declared the venerated director-general of Mumbai’s pride, George Wittet’s Indo-Saracenic jewel, the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly known as the Prince of Wales Museum.

THE MANGO HUNTERS

'Naadan Maavukal' started out as a Facebook group, but what it does offline has helped conserve many indigenous varieties of mangoes

BJP LEADERS, TOO, HAVE HAD ENOUGH

Farmers’ protest has taken the centre stage in Haryana, which goes to the polls on May 25. Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is confident that the Congress, which has been out of power for 10 years, will regain its hold on the state. “People who voted for the BJP are disappointed today. It is clear that they want change,” he told THE WEEK.

BITTER HARVEST

BJP is at the receiving end of the Jat ire in Haryana; Congress is cashing in on it