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Gujarat's Olympics Push

Come 2036 and Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Gujarat may well be hosting the Summer Olympics. Why 2036?

Gehlot Swallows A Bitter Pill

From a stalemate to reconciliation, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot had to finally relent on his tough stance in order to end the two-week-long complete shutdown of private healthcare services in the state.

Return of the Chef

London-based chef Vineet Bhatia, MBE, marks his Indian homecoming with Dhilli at The Oberoi, New Delhi

COLLAB COUP

RAPPER KING'S COLLABORATION WITH NICK JONAS HAS CATAPULTED HIM INTO THE INTERNATIONAL ARENA. HE'S NOW EYEING A GRAMMY

THE ROMANCE OF RITUAL

Photographer Charles Fréger's latest book is an impressive attempt at documenting performers in ritual costumes across India

FOR THE ART AND SOUL

The recently opened Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai is a big fillip for visual and performing arts in India

TRAINERS FOR NEXT TOP GUNS

IN A MOVE TOWARDS INDIGENISATION, THE CENTRE HAS DECIDED TO PROCURE THE HTT-40 MADE BY HAL TO ANSWER THE IAF'S URGENT NEED FOR A BASIC TRAINER

CALL OF THE SON OF THE SOIL

THE JD(S), LED BY PARTY PATRIARCH H.D. DEVE GOWDA, STRIVES TO PROTECT ITS TURF AGAINST FORMIDABLE RIVALS, THE CONGRESS AND BJP

Chouhan Woos Women Voters

The MP chief minister lavishes female electors with a whole bonanza of women-centric schemes to win their favour and vote

SHINDE BATTLES ON TWO FRONTS

TEN MONTHS AFTER THE COUP, MAHARASHTRA CM EKNATH SHINDE FINDS THAT HE HAS TO TAKE ON AMBITIOUS ALLY BJP AND FORMER CAMP MATES IN THE THACKERAY-LED SENA

Let the People Plan Their Cities

Traditionally, Indians have had a love-hate relationship with the city. Even they who seek its benefits valorise the rural idyll.

WE ARE BEING TARGETED AS WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE POLITICS OF THE BJP GOVERNMENT

Think of that famous paradox about an irresistible force meeting an immoveable object. Perhaps they met in Kerala chief minister PINARAYI VIJAYAN, 77, because he answers to both descriptions. For one, the state logged 12.1 per cent GSDP in 2021-22, nearly double the national GDP. And for the BJP, long plotting a southern takeover, he is the one monolith that stands in its way. In his second consecutive term now, he may be a bit battle-scarred but the CPI(M)'s stern helmsman is unperturbed. \"I don't care for history's verdict, let the people of Kerala judge,\" he says.

MAMATA SITS FIRM AGAINST THE CENTRE

A slow crisis has been engulfing rural West Bengal, affecting tens of thousands of labourers. Around 10 million people, despite having MNREGA job cards, have had no work over the past one year, nor have most been paid for the work done under the central jobs scheme.

IN SEARCH OF NEW ALIGNMENTS

Just over a year to go before the general election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have borrowed a leaf out of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's book in anointing Samrat Choudhary, 54, its new state unit president.

SKILLED SURVIVOR

Barely hours after the Madras High Court endorsed his election on  March 30, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) was officially elevated to the all-powerful post of the general secretary (GS) of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.

SETTING AN AMBITIOUS GOAL

On March 31, the day the financial year 2022-23 came to a close, Piyush Goyal, the Union minister for commerce and industry, announced the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, for India, that outlined an ambitious plan to clock $2 trillion (Rs 164 lakh crore) in exports by 2030.

The Politics Of Disqualification

He may have been blindsided by the latest move from the saffron camp, but the congress scion could turn it to his advantage to unite the opposition and build a strong, sustained narrative

The Return Of Covid?

Just over two months ago, on January 17, India had logged the lowest-ever number of daily Covid-19 infections since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.

CHAMPIONS OF CHEER

The Happiness Fest and Awards celebrated the most inspiring, funny and positive influencers for bringing joy and giving hope to people in these trying times

Breaking the Mould

With Gaslight and other upcoming projects, Sara Ali Khan is taking her acting career in a brave new direction

JUST NOT CRICKET

Caught Out, a new documentary on Netflix by Supriya Sobti Gupta, revisits the biggest scandal to hit Indian cricket

League of Extraordinary Indophiles

Jean-Claude Perrier's breathless homage to India and the French travellers who have loved it

Subaltern Suspense

A good noir novel is more than mere entertainment. Tanuj Solanki's latest certainly fits the bill

CONTINENTAL DRIFT

Six interconnected and subtly ironic short stories by Buku Sarkar about life and its discontents, spanning two continents

ART FOR THE PEOPLE

Despite a few hiccups, the current edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale has managed to rekindle public interest in art events after the pandemic

LOST & FOUND

At 50, Rahul Khanna is more relevant than ever-from his latest OTT appearance to a premium accessories line

THE DESIRE DIVIDE

STRESS, STIGMA AND IGNORANCE ARE ROBBING INDIANS OF JOY IN THEIR SEX LIVES, LEAVING THEM IN A MIASMA OF UNFULFILLED DESIRE

G20: INDIAN VOICE FOR GLOBAL SOUTH

APPRECIATION OF INDIA’S G20 PRESIDENCY AND DEBATES ON ITS FUTURE COURSE DOMINATED THE ROUNDTABLE ATTENDED BY FOREIGN DIGNITARIES AND EXPERTS

A Life in Diplomacy

Much of the late S.K. Lambah’s half-century-long sojourn in diplomacy had to do with Pakistan.

PERCENTAGE POLITICS

Just the other day, Basavaraj Bommai had made a conspicuous break from convention.