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TROUBLE@PAYTM
ANALYSTS DO NOT SEE A NEAR-TERM SOLUTION TO PAYTM’S PROBLEMS, AS RBI HAS FOUND LAPSES AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE IT AUDIT
AN ILL WIND OVER A CITY'S HERITAGE
ONE YEAR SHY OF A CENTURY, THE HERITAGE STRUCTURE - AN EXEMPLAR OF INDO-SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE - WAS KEPT BEREFT OF FUNDS FOR UPKEEP
THE ODIA RENAISSANCE
A NEW KEYBOARD DEBUTED FOR CHILDREN TO FACILITATE THE USE OF ODIA IN DIGITAL FORMATS
THE LONG FIGHT BEFORE JMM
THE BJP IS RELYING ON A NARRATIVE OF CORRUPTION AGAINST JMM TO STOP A POTENTIAL TRIBAL BACKLASH
THE CODE IN UNIFORM
With just weeks to go before the general election is announced, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami believes he has handed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party, the BJP, a political plank to push further the pro-Hindutva narrative.
What Lies Beneath
Two odes to our neverending affair with carpets
IN SEARCH OF A GOOD RIFLE
It is an interesting conundrum: how is it that India, with some of the most capable rocketry and ballistic missile programmes in the world, does not have an indigenously designed, world-class assault rifle-the infantryman's basic weapon.
'RUG'GED TALES
After traversing the Silk Route through 'Bukhara'-an exhibition that turned the spotlight on textiles like Suzani, and carpets and techniques unique to Central Asia in the 19th-century founders of Shades of India, David and Mandeep Housego, have returned with a new showcase at Delhi's sprawling National Crafts Museum.
CONFIDENCE IN CONTINUITY
No one expected Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to make big-ticket announcements in the interim budget for 2024-25 she presented on February 1, considering the general election is just three months away.
OLD IS GOLD
Winning the Australian Open at 43, Rohan Bopanna has become the oldest player ever to win a slam or to hold a No. 1 ranking
For ART FAIR
The 15th edition of the India Art Fair has many new exhibitors and even a collectible design section
PRISON DIARY
From Phansi Yard recounts Sudha Bharadwaj's time at Yerawada Jail and paints a poignant portrait of her fellow inmates
Great Snakes!
Herpetologist and conservationist Romulus Whitaker has penned the first volume of his autobiography-Snakes, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: My Early Years-and it's a rambunctious read
WHY NITISH SWITCHED AGAIN
GIVING UP ON I.N.D.1.A., THE JD(U) CHIEF DOES A VOLTE FACE TO GET BACK WITH THE BJP. IS THIS ANOTHER WINNING MOVE OR HAS THE MASTER OF U-TURNS LOST HIS WAY?
Double-engine Juggernaut
The Eastern River Canal is now part of a more ambitious river-linking project between Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
JUSTICE VERSUS JUSTICE
The Calcutta High Court was the site of recent judicial turbulence, forcing top judges of the Supreme Court to step in and restore some order.
Interstellar Story
Samit Basu's latest novel-The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport-is a sci-fi take on the Aladdin story
Arrested, But Not Cornered
Hemant Soren had seen the writing on the wall. Before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested him on the night of January 31 for alleged money laundering related to the purported possession of a plot of land in Ranchi, the Jharkhand CM had finalized the course of post-crisis political action.
HOMEGROWN DYSTOPIA
Animator Ishan Shukla's 103-minute-long film Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust, which premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, features an impressive global voice cast
A DOSE OF REALITY
NON-FICTION SHOWS ARE BEGINNING TO FIND AN AUDIENCE IN INDIA, ENCOURAGING STREAMING PLATFORMS TO BROADEN THEIR PROGRAMMING SLATE
REVANTH REDDY REVS AHEAD
Change and continuity were the two concerns the Congress had in Telangana as Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy took charge on December 7. The new CM faces three principal challenges—implementing the party’s pre-poll promises, getting the state back on the fast track economically and ensuring the party wins at least half of the state’s 17 Lok Sabha seats in the general election in May.
RETURN OF MILITANCY
In the Manipur of today, ethnically riven as it is between two warring communities—the Meiteis and the Kukis—facts have become stranger than fiction.
Infosys: A Love Story
AN INSPIRING BIOGRAPHY THAT CHARTS THE EARLY YEARS OF THE MURTHYS' RELATIONSHIP-AND OF INFOSYS
WHEN GREEN SEES RED
Ecologist Madhav Gadgil's seventh book, A Walk Up the Hill is a chronicle of his life and times in a nation at odds with its environment
I.N.D.I.A. FALLS APART
THE GRAND ALLIANCE OF 27 PARTIES COLLAPSES AS NITISH RETURNS TO THE BJP, MAMATA DECIDES TO GO SOLO IN BENGAL AND OTHER PARTIES REFUSE TO PLAY BALL WITH THE CONGRESS. HOW WILL IT IMPACT THE OUTCOME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION?
A STORM CALLED JARANGE-PATIL
The political arena in Maharashtra is witnessing a seismic shift, triggered by a catalyst called Manoj JarangePatil. The relatively obscure activist shot into the limelight in September 2023, during a lathicharge incident in Jalna district, where he was staging a fast unto death while advocating quotas for his community-the Marathas.
Bucket List Bounty
Soul-stirring, mind-altering travel is all about the journey, they say, and seldom focussed around the destination, but here is the Spice order of the travel universe that may just knock that theory out of water.
The German Chariot
The 2024 Mercedes GLS epitomises the ultimate combination of luxury and functionality
HELLO HEMINGWAY!
Cuba's vibrant Caribbean dream, from the rum soaked, fragrant leaf indulgence to its smoking hot cultural vibe.
Tech Talk
Personal, fashionable and immersive, gear up for technology that will change the way you live, sleep and eat.