Strict, but slow

While stringent laws against acid attacks are in place, their implementation is still tardy

Fierce fight and a formula

In two decades of being a journalist, I have never seen the kind of campaign we are witnessing in the national capital now. For those who live away from Delhi, there could be a degree of irritation at what may seem like disproportionate media attention. You may think that Delhi always hogs the headline because most news media houses are headquartered here.

NO GAINS BY REPEATING TARGETS THAT ARE NOT CREDIBLE

There have been mixed reactions to the Union budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1. Economic experts, market analysts and the people have all spoken about both hits and misses.

Every city needs an AAP

For a chief minister who does not have even the powers of a mayor of most western cities, the head of Delhi’s local government gets a lot of national attention.

A Xanadu in new New Delhi

Like Kubla Khan who decreed a pleasure dome in Xanadu, Narendra Modi is decreeing a power dome in Delhi—a brand new capital complex inspired, in all probability, by ancient Indian architecture. Coleridge’s Xanadu was in an opium-induced daydream; Modi’s will be in optimum-spaced Delhi—a steel-and-concrete capital.

Dread Of The Coronavirus

THE WEEK was in China when it all began. With the novel coronavirus now spreading across the world, the Indian government is rushing to battle stations

Ms hit!

At 16, Shafali Verma has already broken one of Sachin Tendulkar’s records. The big-hitter will now look to make her mark at the T20 World Cup

Unending winter

How senior politicians in Kashmir are coping with confinement

Number games

Purvanchalis have become a formidable force in Delhi’s electorate

Labour pain

Impoverished rural women face hardships during pregnancy and childbirth, and remain deprived of maternity benefits, finds a recent six-state survey

Course correction

As president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa is turning out to be completely different from elder brother Mahinda in both style and substance

Better by design

Experts shared tips on planning for times good and bad at THE WEEK-Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund investment education seminar

AT THE END OF A LONG ROPE

Pawan Kumar Jallad, the hangman to execute the Nirbhaya death row convicts, will not allow his debut to become a soap opera

A Mix Of Young And Middleaged People Will Train For Gaganyaan

With Indian Space Research Organisation planning 28 launches in 2020, ISRO chairman K. Sivan has his hands full.

Budget 2020 - The Make Or Break Budget

No one is expecting Nirmala Sitharaman to swing a magic wand on February 1, but it is imperative that her budget shows a way out of the economic slowdown

Rules of Return

Dismissing Chinese plans to name his successor, the Dalai Lama says he alone will have the authority to decide on his reincarnation

Spurned symphony

An iconic martial tune is omitted from Beating Retreat in a bid to ‘Indianise’ it

Penning down her demons

SHAHEEN BHATT SAYS THAT WRITING A BOOK ON HER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, THOUGH NOT EASY, WAS CATHARTIC

Leave no stone unturned

Breakthroughs are aiding management of bile duct disorders

I was vulnerable. I was honest

SPEAKING UP ABOUT DEPRESSION HAS ALLOWED OTHER PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SAYS DEEPIKA PADUKONE

Head for help

DEPRESSION MANIFESTS IN MANY WAYS, AND CAN CAUSE STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE BRAIN. THE KEY THING IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND SEEK TREATMENT, BEIT COUNSELLING, MEDICATION OR ANY OF THE NEW THERAPIES

Criticism and threats will not deter me

IF HIS PREDECESSOR, Justice P. Sathasivam, had been tranquil, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan is a tempest.

A Royal Drama Worth The Big Screen

This could be a 21st century Disney version of the British royal romance.

Protests Will Not Impact Elections

In an exclusive interview with THE WEEK, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia says that the tangible benefits of his government’s schemes would ensure that the people would vote the AAP back to power.

Tightrope walkers

A few Kashmiri politicians, who are trying to form a new party, might be viewed as proxies of the Centre unless they win the trust of the people

Tale spin and terror

Though courts are finding gaps in the police’s narrative of “violence”, the fear of brutality might put an end to open protests in Uttar Pradesh

Shuttle block

With just months left for the Olympics, there are worries about the dip in form of top Indian badminton stars and the exodus of foreign coaches

Prize catch

Officer caught with militants in Kashmir was under surveillance for weeks, say the police

Divide and conquer

Narendra Modi launches the BJP’s Bengal campaign by using the Ramakrishna Mission’s platform to defend the CAA.

Burns and bias

Though more women have been victims of acid attacks, men, too, have borne the brunt of the hate crime