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AN ELITE INDIAN INVASION

THE STEADY MIGRATION OF INDIAN academics and other professionals to the West is in its eighth decade.

INDIA ON MANY CANVASES

FROM SOFT POWER to hard cash, high design to high finance, the upper echelons of the arts in India as elsewhere in the worldcrackle with the tension between material success and triumphs of imagination.

THE GAME CHANGERS

IN SPORTS, AS in life, highs and lows are part of the package. For the disappointment of the ODI World Cup final last November, there was the sterling victory in the T20 World Cup this June, a grand moment of redemption for many who were part of the earlier misadventure.

DREAM CONTENT

We LIVE IN a world where entertainment is our bugbear and our salvation.

MENTORS AND GUIDES

WORDS, WISDOM AND WIT ARE THE TOOLS OF THEIR TRADE. And social media their big worldwide stage.

THE DYNAMIC DISRUPTORS

IN THE BUSTLING arena of Indian entrepreneurship, a new breed of innovators is rewriting the rules of business, technology and social impact even as there are a few veterans who are still going strong.

BETTER THAN THE BEST

IT IS THE PRECISION OF A SURGEON'S SCALPEL that is the hallmark of professional skill, but it is not doctors alone who use it.

LODESTARS OF THEIR OWN SKY

YOU HAVE TWO FORMS OF greatness. There are those who acquire more lustre and I power than their peers.

BOARDROOM BEACONS

DISRUPT OR BE DISRUPTED.

PORTRAITS FRAMED IN STEEL

IT HAS LONG been recognised that while iconic figures stride across the political field talking of big change, it is the bureaucracy whose work endures.

New Target Of Terror

On October 20, as dusk fell in the Gagangir area of central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, terrorists opened fire on workers returning to their camp from the Z-Morh tunnel construction site, killing six of them as well as a doctor, and injuring several others.

History Reset In Dhaka

When the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus took over a violence-stricken Bangladesh on August 8, it promised state reforms.

The Maha Battle For Survival

Maharashtra Is The Big Prize. With Six Parties, Two Major Alliances, It Is Looking At A Never-before Assembly Poll That May Send Two Regional Formations Into Oblivion, Crown Two Other Kings And Have National Political Repercussions

Dating Updated

With millennials and Gen Z complaining of dating app burnout, new features and safety hacks are being rolled out to lure them back

Warp & Weft of History

British journalist Mishal Husain's Broken Threads is a rare mix of research and storytelling, making it a great read for anyone who wants to understand the history of South Asia's present

Love in a Time of War

Rana Safvi, one of India's foremost narrative historians, has written her debut novel

REVOLUTION ON THE ROOFTOP

THE GOVERNMENT'S ROOFTOP SOLAR PLANS FINALLY TAKE OFF AS 12 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS REGISTER FOR THE PM-SURYA GHAR: MUFT BIJLI YOJANA. NOT ONLY WILL IT MEAN SAVINGS FOR HOUSEHOLDS, IT WILL ALSO TAKE THE COUNTRY ONE STEP CLOSER TO MEETING ITS RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS

COMEDY of TERRORS

Anees Bazmee's upcoming Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 looks set to capitalise on the current popularity of the horror-comedy genre

OPERATION MESS-UP

A US COURT'S INDICTMENT OF A FORMER RAW AGENT ALLEGEDLY BEHIND THE PLOT TO ELIMINATE A KHALISTANI LEADER IS A NARRATIVE OF A BOTCHED OPERATION. ALSO AT STAKE IS THE FUTURE OF INDIA-US INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION

CAUGHT IN THE POLITICAL CROSSFIRE

SEVERAL FLAGSHIP PROJECTS FROM THE SAMAJWADI PARTY ERA, INCLUDING IN YADAV REDOUBT SAIFAI, REMAIN UNFINISHED. FUNDING SHORTAGES AND CORRUPTION PROBES ARE CITED AS REASONS, BUT OPPOSITION IS ANGRY

WOOING THE TRIBAL HEART

THE BJP WILL HAVE TO WORK HARD TO DISLODGE THE JMM'S NATURAL ADVANTAGE AMONG THE TRIBALS IN THE STATE AND RELY ON THE DEVELOPMENT NARRATIVE TO WREST THE STATE BACK FROM ITS RIVALS

Action-Packed Desi Spin-off

The filmmaker duo Raj & DK are back with Citadel: Honey Bunny, the Indian edition of Amazon Prime Video's global franchise

WORLD COMES TO INDIA

CONCERT SEASON IS HERE, AND INDIAN MUSIC LOVERS ARE IN FOR A TREAT, WITH MUSIC FESTIVALS FEATURING A HOST OF INTERNATIONAL ACTS

Legendary Act

Rock band Extreme is headlining the Bandland music festival in Bengaluru this November

PLAY TO THE GALLERY

Gallery Art Exposure's second outpost on Kolkata's Lake View Road looks to encourage the creation of a gallery ecosystem in the city

Palace of Fine Arts

The soon-to-open Jaipur Art Centre could bring its setting, the City Palace, back into the cultural life of the city

THE MINISTER PROVOCATEUR

Known for shooting from the hip rather too often, Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar again finds himself embroiled in controversy, this time over his remarks about the attire of teachers.

PRIYANKA'S CHARM OFFENSIVE

Wayanad welcomed Congress candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on October 23 with music and dance, her fans, young and old, stepping to the tune of the drums.

CELEBRATING THE SHE POWER

Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year awards fete 18 trailblazers and their accomplishments

TO GROUND THE FLYING HOAXES

In response to a surge of false bomb threats-over 100 in recent days-that have hit India's aviation sector hard, the government is poised to implement some of the most stringent penalties in the industry's history.