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EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD SCAM
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a fictional retelling of the stamp paper scam powered by Gagan Dev Riar's pitch-perfect turn
CONTAINING MULTITUDES
SIDDHARTHA DEB's The Light at the End of the World is a saga of continental proportions that travels effortlessly through time
History and its Discontents
Anjum Hasan's novel History's Angel tells a story that is deeply relevant for our times
High on Art
The first edition of Sa Ladakh-'the highest festival of land art in Asia'-put the spotlight on climate change and art praxis in a fragile setting
MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
Run as Slow as You Can is a surreal and stimulating exhibition at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai
Q+A - DREAM RUN
The critics may be frowning but Ayushmann Khurrana's Dream Girl 2 is yet another commercial success
THE POLITICAL CONTRACT
CONTRACTORS FEAR THE PROBE ORDERS AGAINST THE WORKS CLEARED BY THE BJP REGIME WILL FURTHER DELAY PAYMENTS
SHIFTING STRIPES
Tiger numbers in Maharashtra represent a roaring success of conservation efforts. The estimated number of big cats in the state in 2022 is 444-up from 312 in 2018 and 190 in 2014. The state has the fourth largest population of tigers after Madhya Pradesh (785), Karnataka (563) and Uttarakhand (560).
CAUGHT IN A SANDSTORM
THE TDP CLAIMS THAT UNDER YSRCP RULE, SAND MAFIA HAS EARNED NEARLY Rs 40,000 CRORE THROUGH ILLEGAL MINING IN THE STATE
CONVERGING INTERESTS
On August 26, three new ministers were inducted in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Two of them, Rajendra Shukla and Gauri Shankar Bisen, are senior MLAs, former ministers and Shivraj loyalists, so their new cabinet posts caused no surprise.
ONE-CLICK REPUBLIC
On September 1, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government appointed an eight-man committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind to examine and suggest the way forward for its One Nation, One Poll (ONOP) proposal.
The High Cost Of Cheap Drugs
For now, a medical row has been put to rest. The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory body guiding medical professionals, has put on hold its order requiring doctors to exclusively prescribe non-branded generic medicines to patients.
This G20 Reflects The Voice Of The Global South
India's G20 presidency is a watershed moment, with the country helping shape a number of global issues. As the central figure taking it forward this year, Prime Minister NARENDRA MODI has successfully ensured that India plays a pivotal role in addressing the concerns of the Global South. Just days before the G20 Leaders' Summit, the prime minister, in an exclusive interaction with our sister publication BUSINESS TODAY, spoke about the opportunity India has to help address areas of global concern.
The Moon Warriors
The men and women who made india’s lunar accomplishment possible by the sheer dint of their dedication, hard work and never-say-die attitude. They are a brilliant example of how to script success out of failure
PRINCESS DIARIES
Her first role in a Telugu film is Janhvi Kapoor's ode to her mother Sridevi
CELEBRATING CINEMA
AN INTRIGUING NEW CROP OF INDIAN FILMS DEBUTS AT THE 48TH TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SPOTLIGHT ON THE SELF
GALLERY THRESHOLD MARKS ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH REFLECTING THE SELF, AN AMBITIOUS GROUP SHOW THAT TURNS THE GAZE INWARDS
KEEPING IT COOL
Sitar maestro PURBAYAN CHATTERJEE set out to show that classical music can be cool and now has a transparent 'see-tar' to prove it
LIVING HERITAGE
Kathika, a new museum and cultural hub occupying two restored havelis in Old Delhi, is a great example of adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
The Road Less Travelled
Singer AP Dhillon's offbeat route to stardom is documented in a new Amazon Prime series, First of a Kind
The Plots Thicken
Strap on your seatbelt, because Kunal Basu's Filmi Stories is a racy and rollicking read
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Avijit Ghosh's ode to 1980s Hindi cinema reassesses an unfairly maligned decade that was more dynamic than we realise
PORTRAIT OF A STAR
SHUBHRA GUPTA'S IRRFAN: A LIFE IN MOVIES IS A COLLECTION OF CONVERSATIONS WITH IRRFAN KHAN'S CLOSE ASSOCIATES
BACK TO NATURE
Moved by the environmental degradation around them, a growing tribe of professionals is leaving behind the urban life and seeking purpose in this form of farming in the hinterlands of India
MADE IN HEAVEN
Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, Jayant Digambar Somalkar's first Marathi feature film, Sthal, examines the fraught dynamics of arranged marriages
GEHLOT'S OBC GOOGLY
Caste and politics make for inseparable bedfellows, and it never gets more conspicuous than when elections are around the corner.
THE BLESSED GO TO BHOPAL
In poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, godmen and politicians are natural allies. Several prominent leaders from both the BJP and Congress are deploying babas of various hues to rally the faithful to their electoral cause.
INDIA'S NEW SPACE AMBITIONS
AFTER THE CHANDRAYAAN TRIUMPH, ISRO IS NOW EYEING THE SUN, VENUS AND A MANNED SPACEFLIGHT. MEANWHILE, INDIA'S FLEDGLING PRIVATE SPACE INDUSTRY IS RARING FOR A PIECE OF THE PIE
THE KURMI FACTOR
It all started last September after Janata Dal (United) president Lalan Singh said in an interview that the people of Uttar Pradesh wanted Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to champion their cause in the Lok Sabha.
Sleaze, Suicide and a Job Scam
The suicide of a woman BJP leader in Assam has snowballed into a major \"cash-for-jobs scam\", which resulted in the arrest of five individuals, all linked to the saffron party.