THE WEEK India - August 06, 2023

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Exclusive interview: From bridges and expressways to e-rickshaws and flex-fuel vehicles, Gadkari has done it all in the past nine years.

Also, Kapil Dev speaks exclusively to THE WEEK on current Indian cricketers, the IPL, and India's chances at the 2023 ODI World Cup.

In Manipur, Kuki women don't want to work with Meitei women to restore normalcy.

Free HEALTH supplement, too, with the latest issue now on stands.

Mystery of the red diary

The 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Don had an edge-of-the-seat stunt scene set in a Christian cemetery, where the villains try to snatch a red diary from the hero. The diary, we are told, contains the names of all the baddies inhabiting Mumbai’s underworld.

2 mins

His Way, The Highway

From bridges, tunnels and expressways to e-rickshaws and flex-fuel vehicles, Nitin Gadkari has been busy delivering on his promises in the past nine years. As elections draw near, the BJP is relying as much on Gadkari's achievements as on Modi's popularity

8 mins

OPPOSITION UNITING BECAUSE BJP IS TOO STRONG TO BE DEFEATED

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - NITIN GADKARI MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

8 mins

Tales of terror

Kuki women refuse to work with Meitei women to restore peace in Manipur

6 mins

Fix accountability in Manipur

Accountability or being responsible for one’s actions, of being answerable, are basic tenets, not just of a democracy, but any civilised society. In the absence of accountability, chaos, anarchy and injustice will follow. And those in positions of power may misuse their authority in any way they please.

2 mins

Forgiving spirit

Accepting THE WEEK's apology, Bajrang Dal leader decides to withdraw case against the magazine

2 mins

You Don't Have To Be A Mahatma Gandhi In Cricket

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kapil Dev

10+ mins

UCC and the Rajiv precedent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the highly controversial issue of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is obviously a dog whistle aimed at rallying the faithful to his standard divisive agenda on the eve of the general elections scheduled for 2024, when the INDIA alliance threatens to derail his long run of electoral victories.

2 mins

Green warriors

China might be way ahead in the green energy gold rush, but a clutch of big-dreaming innovators could well be India’s ace in the hole

9 mins

SPOTTED NEIGHBOURS

Amid increasing reports of man-animal conflict, Bera village in Rajasthan boasts a unique bond between leopards and humans

3 mins

THE DISAPPEARING ACT

Tillotama Shome belongs to that rare breed of contemporary method actors who vanish into their characters

4 mins

Portrait of an island

S.N. Sreeprakash’s paintings are a remarkable portrayal of the tribal life of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

2 mins

THE INVENTION OF INDIA

A new book examines the men, motives and labyrinthine plots that shaped the Indian Union

4 mins

Clothing, in a state of undress

Even as the video of two stripped-bare women from Manipur went viral, one is reminded again of how wars are constantly fought by men abusing the bodies of women. Rape and sexual violence is a centuries-old war crime, the conflict between men is always played out on its women, too.

2 mins

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