Mughlai chicken à la robot

These entrepreneurs are redefining our culinary future, bot by bot

Citizen bane

India claims he is still Indian. Fugitive diamond trader Mehul Choksi claims he is an Antiguan citizen. Dominica has to decide and, possibly, set a precedent for runaway fraudsters

Mehul Choksi - How India Bungled In Dominica

After failing to get fugitive Mehul Choksi deported from Antigua, and stumbling into the local political mess and institutional complexities of the Caribbean, Indian agencies are regrouping and hatching new plans to nab the diamond trader

In Britain, there is national amnesia about the Empire

Even though William Dalrymple's City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi (1993) is a travel memoir, for some of us it is also a lesson in history. For historian Dalrymple, the shift to travel writing came in the 1990s when he discovered the ill-fated love story between James Achilles Kirkpatrick, East India Company resident at the Court of Hyderabad, and Khair un-Nissa, a Persian noblewoman. And thus was born White Mughals (2002), which brought alive a lesser-known world when the east and west easily consorted in the age of the Empire.

The boy who would be king

Abhimanyu Mishra is the epitome of the new-gen chess player and is on course to becoming the youngest grandmaster ever

The campaign against the administration is run by Kerala

FOR MORE THAN a month now, Lakshadweep administrator Praful Khodabhai Patel has been in the eye of the storm. Lakshadweep residents, including several BJP leaders, are unhappy over a slew of decisions taken by his administration. Patel, a former minister of state for home from Gujarat and a close confidante of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, denies there is any “saffron agenda” in his decisions. And, the fears of the islanders are unfounded, he says. Excerpts from the interview:

SWADESHI SOCIAL

Local social media players are disrupting a market dominated by global tech giants. New government regulations could accelerate the churn

SOUTHERN DELIGHT

Tamannaah Bhatia is method-acting her way into the big league

LIFE OF PAI

Meet Srikanth Pai, the man who helped develop India’s drug of choice to fight the black fungus

LOTUS AND LOOTERS

After the crushing assembly poll loss, a hawala scandal and multiple bribery charges threaten the credibility of the Kerala BJP

Framing the scars

Life, loss, hope and betrayal—as seen through the lens of photographer Taha Ahmad in his series on partition

FORGOTTEN CHILDREN

From losing parents to Covid-19 to being abandoned and abused, children have been silently suffering this pandemic. While the government has woken up to the issue, there is a huge need for children-specific Covid-19 management policy

The Military Made The Virus - Li-Meng Yan

As Biden wants to investigate the origins of Covid-19, China asks him to look closer to home

Bat Or Human?

Indian scientists see substance in lab leak theory

A royal mess

Despite Huma Qureshi's impressive performance, Maharani fails to thrill

Chasing a likely lab leak

A scientist couple from Pune, Dr Monali C. Rahalkar and Dr Rahul Bahulikar, has been on an online expedition to trace the origin and course of the virus behind the pandemic. They made two interesting discoveries. Here, they recount their exciting journey

Quiet efficiency

Chinese officials say life in Wuhan is back to normal, but they refuse to talk about the virology institute, a key player in China's advancements in life sciences

In a chokehold

How poor decisions, bad company, impulsive acts and an inflated ego wrecked Sushil Kumar’s life and career

Tough soil

The farmers’ protest continues to unsettle parties ahead of the four-way political contest in Punjab

SOUL OF A POET

In a new book, lyricist Anand Bakshi’s son pays tribute to the legend

The real virus came from Zhoushan. The military found it

Q/ After our exclusive interview last year, in which you said the Covid-19 virus was man-made, scientists and governments are considering it to be a possibility. New theories have emerged as well. Do you think the samples found from the Yunnan copper mine come closest to SarsCoV-2?

We will produce ideal doctors through an AIIMS-like project

BABA RAMDEV is no stranger to controversy. He recently riled a large section of the medical fraternity by questioning the efficacy of Covid vaccines. But Ramdev remains unperturbed despite criticisms. His eyes are set on his next big project—a university that will produce “ideal” doctors who practice holistic methods of cure and prevention.

THE PARROT WHO WOULDN'T TALK

All-Time Favourites for Children By Ruskin Bond

THE CURSED ‘BRIDE'

In Budhini, Sarah Joseph gives voice to the woman who paid the price for garlanding Nehru

Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels

Super apps will take Amazon-Reliance rivalry to next level

BJP's Invincibility Seems To Have Worn Out

Beset with multiple woes, the BJP seems far from the invincible force it claims to be

5G Will Benefit India's Village More

Urban users are eagerly waiting for 5G telecom services to take off, but its real impact would be felt in villages

CHANGED HOUSE

In Kerala, the CPI(M) softens its ideological stance and the Congress opts for a fresh opposition leader

The SOS man

From playing junior cricket for Karnataka to being a saviour to thousands during the pandemic, Indian Youth Congress president B.V. Srinivas has come a long way

From brain TO HEART

Depression can lead to cardiovascular diseases in multiple ways