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RAISE THE BAR

SPICE TOASTS THE NEWEST BARS THAT CELEBRATE IMAGINATION, PANACHE, AND INNOVATIVE HOSPITALITY TO GIVE INDIA'S COCKTAIL CIRCUIT MORE POWER FOR THE COURSE.

ELECTING TO GO ELECTRIC

Indian cities may otherwise be earning notoriety on world pollution indices, but Hyderabad seems to be racing towards a cleaner future.

A RUDE REALTY SHOCK

On February 4, a piece of news hit Gujarat's real estate developers like a tonne of bricks. The state government announced that it was doubling the circle rates relating to property, known as jantri rates locally, with immediate effect.

Passion on a Plate

LUPA’s 11,000 sq. ft space is a glorious mélange of rustic outdoors and glamourous, maximalist decor.

THE KUSHWAHA CAPER

The week after Valentine's Day came the news of a breakup in Bihar. Upendra Kushwaha, self-appointed younger brother of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, quit the primary membership of the Janata Dal (United)-which he had joined only in March 2021-to float his own Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal (RLJD) and is dropping broad hints on the possibility of joining hands with the BJP-led NDA, which Nitish had left in August 2022.

SPORTING STYLE

The level of comfort and technology offered by the Range Rover Sport goes beyond mere good looks. This capable SUV can take on challenging terrains, while also providing a level of tranquility that few can match.

AFTER THE SHINDIG

No one really was surprised when the Election Commission of India on February 17 recognised the Eknath Shinde-led faction as the ‘real’ Shiv Sena and allowed it to retain the party’s original symbol—the bow and arrow.

The Art of the Matter

Almost as whimsical as Ta-kashi Murakami’s prose, the second collaborative watch from Hublot and the Japanese artist uses the smiling flower as both muse and theme.

The Sunshine Car

The 2023 Mercedes E53 Cabriolet is everything you would want in a sports car and then some more.

History plays Mannequin

The Sawantwadi Palace Boutique Art Hotel offers a glimpse into the rich artistic and culinary heritage of the family that has ruled the princely state for four centuries.

Drugs - The Menace Of Meow Meow

Gujarat is in the grip of a new drug threat. Not only is Mephedrone passing through the state, it is also being manufactured in its abandoned factories

THE MONK AHEAD OF HIS TIMES

A new biography sheds light on Swami Vivekananda's life in India and the US, and the nonsectarian cosmopolitanism that made him an icon

PARADISE LOST

Tsering Yangzom Lama's debut novel tells the story of Tibetans, whose nation survives in exile

THE BADSHAH IS BACK

Pathaan comes as redemption not just for the actor himself but also for Bollywood and is a fitting retort to the hashtag boycott culture

SANGMA VS SANGMA

MEGHALAYA POLLS

ADANI IN TRANSMISSION TANGLE

How one of India's mightiest industrialists has fallen in Mamata Banerjee's esteem!

Q + A SAYING IT LIKE IT IS

Actor Saif Ali Khan who has never been shy of trying new things now lends his voice to a Marvel character in a new Audible podcast

THE LOVE FACTORY

In a four-part docuseries on Netflix, Smriti Mundhra looks at the different avatars of romance in movies by Yash Chopra and his legendary studio

Life At Sea

In a documentary that was lauded at Sundance, Sarvanik Kaur crafts a bleak portrait of a community whose traditional livlihood is in peril

THE SPINNER OF YARNS

In his new novel Victory City, Salman Rushdie offers a crowd-pleasing variation on his greatest hits

Let the Music Play

Upcoming music festivals across India

Striking a Universal CHORD

AUTHOR-SINGER AMIT CHAUDHURI IS BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM AFTER 13 YEARS

A NOVELIST OF IDEAS

Vineet Gill's book on Nirmal Verma focuses on the pioneering Hindi novelist's essays, travelogues and diaries

BEING THE CHANGE

A Yale graduate channels the power of youth to transform the lives of less privileged children and the needy via education and teaching them to pay it forward

THE LONG ROAD TO REDEMPTION

Nitish Kumar’s statewide Samadhan Yatra was a rehearsal for the 2024 general election campaign even as ambitious ally RJD and an aggressive BJP wait in the wings

DOLES AND TOLLS

Elections can bring on peculiar behavioural modifications even in the most fiscally prudent politician. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, ruled by bitterly opposed parties like the Congress and BJP, could be mirror images of each other in how its chief ministers have rolled out what could count as lavish gift vouchers.

MAHA FIGHT IN CONGRESS

For a party that was seen as lacking the spunk to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nana Patole's appointment as president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) in February 2021 was expected to pump some belligerence into the Grand Old Party's rank and file in the western state.

THE POLITICS OF THE BASTAR MURDERS

It’s not uncommon in India to see the run-up to an election being marred by violence. But Chhattisgarh, which goes to the polls at the end of the year, is recording a variation on the theme.

COPY, AND BE JAILED

Local news channels were still discussing the alleged police high-handedness in dealing with violence that had erupted during the student protests against recruitment scams and paper leaks in Uttarakhand when something else came along: an ordinance from Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami with extraordinarily stringent measures to curb cheating during exams.

A FLEET FIT FOR THE MAHARAJA

A year since it bought the beleaguered state-owned carrier Air India, the salt to-software Tata Group has taken the first major step to script the airline’s revival.