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ART AND SOUL

Happiness delivery: Reviving traditional handicrafts such as the Kani shawl by introducing new designs and patterns, inspiring the younger generation to learn the craft of their forefathers and using art to dispel stereotypes about Kashmir

SHIFTING THE LINES

From the very first day of 2023, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has initiated the delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Assam.

Breakfast Mama

Happiness delivery: A primary school teacher at a tribal school in Kerala takes steps to make sure her wards are not sitting in class hungry

All Is Not Well Between Shinde And Fadnavis

For legislators of the ruling Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena (BSS)-BJP coalition in Maharashtra, every day might bring reminders of that famous dialogue— “taarikh pe taarikh” (one date after the other)—from the 1990s potboiler Damini.

In a Higher Space

Happiness delivery: Hasudi Ausanpur in Uttar Pradesh's impoverished Siddharthnagar district ticks all the boxes of a smart village, bagging seven national awards

IN PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Most of us are driven by visions of personal happiness, but there are rare individuals who work tirelessly for the joy of helping the marginalised whether specially-abled, orphaned, malnourished or just down on their luck. We celebrate people and organisations that bring smiles to the faces of so many

CONGRESS 'YUKT' BHARAT

The last day of 2022 seemed the perfect occasion for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to make another pivot, one that can potentially inflect the course of Indian politics.

COSTLY OVERSIGHT

A technical lapse could prove to be the undoing of the BJP's carefully cultivated OBC strategy in Uttar Pradesh.

Mad about Children

Happiness delivery: Founded by Jithin Nedumala when he was just 20, Make a Difference has helped hundreds of orphaned children break free of the cycle of poverty

A Signal Achievement

Happiness delivery: A school that operates under a flyover at a busy junction provides underprivileged street children education, three square meals a day, and also trains them in life skills

Well Worth It

Happiness delivery: The Million Wells campaign is striving to rejuvenate Bengaluru's groundwater table while providing a livelihood to the Mannu Vaddar welldigging community

KARNATAKA: A New Quota Calculus

The clamour among Other Backward Class (OBC) groups in Karnataka for a larger slice of reservations for education and employment ran into a novel twist in the last week of December. Wary of upsetting two of the dominant castes in the state-Lingayats and Vokkaligas-especially with a state election to face in about four months, the Basavaraj Bommai government moved quickly to acquiesce to their demands for a higher share of reservation quota. However, it professed to do this by carrying out a reshuffle of the existing OBC reservation categoriesa surprise move that has thrown up more questions than answers.

Happy on His Own Terms

YouTuber Bhuvan Bamon his OTT leap with Taaza Khabar and why having creative control is important to him

AN OPPOSITION IN DISARRAY

On January 2, the Rajasthan BJP unit held one of its continuing Jan Aakrosh rallies in Jodhpur against the “misgovernance” of the Ashok Gehlotled Congress government, but much like the response in many other parts of the state, the turnout was poor.

Battling the Black Scourge

Happiness delivery: A victim of Kala Azar in her pre-teens, Pinki has taken it upon herself to create awareness about the dreaded disease in her home district, Deoria, in UP

Nurturing the Next Generation

Happiness delivery: Born out of the tragic infant deaths in Kota in 2019, Suposhit Maa Abhiyan provides specially curated nutrition kits and regular medical check-ups to underweight expectant mothers and ensures their children get a healthy start in life

A Different High

Happiness delivery: Once drug addicts themselves, the couple now runs a drug rehabilitation centre in Guwahati

Colours and Camaraderie

Happiness delivery: The Art Sanctuary treasures young persons with intellectual disabilities, crafting with care artists, photographers, filmmakers and sculptors out of an abundance of natural talent

The Gender Warrior

Happiness delivery: A third-gender rights crusader in Chhattisgarh strives to ensure that the members of her community live with dignity

CLEANING HOUSE OR A PURGE?

It all started at the CPI(M) state committee meeting on Decem­ ber 22 that unanimously passed a ‘rectification charter’ aimed at weeding out “undesirable charac­ teristics” and elements within the party.

Gautam Adani - The Growth King

Self-made billionaire Gautam Adani had an exceptional 2022 even by his own standards, including closing the largest infrastructure deal India has seen

HOW TO BREAK SPEED BARRIERS

FROM GEO-POLITICS TO GREEN ENERGY AND FROM INVESTMENT TO AUTOMOBILES AND CONSUMER GOODS, THE INDIA TODAY INDO JAPAN CONCLAVE 2022 SET THE AGENDA FOR THE HIGH GROWTH THE TWO NATIONS ASPIRE TO

THE SOUTH SURGES AHEAD

As Bollywood faltered, southern cinema stepped up to fill the void, regaling audiences in the Hindi belt...and even in the US

BACK FROM THE BRINK

2022 saw the fastest land animal making a return to India 70 years after it was hunted to extinction

INNOVATIVE DESTRUCTOR

If bats could speak, Suryakumar Yadav's willow would have drowned all other noise. He has pretty much recast batting in white ball cricket

MASTER SWINDLER

In 2022, investigators turned the spotlight on India's most notorious conman who duped several top people

YEH DIL HAI ENGLISHSTANI

Rishi Sunak made history by becoming the first Indian-origin PM of the UK, but he now needs to deliver

MANN IN THE MIDDLE

The comedian-turned-politician's euphoric win in Punjab polls was a turning point for not just the state but the Aam Aadmi Party too

CHIEF DISRUPTOR

From a Thane strongman to CM, Shinde's stormy rise over the years that culminated in a mega coup altered the course of Maharashtra politics

NEW POWER EQUATION

Nitish and Tejashwi, the chacha-bhatija’ of Bihar politics, got together again after five years to turn the tables on the BJP