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Backseat Drivers

At stake is not just one LS seat, the results will also reveal who has maximum clout among the Gorkhas - Bimal Gurung, Anit Thapa or Ajoy Edwards

BJP EYES A HAT TRICK OF SWEEPS

BEYOND PM MODI'S POPULARITY, A WELL-OILED GOVERNMENT AND PARTY MACHINERY HAS CEMENTED THE PARTY'S INVINCIBILITY IN GUJARAT

AAMCHI ENGLISH

You'd think its history of language politics would have nixed such a possibility.

SULTANS OF AASMAN

It's harvest season for India's charter flight operators, as eager candidates hop on to rented choppers and small aircraft with sky-high ambitions.

Music to OUR EARS

After signing a record deal with Warner Music Group, Nora Fatehi sets her sights on being a global pop star

Rebel with a CAUSE

A retrospective of revolutionary artist Gobardhan Ash showcases four decades of his practice at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity

HYBRID FORMS

Mythic Femininities at DAG Delhi brings together a well-chosen crosssection of the late GOGI SAROJ PAL'S large body of work

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

JAI MEHTA makes his directorial debut with Disney+ Hotstar's web series Lootere

MAN OF MANY PARTS

Pratik Gandhi's transition from theatre and Gujarati cinema to mainstream Bollywood is an inspirational tale

THE DUNKI REPUBLIC

Rivers flowing down from the Himalayan massifs are known to have fickle habits-they curl about, meander and, if they stray far enough, get captured by bigger river systems.

A SENSE OF DEPRIVATION

As the Uddhav Sena gets a lion's share in the MVA seat-sharing deal, discontent brews within Congress ranks over the leadership conceding three key seats

Kshatriyas Declare War on Rupala

The minister's appeasement of Dalits has upset the warrior class, who want his candidature withdrawn or they will stir trouble for the BJP in all 26 seats

KURMIS TAKE A STAND

Unhappy with the state and Centre for not granting them ST status, the community will fight independently in several seats they helped the BJP win in 2019

ADVANTAGE CONGRESS

AN INCREASINGLY INTENSE CONGRESS-BJP FIGHT IS PUSHING AN ALREADY BRUISED BRS TO THE SIDELINES

ON A KNIFE-EDGE

YSRCP CHIEF JAGAN REDDY AND HIS TDP COUNTERPART CHANDRABABU NAIDU ARE LOCKED IN A KEEN CONTEST. THE LATTER'S NDA ALLIANCE ALSO STANDS IN THE WAY OF THE ANDHRA CM'S DREAMS OF A SECOND TERM IN POWER IN TWIN POLLS

BATTLE OF THE GUARANTEES

A RESURGENT CONGRESS UNDER CM SIDDARAMAIAH IS RELYING ON ITS WELFARE GUARANTEES TO NEUTRALISE PM NARENDRA MODI'S CHARISMA AND THE IMPACT OF HIS FLAGSHIP SCHEMES

THE RIFT OF THE GAB

AS SHASHI THAROOR LOOKS TO MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW FOR THE CONGRESS IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, THE BJP'S RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR COULD WELL SPRING A SURPRISE

REWRITING THE KERALA STORY

THE CONGRESS HOLDING ON TO ONE OF ITS LAST BASTIONS, THE LEFT LOOKING FOR RESURRECTION AND THE BJP SEARCHING FOR A BREACH IN THE WALLS. WHICH WAY WILL KERALA TURN?

A SINGHAM IN SAFFRON

FORMER IPS OFFICER ANNAMALAI IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE BJP THE PRIME CHALLENGER IN TAMIL NADU. THE BATTLE FOR THE COIMBATORE LOK SABHA SEAT IS SETTING THE TEMPLATE

A FORMIDABLE FRONT

THE DMK-LED ALLIANCE IS LOOKING TO REPEAT ITS 2019 LOK SABHA SWEEP IN TAMIL NADU. THE AIADMK AND BJP FIGHTING THE ELECTION SEPARATELY SHOULD AID ITS CAUSE, BUT THERE COULD BE SURPRISES IN STORE

CAN BJP STORM THE SOUTH?

CRUCIAL TO ITS GRAND AMBITION OF 400-PLUS SEATS, THE PARTY GOES ON A WAR FOOTING IN THE FIVE SOUTHERN STATES. BUT WITH EACH STRONGHOLD POSING A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE, IT IS A TASK EASIER SET THAN DONE

MAKING A PERFECT SCORE BETTER

WITH TWO PREVIOUS CLEAN SWEEPS, THE BJP SITS PRETTY IN UTTARAKHAND. THE CHALLENGE BEFORE IT IS TO WIN BY EVEN BIGGER MARGINS

Can I.N.D.I.A.Topple Modi?

The Odds Seem Heavily Stacked Against Them, But A Concerted Strategy And Narrative Can Help The Opposition Limit The BJP's Outsized Ambitions

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

The courtroom drama Patna Shuklla is actor Raveena Tandon's way of highlighting burning social issues

WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE

PART TRAVELOGUE AND PART INQUIRY, STEPHEN ALTER'S THE COBRA'S GAZE URGES INDIANS TO CONNECT DEEPER WITH NATURE AMIDST OUR ONGOING WAR AGAINST WILDLIFE

Nature Above All

The effortless grace with which Ganesh Haloi switched from masterly figurative studies dating back to the late 1960s to rendering mindscapes reflecting his communion with nature is vividly expressed in an eyeopening exhibition.

BREAKING THE MOULD

ACTOR GULSHAN DEVAIAH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LITTLE THOMAS, A SLICE-OF-LIFE FILM THAT TAKES HIM AWAY FROM THE DARK CHARACTERS HE HAS BEEN PLAYING

A STEALTHY LETHAL FORCE

The Cabinet Committee on Security has flagged off the prototype development and testing stage of India's indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter jet, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). Slated to be in production from 2035, it would make the IAF battle-ready for the future

NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT

Amidst furore over non-payment of NREGA funds to Bengal due to alleged corruption, central data purportedly shows almost all job cards in the state to be genuine

GROUND FLEET

Jagan side-steps EC fiat against his 'army' of ward and village volunteers, gets them to disburse pensions