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SHE'S GOT THE BLUES
There's an all-female line-up at the Mahindra Blues Festival this year
Home-made Treats
The Goa Open Arts Festival is for and by the local community
EPIC ROCK
Lillete Dubey's Jaya! The Victory! is a rock musical based on the Mahabharata
THE STRENGTH OF SHAKTI
Music is all about collaboration, say Zakir Hussain and the band members of Shakti, after the Grammy win
SINGING ROYALS
Arijit Singh emerges the undisputed badshah of male playback singing; Shreya Ghoshal retains melody queen status among women artists
ALL HAIL KING KHAN
Riding on a stupendous year, the Badshah of Bollywood emerged on top after 12 years. Deepika remains the nation's leading lady
OLDEN GOLDIES
Neeraj Chopra and P.V. Sindhu remain the country's most favourite sportspersons. In cricket, Kohli's World Cup heroics catapult him to No. 1, while Smriti Mandhana holds on to her place among women
WINDS OF CHANGE
Be it 'one nation, one poll' or reservation for women in legislatures, new political initiatives are finding wider acceptance even as social mores change, albeit slowly
A FIRM PRESENCE
Most MOTN respondents approve of the Modi government's overall foreign policy and are satisfied with its handling of the diplomatic row with Canada and the boycott of the Maldives as a tourist destination
REIGNING SUPREME
No surprises here. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath remains the most popular across India; Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik grabs the honour within home state
FEELING LOST IN I.N.D.I.A.
The implosion in the Opposition alliance has turned into some cynicism among voters but they are also unhappy at the ruling BJP's bid to browbeat rivals
A THUMBS UP FOR RECOVERY
The Modi government's handling of the economy wins approval, but it is tinged with worry over stagnant incomes and lack of quality jobs
TROUBLE@PAYTM
ANALYSTS DO NOT SEE A NEAR-TERM SOLUTION TO PAYTM’S PROBLEMS, AS RBI HAS FOUND LAPSES AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE IT AUDIT
AN ILL WIND OVER A CITY'S HERITAGE
ONE YEAR SHY OF A CENTURY, THE HERITAGE STRUCTURE - AN EXEMPLAR OF INDO-SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE - WAS KEPT BEREFT OF FUNDS FOR UPKEEP
THE ODIA RENAISSANCE
A NEW KEYBOARD DEBUTED FOR CHILDREN TO FACILITATE THE USE OF ODIA IN DIGITAL FORMATS
THE LONG FIGHT BEFORE JMM
THE BJP IS RELYING ON A NARRATIVE OF CORRUPTION AGAINST JMM TO STOP A POTENTIAL TRIBAL BACKLASH
THE CODE IN UNIFORM
With just weeks to go before the general election is announced, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami believes he has handed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party, the BJP, a political plank to push further the pro-Hindutva narrative.
What Lies Beneath
Two odes to our neverending affair with carpets
IN SEARCH OF A GOOD RIFLE
It is an interesting conundrum: how is it that India, with some of the most capable rocketry and ballistic missile programmes in the world, does not have an indigenously designed, world-class assault rifle-the infantryman's basic weapon.
'RUG'GED TALES
After traversing the Silk Route through 'Bukhara'-an exhibition that turned the spotlight on textiles like Suzani, and carpets and techniques unique to Central Asia in the 19th-century founders of Shades of India, David and Mandeep Housego, have returned with a new showcase at Delhi's sprawling National Crafts Museum.
CONFIDENCE IN CONTINUITY
No one expected Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to make big-ticket announcements in the interim budget for 2024-25 she presented on February 1, considering the general election is just three months away.
OLD IS GOLD
Winning the Australian Open at 43, Rohan Bopanna has become the oldest player ever to win a slam or to hold a No. 1 ranking
For ART FAIR
The 15th edition of the India Art Fair has many new exhibitors and even a collectible design section
PRISON DIARY
From Phansi Yard recounts Sudha Bharadwaj's time at Yerawada Jail and paints a poignant portrait of her fellow inmates
Great Snakes!
Herpetologist and conservationist Romulus Whitaker has penned the first volume of his autobiography-Snakes, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: My Early Years-and it's a rambunctious read
WHY NITISH SWITCHED AGAIN
GIVING UP ON I.N.D.1.A., THE JD(U) CHIEF DOES A VOLTE FACE TO GET BACK WITH THE BJP. IS THIS ANOTHER WINNING MOVE OR HAS THE MASTER OF U-TURNS LOST HIS WAY?
Double-engine Juggernaut
The Eastern River Canal is now part of a more ambitious river-linking project between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
JUSTICE VERSUS JUSTICE
The Calcutta High Court was the site of recent judicial turbulence, forcing top judges of the Supreme Court to step in and restore some order.
Interstellar Story
Samit Basu's latest novel-The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport-is a sci-fi take on the Aladdin story
Arrested, But Not Cornered
Hemant Soren had seen the writing on the wall. Before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on the night of January 31 for alleged money laundering related to the purported possession of a plot of land in Ranchi, the Jharkhand CM had finalized the course of post-crisis political action.