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OFFSHORING POLLUTION
To save the state's polluted rivers, the Gujarat government plans to dispose of the bulk of industrial wastewater directly into the deep sea. But environmentalists fear the move's impact on marine life and coastal settlements in the Gulf of Khambhat
BETTING ON FRESH FACES
THE BJP USHERS IN A GENERATIONAL SHIFT IN THREE STATES AS THE CONGRESS DOES IN TELANGANA, TO GROOM THE LEADERSHIP OF THE FUTURE
THE SOULFUL SINGER
With a song on the soundtrack of the controversial blockbuster Animal and top billing on Spotify, the shy Arijit Singh is enjoying the spotlight
Mapping the World
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, an exhibition by Tarshito N. Strippoli at the Bihar Museum, imagines a world where borders are fluid
Documenting Life on the Margins
Broken, Asha Thadani's exhibition of photographs of Dalit lives, makes us face some uncomfortable realities, but without robbing her subjects of their dignity
Heir (Half) Apparent
Saffron is not the only political colour that’s seeing a new coat of paint.
A CLASH OF TEMPLE BELLS
From organising Kashistyle Ganga aartis along the Hooghly in Kolkata to building replicas of Vaishno Devi and Puri Jagannath, the Trinamool Congress has in recent years striven to match every step of its main adversary, the BJP, in bursts of demonstrative Hinduism.
PINARAYI GETS ON THE BUS
The Opposition is often found calculating the dent it could make in the ruling BJP’s Lok Sabha tally in one state or the other.
The Great Heist
Some 25 counting machines whirred breathlessly as they went through bundle after bundle of cash.
THE DONKEYS ARE VANISHING
In a state known more for its lions, Gujarat may not automatically evoke the more humdrum image of the donkey, the four legged beast trapped on the opposite side of human valuation.
MAKING OF A BIG ENERGY LEAGUE
India is committed to reducing its carbon emission by 45 per cent by 2030 while underlining clean energy partnerships with Japan
A NEW FORCE IN AIZAWL
THE ZPM BREAKS THE MNF-CONGRESS STRANGLEHOLD TO SEIZE POWER IN MIZORAM. FRESH FACES AND PROMISE OF CHANGE DID THE TRICK
REDDY, STEADY GO
BRUISED IN THE NORTH, A RESILIENT CONGRESS BOUNCES BACK IN TELANGANA, HANDING THE ONCE INVINCIBLE KCR A SOUND BEATING. BEHIND THE VICTORY WAS A FAULTLESS POLL STRATEGY
THE WINDFALL STATE
THE CONGRESS HAD WON THE 2018 ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS WITH ONE OF THE STRONGEST MANDATES IN THE STATE. WHAT WENT WRONG, AND HOW THE BJP STORMED TO POWER AGAIN
THE 'RIVAAZ' EFFECT
THE BJP'S HIGH COMMAND IN DELHI KEPT LOCAL LEADERS IN CHECK AND RODE TO VICTORY ON A WAVE OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY
BUCKING THE TREND
STRATEGIC MANOEUVRES, A CENTRE-RUN CAMPAIGN AND A SHIFT IN VOTER PREFERENCES AIDED THE BJP’S SWEEPING VICTORY, AND HELPED IT THWART 18 YEARS OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY
A THREAT CALLED DISEASE X
IS THE NEXT KILLER VIRUS ALREADY HERE? THE WHO PREDICTS IT WILL BE 'ZOONOTIC', AND 20 TIMES DEADLIER THAN COVID
WHY THE CONGRESS NEEDS INDIA NOW
THE LOSSES IN THE HEARTLAND STATES ROB THE GOP OF ANY HEFT IN THE I.N.D.1.A. BLOC. THE ALLIANCE HAS TO REGROUP, FIND A FRESH STRATEGY TO TAKE ON THE BJP IN 2024
ROAR OF THE TIGER
India's hardest-working action star Tiger Shroff seems on track with a slew of releases planned next year
Black Beauties
Nilanjan Das's exhibition of charcoal on canvas paintings, Savage Beauty, explores the majestic and graceful form of horses
CHRONICLE OF INTERESTING TIMES
The incisively observed Journals of the painter Altaf Mohammedi provide a fascinating glimpse into 1960s London
2024 BJP IN POLE POSITION
CRUCIAL WINS IN THREE HEARTLAND STATES DEFLATE CONGRESS CHALLENGE, WEAKEN OPPOSITION UNITY AND EASE THE PARTY'S RUN TO A THIRD TERM AT THE CENTRE
Culture in the Capital
India's first biennale dedicated to art, architecture and design is on at the Red Fort in New Delhi
AN ODE TO URDU
The eighth edition of the annual Jashn-e-Rekhta festival includes a stellar line-up with four stages, 60-plus events and 150-plus artists
UNITING INDIA
JOHN ZUBRZYCKI'S DETHRONED IS A COMPELLING NARRATION OF THE INTEGRATION OF THE PRINCELY STATES INTO THE INDIAN UNION
In Search of Greener Pastures
PERUMAL MURUGAN'S AGRARIAN PERIOD NOVEL, FIRE BIRD, HAS WON THE 2023 JCB PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
ZENS AND SENSIBILITY
Shabnam Minwalla's new novel straddles two different eras in an engrossing tale of romance, rebellion and long-hidden secrets
DIPLOMACY WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR
MANI SHANKAR DID COME FROM A GIFTED FAMILY, BUT IT WAS GIFTED ONLY IN INTELLECT. FOR THE REST, HE HAD TO FIGHT EVERY INCH OF THE WAY
Q+A BUSY AS A BEE
Besides filming the third season of Bollywood Wives, Neelam Kothari Soni is engaged in multiple projects
THE SHOLA WARRIOR'S PATH
Over the past 31 years, retired professor Dr Johnykutty J. Ozhukayil has been trying hard to convince people in Kerala's picturesque hill district Idukki to become more \"conscious of nature\".