THE WEEK India - June 09, 2024

In this issue

Exclusive interview

Arvind Kejriwal: If the BJP is determined to put democracy in jail, then I am determined to run democracy from jail

Delhi CM is out on bail in a liquor policy case that kept him in jail during most of the crucial election season. Now out, the AAP convener hit the ground running, and went straight into electioneering.

It has been 50 years since Pokhran I. With its capabilities increasing and global power equations changing, does India need to look at reviewing its nuclear doctrine?

In Untold stories: How India’s valiant security personnel act as human shields to protect important political leaders
 and visiting dignitaries

@Leisure: Sidhartha Mallya on Sad Glad, his new book for children

Spivak's speech; not fair, lady!

When Horatio Bottomley, MP, called in to see Lord Cholmondeley, he told the butler, “I wish to speak to Lord Cholmond-ley.”

2 mins

GO THROUGH ME FIRST...

How India's valiant human shields protect important political leaders and visiting dignitaries

9 mins

Why BJP is not contesting in Kashmir

Union Home Minister Amit Shah claims “there is no greater testament to the removal of Article 370” than the high polling percent ages in the Kashmir valley.

2 mins

SOUTH WREST

As nine constituencies in southern Bengal go to the polls on June 1, the Trinamool Congress hopes to retain its hold

5 mins

MAMATA FEARS THAT I WILL TAKE HINDU VOTES TO BJP

Everyone was surprised when Mamata Banerjee accused Kartik Maharaj, a monk associated with the Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of not allowing Trinamool Congress’s agents to sit in some polling booths during the Lok Sabha elections and of inciting communal violence in Murshidabad.

4 mins

TALKING POINT

By voting in large numbers, the people of Kashmir have expressed their readiness to resolve pressing issues peacefully

5 mins

BABU BOOM

Meet bureaucrats who took the political plunge

4 mins

If the BJP is determined to put democracy in jail, then I am determined to run democracy from jail

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ARVIND KEJRIWAL, DELHI CHIEF MINISTER AND AAM AADMI PARTY NATIONAL CONVENER

10+ mins

Leader with a difference

ARVIND KEJRIWAL'S RETURN TO JAIL APPEARS IMMINENT. BUT HIS BLISTERING POLL CAMPAIGN MAY HAVE BRIGHTENED INDIA BLOC’S PROSPECTS

7 mins

HIT LIST

Strengths and weaknesses of top teams at the T20 World Cup

7 mins

Who's Afraid Of A New Nuclear Doctrine?

It has been 50 years since Pokhran I. With its capabilities increasing and global power equations changing, does India need to look at reviewing its nuclear doctrine?

8 mins

Indira's Bang

How Indira Gandhi secured the borders, ended food import, before going for the test

5 mins

Spied on none, stole from none

A senior scientist during the Pokhran test in 1974 and chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the tests in 1998, Dr Rajagopala Chidambaram has been a key figure in the Indian nuclear journey.

4 mins

Shock and awe

India’s comprehensive capability in the nuclear domain is the result of its autonomous pursuit of the atomic programme against all odds

4 mins

Power point

The Pokhran tests launched India's march towards being a full partner and participant in the global nuclear order

4 mins

Breaking nuclear apartheid

How India protected its ability to move ahead with the nuclear weapons programme despite not signing the NPT

4 mins

Ready to roll

Following the Pokhran tests, India has operationalised a credible deterrent that the nation should be proud of

3 mins

Sid for kids

As a child, Sidhartha Mallya wished he had someone in his life to tell him what he wants to convey in his latest children's book, Sad Glad

4 mins

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