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Time Travel

An exhibition in Bengaluru is showcasing an unseen artwork by legendary artist Raja Ravi Varma

INDIA AT CANNES 2024

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival marks the first time in 30 years that India has a feature film in the Palme d'Or competition section. And there's lots more...

Cusp of Greatness

Shriya Pilgaonkar comes into her own as an intrepid reporter in Zee5's The Broken News

THE GREAT DISRUPTOR

Rapper SlowCheeta is trying to shake things up with his EP, Scene Mein Bawaal

Back to Roots

Known for his lavish musicals, theatre director Feroz Abbas Khan returns to classic theatre with his latest, Letters of Suresh

A TOUGH FIGHT ON JAGAN'S HANDS

N. CHANDRABABU NAIDU'S TDP MATCHES Y.S. JAGAN MOHAN REDDY'S YSRCP IN VOTER OUTREACH FOR LOK SABHA AND ASSEMBLY POLLS. BUT HIS WELFARE SCHEMES MAY GIVE JAGAN AN EDGE

IN A STATE OF FLUX

DEFECTIONS AND INTERNAL SQUABBLES BECOME A NORM AS PUNJAB GEARS UP FOR A QUADRANGULAR CONTEST UNDER THE SHADOW OF UNRESOLVED LEGACY ISSUES

GUARDING ITS BASTION

AFTER AN EMPHATIC WIN IN THE STATE ELECTION, THE BJP LOOKS SECURE IN ITS CENTRAL INDIA FORTRESS. FOR A BATTERED CONGRESS, THE ONLY HOPE LIES IN EXPLOITING ANY CHINK IN THE SAFFRON ARMOUR

THE CHARM OFFENSIVE

THE UNION COMMERCE MINISTER STEPS INTO THE HURLY BURLY OF ELECTORAL POLITICS IN HIS MAIDEN ATTEMPT TO WIN A LOK SABHA SEAT

Boss In Da 'Hood

Crop rotation may be good for the farm, but not necessarily for politics.

NO RETURN GIFTS

From amanuensis to would-be nemesis: Dinesh Pratap Singh managed that role reversal against Sonia Gandhi, wangling 38 per cent votes against her from Rae Bareli in 2019.

POLI PAHILWANS

Maharashtra loves its wrestlers. And why not? Many villages in western Maharashtra have an akhada and a fair share of grapplers, and cities like Kolhapur, Pune and Sangli are known for their talims (wrestling schools).

A Li'l Shindig

He’s incisored right between a giant Modi and a smaller Devendra  Fadnavis, with a diminutive Ajit Pawar on the far left, quite the smallest matryoshka doll.

INDEPENDENT ATTACK

The new Nayab Saini regime is in crisis, but the BJP's immediate concern is the LS vote

A FRACTURED CONSTITUENCY

Statehood, and coverage under Sixth Schedule: two clear demands fog up the BJP's windscreen on its Ladakh drive

DELAYING THE CAA EMBRACE

Mindful of the TMC's unrelenting attacks on the CAA and the inflexible, must-have domicile proof requires by its rules, the Matua leadership decide on a watchful wait

RAHUL'S NEW GAMBIT

The Congress leader decides to renew his fight in UP, but this time from another Gandhi pocket borough, Rae Bareli. Can he overturn the 2019 disappointment?

The Mamata Pushback

The West Bengal Chief Minister Faces A BJP Onslaught On Issues Like Corruption And Women's Safety. Unwilling To Yield An Inch, The TMC Is Building A Narrative That The Saffron Party Is 'Anti-Bengali'

Who Will Win The Mahayuddh?

In Maharashtra's Most Complex Political War Ever, Shifting Alliances Fuel A Gripping Saga Of Power Struggles And Betrayals In The Pursuit Of Votes

Grand Young Master

Seventeen-yearold D. Gukesh has become the youngest player to win the Candidates chess tournament

SPORTING SPIRIT

BADMINTON PLAYER ASHWINI PONNAPPA, 34, IS OFF TO HER THIRD OLYMPICS, THIS TIME WITH A NEW PARTNER, TANISHA CRASTO

PORTRAITS OF A PEOPLE

Etchings by the colonial Flemish artist F. Baltazard Solvyns are getting a new lease of life in an exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai

Centennial Man

A seminal exhibition of K.G. Subramanyan's works in his birth centenary year at Emami Art, Kolkata takes an imaginative and immersive curatorial approach

Rhythms of Nature

ARTIST AND MUSIC COMPOSER GINGGER SHANKAR'S LATEST SINGLE COMBINES SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC WITH INUIT THROAT SINGING

SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND

Kashmiri musician Faheem Abdullah’s debut album Lost; Found is a collaborative effort

FOUND IN TRANSLATION

With its excellent translations, Songs of Tagore makes Rabindrasangit accessible to the non-Bengali reader

Of Freedom and Friendship

T.C.A. RAGHAVAN'S CIRCLES OF FREEDOM FOLLOWS THREE YOUNG MUSLIMS DRAWN INTO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE

The Razor's Edge

Salman Rushdie's Knife is an eloquent, first-person account of the horrific attack on him. It's also a love story

THE LAST-MILE PUSH

The India Today Smart Money Financial Summit had top experts discussing how technology could be leveraged to widen the reach of personal finance tools

TEJASHWI LEADS THE CHARGE

IN BIHAR'S FERVID POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE, THE RJD CHIEF'S YOUTH-CENTRIC MESSAGE BATTLES A BJP RELYING ON PM MODI'S APPEAL AND A MUCH DIMINISHED NITISH KUMAR