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Learnings from Jeddah
THE WEEK India

Learnings from Jeddah

Ukraine gradually shapes the peace it wants, similar to its careful and steady military counteroffensive regaining occupied territories

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August 20, 2023
PAUSE AND EFFECT
THE WEEK India

PAUSE AND EFFECT

Opposition fears that the government plans to delay national elections due later this year

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August 20, 2023
It will be myopic of India to use only 75 years of its experience
THE WEEK India

It will be myopic of India to use only 75 years of its experience

A BANKER-turned-political thinker, Shaurya Doval has been part of concerted efforts in the past nine years to build an intellectual environment on nationalistic foundations

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August 20, 2023
If there is anything that is safe in India, it is democracy
THE WEEK India

If there is anything that is safe in India, it is democracy

The term 'mother of democracy' is in fact a technical term that has been around for a long time

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August 20, 2023
What evidence tells us
THE WEEK India

What evidence tells us

Ancient India had long and vibrant non-monarchical traditions. But they were very different from modern Indian democracy, which is based on principles of freedom and social and political equality

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August 20, 2023
Bills and a coup
THE WEEK India

Bills and a coup

Scheduled tribes status to certain groups in Jammu and Kashmir invites criticism; move seen as BJP's electoral strategy

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August 20, 2023
Messy, but not menacing
THE WEEK India

Messy, but not menacing

The uncharacteristic disorder in Gujarat BJP is noteworthy, but it is unlikely to affect it electorally

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August 20, 2023
Dharmasthala's Manjusha Antique Museum: A Timeless Journey of Discovery and Preservation of heritage
THE WEEK India

Dharmasthala's Manjusha Antique Museum: A Timeless Journey of Discovery and Preservation of heritage

Dharmasthala, a spiritual haven nestled in Coastal Karnataka, has beckoned pilgrims from across the nation for over eight centuries

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August 20, 2023
IN A FIX
THE WEEK India

IN A FIX

Ajit Pawar's entry has created a wave of resentment among local leaders of the BJP and the Shinde faction of the Sena

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August 20, 2023
LOOK, DON'T TOUCH
THE WEEK India

LOOK, DON'T TOUCH

Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai's fondness for bulls and goats is public knowledge

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August 20, 2023
The sceptre of the sea lords
THE WEEK India

The sceptre of the sea lords

Who can forget Alec Guinness as Colonel John Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai, going around with a twisted twig in his hand as if it were a cane of command? We see him swinging it with a swagger, using it as a pointer, holding it in his right hand and tapping its other end on his open left palm with a \"well, gent'men!\"

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August 20, 2023
Realizing the ethos of our Constitution is the highest celebration of our Independence Day
THE WEEK India

Realizing the ethos of our Constitution is the highest celebration of our Independence Day

India got Independence from colonial British rule in 1947 on August 15 and the Constitution of India was adopted on January 26, 1950

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August 20, 2023
TENDERING A FRAGILE HEART BY IMPELLA
THE WEEK India

TENDERING A FRAGILE HEART BY IMPELLA

A SAVIOUR FOR HIGH RISK CHIP CASES

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August 20, 2023
Kukis Have No Right To Demand Anything
THE WEEK India

Kukis Have No Right To Demand Anything

INTERVIEW M. PRAMOT SINGH chief of Meitei Leepun

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August 13, 2023
American chop suey
THE WEEK India

American chop suey

Coupling is a word usually associated with intimate relations or railway wagons and not with international relations: countries don’t like being joined at the hip, nor do they fancy being dragged around like mindless wagons in a train.

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August 13, 2023
In a way, I was relieved to be in prison
THE WEEK India

In a way, I was relieved to be in prison

And then I stepped into the main prison complex. Byculla Jail is a twofloor complex. It has two units—Circle-1 and Circle-2.

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August 13, 2023
A mother's defence
THE WEEK India

A mother's defence

Indrani Mukerjea's memoir tells her truth-unvarnished and unfiltered

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August 13, 2023
Grace amidst scrutiny
THE WEEK India

Grace amidst scrutiny

No! I will not compare Janhvi Kapoor with her mother, the legendary Sridevi. Sri was Sri, unique in every way. Janhvi, at 26, is just about coming into her own as an actor, and the comparison seems redundant.

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August 13, 2023
Picking the correct god
THE WEEK India

Picking the correct god

In the last column, I shared my growing unease about the Kanwar Yatra, and how it seems to be spiralling dangerously out of control in Haryana.

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August 13, 2023
DRONE THEORY
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DRONE THEORY

Inside a drone expert's den, which has inflicted heavy loss on Russians

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August 13, 2023
DESIS IN THE DONBAS
THE WEEK India

DESIS IN THE DONBAS

Meet the Indians who are fighting for Ukraine

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August 13, 2023
SUNFLOWER FIELDS AND NO MAN'S LAND
THE WEEK India

SUNFLOWER FIELDS AND NO MAN'S LAND

AIR RAID SIRENS. DRONE BOMBS. ARTILLERY FIRING. LAND MINES. MISSILE STRIKES. DANGER STARES FROM ALL SIDES IN UKRAINE. THE WAR HAS DESTROYED MANY THINGS, BUT HAS NOT BROKEN THE COUNTRY'S INDOMITABLE SPIRIT. THE WEEK TRAVELS TO THE FRONTLINES AND EXPERIENCES THE WAR: \"A WAR WITH A DIFFERENCE.\"

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August 13, 2023
It will take more than a year to rebuild the state
THE WEEK India

It will take more than a year to rebuild the state

INTERVIEW Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, chief minister, Himachal Pradesh

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August 13, 2023
Delhi Services Bill is timely
THE WEEK India

Delhi Services Bill is timely

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government’s arguments to any action taken by the Central government pertaining to the national capital have become dry as dust.

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August 13, 2023
Countdown to the finest hours
THE WEEK India

Countdown to the finest hours

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, said Alexander Pope. It looks like INDIAns are doing that.

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August 13, 2023
You Don't Have To Be A Mahatma Gandhi In Cricket
THE WEEK India

You Don't Have To Be A Mahatma Gandhi In Cricket

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kapil Dev

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August 06, 2023
His Way, The Highway
THE WEEK India

His Way, The Highway

From bridges, tunnels and expressways to e-rickshaws and flex-fuel vehicles, Nitin Gadkari has been busy delivering on his promises in the past nine years. As elections draw near, the BJP is relying as much on Gadkari's achievements as on Modi's popularity

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August 06, 2023
Sit down, faux nationalists
THE WEEK India

Sit down, faux nationalists

In the last few years, on India’s news channels, it is not uncommon to see anchors huffing and puffing hysterically about “anti-nationals”. In fact, the phrase has become near ubiquitous. Every time an individual does not conform to a dominant narrative, their patriotism is called into question.

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August 06, 2023
Clothing, in a state of undress
THE WEEK India

Clothing, in a state of undress

Even as the video of two stripped-bare women from Manipur went viral, one is reminded again of how wars are constantly fought by men abusing the bodies of women. Rape and sexual violence is a centuries-old war crime, the conflict between men is always played out on its women, too.

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August 06, 2023
THE INVENTION OF INDIA
THE WEEK India

THE INVENTION OF INDIA

A new book examines the men, motives and labyrinthine plots that shaped the Indian Union

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August 06, 2023