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Rajpath decolonised; Raj Bhavans?

We stop singing 'Abide with Me' at Beating Retreat, we abandon the British-built Parliament house, we re-name old roads, we govern more in Hindi than in English.

BRAMOS The Weapon Of Choice

Q1. BrahMos Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (BAPL) has enhanced manifold the firepower to India’s defence capabilities, and you have been associated with the making of this deadly weapon right from the time the Indo-Russian JV was signed. Could share your experiences in the journey in the making of the missile?

Air India - Mind Your P's

Air India needs rigorous training and a cultural transformation to shed its natural sloth

Nature Warns: People Forget

We need new, small and smart townships to ease the pressure from centres like Joshimath

Return of a fashion god

Just as we were recouping from Covid-19’s first assault, The New York Times broke a story that no one saw coming: ‘Indian Designer Manish Arora’s Downfall’.

Battle of the titled

Prince Harry’s memoir is not the bombshell that it was hyped to be

STRINGING ALONG TO SUCCESS

Composer Simon Fransquet, who recently worked on his first Hindi film, wants his music to travel the world

TRUE TO CHARACTER

At 59, actor Sanjay Mishra, with his easy portrayal of distinct roles, has finally arrived

KINGS IN UNIFORM

Hkinn's photographs from Myanmar showcase the impact of military rule in her country

SEASON OF RECKONING

As Tamil Nadu welcomes the jallikattu season, the legal battle around the controversial sport is nearing conclusion

There are constraints to EV adoption in India

INTERVIEW Shashank Srivastava, senior executive officer, Maruti Suzuki

THE ROAD AHEAD...

…is full of electric vehicles, if you go by the latest edition of Auto Expo; but there may be surprises in store

Game on!

Odisha builds another world-class hockey stadium in Rourkela

A CUP FULL OF HOPE

India will look to build on its bronze-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics, but it will not be an easy task

Atmanirbharta in defence is the way forward

On July 18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the aptly named SPRINT challenges for the Indian industry—the initiative envisages induction of niche technology in an accelerated timeframe.

Five to six fighter squadrons must be inducted in shorter time frames

INTERVIEW AIR CHIEF MARSHAL VIVEK RAM CHAUDHARI CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF

Navy aiming for a balanced 'force mix'

INTERVIEW ADMIRAL R. HARI KUMAR CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF

GOING GREAT GUNS

As a response to the belligerence of Pakistan and lately China, a military-industrial complex seems to be fast taking shape in India. The past few years have seen private firms in the defence sector-leading innovation and indigenisation

The real toll of Kashmiri Pandits

The truth has a curious way of eventually emerg-ing. Since 1990—that is for the last 33 years—the BJP has consistently maintained that the “targeted attacks” on Kashmiri Pandits since militancy began in January 1990 was communal and designed to drive non-Muslims out of the Kashmir valley.

Safety first

After being targeted by the BJP, the JD(S) and detractors within the Congress, Siddaramaiah is eyeing a 'safe seat' to keep his chief ministerial dreams alive

BJP HAS NO LINKS TO CHHATTISGARH'S ROOTS

INTERVIEW BHUPESH BAGHEL chief minister, Chhattisgarh

POWER PLAY

Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel lines up a potent combination of religion, tradition and welfarism to keep the BJP at bay and win a second consecutive term at the helm

Pelé - God's Own Player

If football is the beautiful game, then Pelé was the beautiful player. Arguably the best ever, the Brazilian artist was much more than what he did on the field. After his death at age 82, THE WEEK looks at the legacy he leaves behind

WIDE-ANGLE SHOT

Excelling on both sides of the camera, this Malayalam actordirector is becoming a formidable presence in cinema

Politics of a punk queen

Before Alexander McQueen—that brilliant, subversive, iconoclastic British designer—there was Vivienne Westwood. All the adjectives that apply to him fit Westwood as well, perhaps even better since she lived until 81, while he died young in 2010, at the age of 40.

REVENGE, SERVED RIGHT

Heist is at the heart of Kaleidoscope, but there is so much more

SENSE AND SENSITIVITY

Conflicted between the purity of the art and commercial obligations, Babil Khan just wants to make people laugh and remain happy

In awe, in Vegas

It was late October, 1994. I was at a Cuban restaurant in an open mall off Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. I looked up from my conversation and noticed other customers becoming excited almost one by one and suddenly rushing to surround someone I could not see. The restaurant was not full, it was not dinnertime, but there was definitely something going on. Everyone else had stopped eating.

Harbinger of change

Pelé represented human possibility not just on the individual and collective level, not just economically and politically, but in a certain sense even spiritually

Virtue of The King

When Max Prado met Pelé, he invited him home, and the \"humble and uncomplicated\" great actually showed up