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The New Tata
Once a sprawling conglomerate of about a hundred companies, Tata Group is in the middle of a consolidation drive to become a future-ready, tech-savvy business group
The business of fashion week
It has been two years since we have had a full-blown fashion week and I have missed it, honestly. Just having much of the community under one roof at the same time, savouring the fruits of their labour and partaking of the excessive beauty of Indian fashion is truly an exciting space to be in.
COURAGE ON TAPE
Through her award-winning documentary, Kavitha Lankesh wants her sister Gauri’s voice to live on
Reimagining romance
How a theatre adaptation of Mughal-e-Azam recreates the magic of the classic film
Govinda is an OG
In keeping with his reputation of coming late to sets, Bollywood star Govinda made it to his seat across the aisle from me on a flight to Jaipur in the nick of time. We were meeting after decades, and it took me a while to recognise him minus his peach lip colour and brown eyeliner. His hair was sparser and he was several kilos lighter. But once he broke into a smile, every passenger on the packed flight knew who he was.
My top teams are India, Pakistan and Australia
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Brett Lee former Australian pacer
BAT, BALL AND BELIEF
Hardik Pandya has become the all-rounder India has always wanted him to be, in time for the T20 World Cup, and for other challenges ahead
A MATTER OF TIME
Limited-to-India watches—one telling indication of how luxury watchmakers are viewing India
NEW HOME RULES
The surge in demand for luxury homes was shaped by the pandemic
LUXE REDUX
2022 has been a phenomenal year for India’s luxury industry, thanks to the wealthy that went on a spending spree. The real story, however, is the spectacular rise of bridge brands and homegrown luxury labels
Forward march
The remarkable success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in poll-bound Karnataka has unnerved the BJP and re-energised the Congress
SHOW OF HANDS
After a hotly contested election with a predictable outcome, Mallikarjun Kharge faces the difficult task of engineering a Congress resurgence
Meeting Xi’s father
Xi Jinping is unlike any other princeling I knew in China. He was born in Beijing but he grew up in the countryside where he got brainwashed by Mao Zedong’s ideology. Today, he is the only second-generation princeling who can be called a modern-day Red Guard. It is the biggest qualification that sets him apart and could help him get a third term, if not life term, as president.
CORONATION PARTY
Xi Jinping’s ideology has emerged as the priority solution to China’s economic and security concerns. Foreign policy and military superiority, however, will remain major challenges for him
Defection and disaffection
Power tussles and the absence of a decisive leadership plague the BJP in West Bengal
Revisiting The China War 1962
When the 1962 war ended, not only had India been defeated, but also abandoned by the world. The Chinese victory was complete, while India's prestige was a shambles
Where is the outrage?
This past week, two events triggered different political and media responses in India’s capital. And what happened should give us pause. At a meet organised by the Vishwa Hindu
What the sari said
What a delight it was to see Congress leader Sonia Gandhi join her son Rahul for the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' Rahul was in Mandya district of the BJP-governed Karnataka on the 27th day of his padyatra across India.
Verse as weapon
Meena Kandasamy, who recently received Germany's Hermann Kesten Prize, says that her pen gives her psychological relief
Cruel intentions
The new true-crime series on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer does not offer anything new
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
Where can you find a tiger the size of 1,060 football fields or a ship on the iceberg where it was wrecked? Ask Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter
SKY ROCKETS!
Suryakumar Yadav is perhaps India's most important batter heading into the T20 World Cup
Behold, Lusail
The World Cup final is being hosted by a historic settlement turned futuristic city
Tours and travails
Visa delays in the UK are likely to hit the Indian tourism industry hard
Outreach and a breach
The death of 66 children in The Gambia is being attributed to Indian medicines. It does not augur well for India's strategic goals in Africa
HEALING THE HATE
A group of Asian Americans is fighting hate crimes by going beyond documenting violence and ensuring that the community's contributions get proper, visible representation
Global Headwinds May Hit India
India is unlikely to go into a recession, but it will not emerge unscathed if the world goes into one
Exclusive: Boy Wonder. Next Pele?
Endrick Felipe is a nice kid, a good son, and an extraordinary striker. Many believe he is football's next big thing, a worthy successor to the legendary Pelé. THE WEEK chases the boy and his story
An underdog can always spring a surprise
Shashi Tharoor admits that he is the underdog in the Congress presidential election. But, he is confident that while Mallikarjun Kharge, his opponent, might have the support of senior leaders he has the backing of the ordinary party worker.
BATTLE BEFORE BALLOT
With local body elections just a few months away, the faction feud in the Shiv Sena will only intensify