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Double engine falters
The road ahead for the BJP after the Karnataka loss
Cease to seize
When Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar paused their battle to win the war
MMRDA: Rebooting Mumbai
Mumbai—the city that never sleeps. But behind the fast-paced lifestyle and the bustling energy is the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA), working tirelessly to keep the city moving and progressing towards a better future.
Rajkumar Charles To King Charles
Now that the coronation tamasha is behind us, let us examine the mockery of monarchy in today’s aggressive social media times, and say it like it is
Modi Package Connects
The Narendra Modi-led BJP government will complete nine years on May 30. It has been close to a decade that the government has been working extremely hard to bring meaningful changes in the lives of people
I Am Not At All Tense About The Supreme Court Verdict; We Have The Majority
Eknath Shinde, chief minister, Maharashtra
Vedic vote
The Ashok Gehlot government is wooing the Hindu voter; now with the expansion of Ved Vidyalayas
BREAKING BAD
The ethnic riots in Manipur, which started nears the Myanmar border, could turn into one of India's biggest national security challenges
SUN SETS ON AN EXQUISITE CRAFT
For centuries, Malabar brass hookahs adorned Arabian royal courts
IN HER ZONE
Rasika Dugal, an actor of versatile expressions and expressive silences, on her career and her craft
Will normalise the situation in a week
The Manipur government has appointed Kuldiep Singh, former chief of the Central Reserve Police Force, as security adviser to contain the spiralling violence in the state and to liaise with the Union home ministry
Those who hold up the sky
AROUND EASTER IN April 2023, on Holocaust Remembrance Day, six-year-old Taras and his mother, Daryna, went to visit his father’s grave, near Hostomel
Skipper on a sticky wicket
As the government and the army team up against Imran Khan, it is a battle for survival for him and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party
Universities that do not make students employable will atrophy
Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy has commented regularly on the state of education in India
MISSION: INTERNATIONAL
India's best universities are going all out to make up ground on global leaders
The rebel gets real
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is going all out to prove that he is better than predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, even as he awaits the Supreme Court verdict in cases linked to his rebellion
The Art Of Balancing
With her pathbreaking initiatives in arts, sports, education and health, Nita Ambani is changing the public perception of the Ambani empire
I Want To Represent The Youth Of Our Country
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Nita Ambani founder and chairperson, Reliance Foundation | As founder of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, she wants to make art accessible to all Indians; as an IOC member, she wants to bring the Olympics to India; and as a mother and grandmother, she wants to pass on humility and traditional values to her children
Lagerfeld's borrowed legacy
Now that the biggest fashion event in the world—The Met Gala—is over, it is time to take stock of its theme, Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty.
My meal, your revdi
It is raining freebies in Karnataka. The Congress is promising 10 kilos of rice or wheat every month to the poor, 200 units of power, ₹2,000 to every female family head, ₹1,500 to every jobless diploma holder, and ₹3,000 to every jobless graduate.
PAWAR PLAY
By announcing his resignation as NCP chief, Sharad Pawar ensures Maharashtra politics will continue to revolve around him. It also leaves the door open for a possible alliance with BJP
Diminishing the Mughal period
The National Council of Educational Research and Training claims to have “balanced” the burden on 12th class school children by substantially reducing their learning and understanding of the Mughal legacy.
Twist in the tale
The BJP targets Stalin with a series of corruption charges and browbeats the AIADMK into an alliance. Will it help?
EPIC WORK
Mani Ratnam’s work complements the book, says Ponniyin Selvan’s translator Nandini Krishnan
The celluloid sorcerer
No one could conjure the world of Ponniyin Selvan quite like Mani Ratnam
Hide and tell
Binoy Karamen’s visual-less Blindfold is an ambitious storytelling experiment that immerses viewers in the unseen world of sound
Royal foibles
Here comes the king… and his leather-covered toilet seat
Bridging the gulf
Excerpts from a new biography on King Charles III
Wot, no Charles?
Why English royalty has avoided the name
Healing spot
Charles and Camilla’s holistic connect with a wellness centre in Bengaluru