CATEGORIES

Guru Cool

Spirituality goes trendy as its practitioners take to social media to reach out to angstridden Gen Z. But do they succeed in teaching them anything deeper than the latest mumbo-jumbo?

8 mins |

Art by the People

The Shilp Deergha gallery at the new Parliament building celebrates the crafts traditions of India

HINDUTVA WITH A BENGALI ACCENT

AHEAD OF THE 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, THE BJP IS TRYING A NEW TACTIC TO WIN OVER BENGAL-COOPTING THEMES NATIVE TO THE STATE, RESUSCITATING HALF-FORGOTTEN TEMPLES AND REIMAGINING 'ANCIENT' PILGRIMAGES

7 mins |

LEST WE FORGET

Apart from invaluable eyewitness accounts, New Delhi’s Partition Museum also links the historic calamity with the city’s evolution

NO CHILD'S PLAY

Actor Nimrat Kaur is back in a web series with School of Lies on Disney+ Hotstar

POLITICS WITH A HINT OF ROYALTY

SAMBHAJIRAJE WILL HAVE TO CREATE ROOM IN MAHARASHTRA’S CROWDED POLITICAL FIELD

4 mins |

FACT AND FICN IN BIHAR

On the night of May 22, the police in Patna got a tip-off that liquor was being sold out of a flat in Rajaram Apartments in the posh Srikrishna Puri locality. Bihar being a ‘dry state’, the cops quickly arranged a late-night swoop. The raid yielded a lot more than a few liquor bottles—there was Rs 1.8 lakh in counterfeit currency (in Rs 500 and Rs 200 denominations) and banknotes printed on paper sheets, ready to be cut out and circulated. A full counterfeit cottage industry, in fact: printers, paper sheets, a cutting machine and laptop.

KCR PLOTS ANOTHER PINK WAVE

A DIVIDED OPPOSITION AND THE LACK OF A STRONG ANTIINCUMBENCY WAVE ARE THE BIGGEST PLUSES IN THE TELANGANA CM'S BID FOR A THIRD TERM

5 mins |

Taking India To The World

Exports are already at a record high, and new trade agreements could give it a further boost. But a slowing global economy is cause for worry

No Child's Play

The government has taken several steps for the welfare of women and children, but the real challenges run deeper

Sleepy Hollow

Cloaked as a suspenseful mystery, Anupama Mohan's debut novel is more concerned with metaphysical matters

FEMMES FATALE

Mariticide as a fast-track fix to may be wishful thinking, but Parini Shroff doesn't let it get in the way of a good story patriarchy

AUTUMN SONATA

Sound advice from Ruskin Bond on how to live a good life, especially in the twilight years

A Force Of The Future

Keeping the Chinese at bay, streamlining and modernising the armed forces, fortifying defence infrastructure and building self-reliance...it has been a long and demanding to-do list

Bold And Brave

Faced with a polycrisis, Narendra Modi pushed through daring reforms to weather the storm. But the challenge is to stay the course

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Water Vows

The Jal Jeevan Mission has made a commendable effort in trying to ease India's water woes and get functional tap connections to rural households. Much work remains in other projects

Mixed Signals

The aim to widen the broadcast coverage is commendable, but the ministry has to shed its 'controller' image

A Thinner Canopy

India has set ambitious environmental goals for itself. But achieving them will require more than just conviction

Restoring Balance

The new minister has his work cut out-iron out differences with the judiciary, strengthen judicial infrastructure and help reduce case pendency

Wiring Up the Nation

Speedy building of infrastructure and a push for indigenous production of telecom equipment have remained a key thrust

Reaching for the Stars

The ministry has pushed collaborations, be it private sector in space, PSUs for N-power stations or scientific research

ENSURING WELLNESS

Post-Covid, the health ministry has not rested on its laurels but has actively pursued the priorities that were derailed by the pandemic

Healthy Progress

Ayush remains close to the government's heart as it works towards reform in education and regulation

BHARAT TO THE FORE

When it comes to scheme saturation, work continues apace, but the absence of an implementation model mars all good intentions

FIELDING QUESTIONS

The ministry has had a tough time pushing reform and achieving its aim of improving farmers' incomes

Giving Them Credit

The sector will need some more hand-holding as it strains to recover from the effects of Covid-19 and the Ukraine war

GOING GREEN

It is time to phase out the support to electric vehicle makers as sustainable mobility gathers pace

Coal Comfort

After the scare last year, coal production and supply have stabilised; liberalisation has removed the key bottlenecks

Picking Up Steam

Criticised for electricity woes last summer, the power ministry left nothing to chance this year