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Clean sweep

Viewed as a rising star of the AAP, Raghav Chadha has handled several key assignments for his party

Bollywood is run by immature ones

In Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, which trains its lens firmly on the barbarities meted out to Kashmiri Pandits in the valley, a 20-something student Krishna Pandit (played by Darshan Kumar) who studies at an elite Delhi university, stands confused as he sets out on the search for truth in the face of competing ideologies.

Five Lakh Cyberwarriors Are Fighting Russia

Exclusive Interview Victor Zhora, deputy chairman, State Service of Special Communications, Ukraine

EXCLUSIVE: It Is Impossible To Conquer Ukraine

Interview Grzegorz Dziemidowicz, former director, National Diplomatic Academy, Poland, and former ambassador

Sri Lanka Reels From Its Worst Ever Economic Crisis

Hit by the worst economic crisis in its history, sri lanka is on the brink of bankruptcy. Irrational policy decisions of the ruling rajapaksa clan have destroyed the island’s economy which was recovering from the ravages of the pandemic

SCARS AND LOVE

BENEDETTA (French, 2021)

UP FOR DEBATE

Jawaharlal Nehru might no longer be alive to answer his critics, but his ideas remain locked in ideological combat

MERCHANT OF HAPPINESS

Twenty-five years after The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Robin Sharma is older and wiser in his latest book

UNLUCKY IN LOVE

Eternally Confused and Eager for Love, about a lad’s botched attempts to find a girlfriend, fails to captivate

The warrior monk

Former special forces member Vivek Jacob is now advocating spirituality and helping the disabled experience adventure sports

Game not over

Decade-old titles continue to have creative—and financial—merit

FIRE IN HER BONES

An ISIS bomb might have taken her legs, but Turkish filmmaker Lisa Calan’s spirit remains buoyant

FOR MILK, FOR FUEL

Food and fuel shortage has triggered widespread protests against the ruling Rajapaksas

CENTRE CANNOT HOLD

With economic woes denting the popularity of the Rajapaksas, Sri Lanka might look at a political alternative in the next polls

PODIUM CHASER

A handful of medals in the past six months has made Lakshya Sen the new poster boy of Indian badminton  

India should not be neutral

INTERVIEW RAFAL TRZASKOWSKI, Warsaw mayor, former minister, former member of European parliament

THREE TO TANGO

The BJP and the Congress have for long dominated Himachal Pradesh’s bipolar politics. The generational change in both the parties, along with the AAP’s big entry, can redraw the state’s political map 

RANT AND RAIL

A highspeed rail connectivity project is dividing Kerala and invoking memories of Nandigram

Death overs approaching

Prime Minister Imran Khan is desperately seeking ways to stay in power. If the past is a guide, his fall is imminent

WILL OPPOSE IF INDIA THROWS LIFELINE TO CORRUPT RAJAPAKSAS

INTERVIEW Patali Champika Ranawaka, leader of 43 Brigade

People like those who support 'nation first' theory

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW/SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN, chief minister, Madhya Pradesh

BALANCING ACT

As anti-government protests spiral out of control, Sri Lanka seeks Indian investment in the Colombo Port City built by China

AID, TO OUR AID

Lots of mutual suspicions between India and Sri Lanka are in the process of being removed

Rajiv Gandhi Killing - Perarivalan And Six Hopefuls

With A.G. Perarivalan having received bail, fellow convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case are nursing renewed hopes

Congress - Now, Walk The Talk

With the decline of the Congress going unchecked, the talks about the party nearing its demise have become louder. Its political opponents have started writing it off and its critics are bemoaning its failure to get its act together, and there is a great sense of despair and despondency within the party

War In Ukraine - How Putin's Generals Goofed Up

The Russians have goofed up, while the Ukrainian radars and anti-aircraft missiles are alive and shooting

Imbalance of power

The Congress’s slump has its most durable ally, the NCP, worried

A cut above

Exclusive excerpts from Indian batting legend G.R. Vishwanath’s autobiography

Reincarnate to rejuvenate

It is tough for old political parties on the decline to reinvent themselves without a change in leadership

Faceless front

The Congress is in no shape to take on the might of the BJP machinery in Gujarat