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Honour to the Hilt
On the 80th anniversary of the royal armoury, Shree Pratap Shastragar, at Lakshmi Vilas Palace, Spice brings you the stories behind the exquisite craftsmanship of their sword collection.
Home Sweet Hub
The pandemic has renewed focus on gadgets. From movies to music, these tech devices are all about providing the ultimate entertainment experience.
Exclusive is the new Reclusive
Inside tales from a weekend spent in the storied confines of Jaipur’s City Palace, in what is arguably one of India’s most exclusive ‘royal’ experiences.
WOOING THE BRAHMIN VOTER
WHY POLITICAL PARTIES ARE CLAMOURING FOR THE COMMUNITY’S SUPPORT IN UTTAR PRADESH
UPLOADING THE ASANA
With Covid having forced yoga practitioners to rely on social media and online tutorials, this year’s National Yoga Day will first be celebrated on Zoom and Instagram
Bureaucracy: A Matter Of Propreity
Adhering to norms and protocols is the only way civil servants can protect themselves from political pressures
Medical Insurance - The Cover With A Hole
The rejection of their health insurance claims has landed many Covid patients and their families in dire financial straits
How To Win Over The Biggest Votebank
On June 2, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar announced 33 per cent reservations for women in the state’s medical and engineering colleges, marking another watershed in his determined push to empower women in a state where patriarchal mores have held sway.
The Perils Of Long Covid
Doctors warn of the dangers of a lingering post-Covid syndrome that puts patients at risk long after the virus has left their body
The Minority Report
CITIZENSHIP
THE SIZE OF DEVOTION
KCR’s extravagant bid to outdo the Tirumala shrine, in a grand display of competitive religiosity, will cost the state Rs 1,800 crore
PUNJAB'S D-FACTOR
DALIT VOTERS
A NEW RAY OF HOPE?
JAMMU & KASHMIR
A TRIANGULAR POWER TUSSLE
Differences between top leaders of the AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) have been sharpening ever since the party’s assembly election debacle in April.
The Battle For Online Privacy
The new IT rules have led to a face-off between the union government and social media giants. But amid all the furore, have user rights become the biggest casualty?
How Safe Are Your Kids?
While the elderly remain a priority for covid care and vaccination, the risk of infections in young children may have been overlooked
Can Inoculate Its India's 900 Million Adult Population By December 31?
Battered by the second wave of covid-19, the government recalibrates its vaccination strategy in the hope of inoculating india’s 900 million adult population by december 31. How realistic is this target?
In the Rearview Mirror
AS INDIA DRIVES ON TO BECOME ONE OF THE LARGEST AUTOMOTIVE MARKETS IN THE WORLD, A NEW BOOK REFLECTS UPON OUR FASCINATING JOURNEY ON FOUR WHEELS
The Leopard Library
With humans forcing the leopard to change its spot, two new books celebrate India’s other big cat
A RESOUNDING TRAGEDY
The period from 1989-1991 was a historically significant time that continues to shape the world we live in today. Bookending it were the Tiananmen Square protests, the subject of former Indian foreign secretary and ambassador to China Vijay Gokhale’s book. The critical months of April-June 1989 in China have sometimes been overlooked, but Gokhale makes a convincing case that it is crucial to understand the developments around the protests because they shaped the China that India and other countries face today.
THE RUMBLINGS WITHIN
EVEN AS THE BJP’S EXPANSIONIST DRIVE CONTINUES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL, IT IS BATTLING ATTRITION IN SEVERAL KEY STATES IT RULES, INCLUDING SOME THAT GO TO POLLS EARLY NEXT YEAR
THE YOUNG SURVIVORS
On April 8, Deepak Solanki, resident of Bagratawa, a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad district, tested positive for the coronavirus. Two days earlier, Solanki and his wife Anita developed a fever and other flu-like symptoms, but they thought it was likely just about of common flu—it hadn’t yet sunk in that Covid was no longer the urban phenomenon they imagined it to be. However, an RT-PCR test, done on the insistence of Deepak, 45, a district medical representative, proved otherwise. Deepak was admitted to a private medical facility the same day and Anita two days later. Their children—two daughters, aged 18 and 15, and a son, 12—were left in the care of their nephew Shrikant Solanki. All three children, too, had tested positive.
Q+ A ‘I want to do everything'
Actor Arjun Kapoor on breaking the mould, shooting in the ‘new normal’ and on his latest film, Sandeep aur Pinky Faraar
MISSION CHOKSI
An Indian fugitive in the Caribbean makes a sensational claim of abduction. Can India bring Mehul Choksi back to face justice?
ON A ROLL
Huma Qureshi talks about juggling the multiple roles of an actress, a fundraiser for Covid relief and an author
Fear and ‘Safe Zones' in Kashmir
The dramatic and hostile reord er ing of Jammu and Kashmir’s political status visavis the Indian state on August 5, 2019 was followed by a systematic emasculation of the old political order and its replacement by a new set of elected lead ers. The BJPled central government felt that taking control of local governance institutions (panchayat and municipal committees) was the best way to neutralise the traditional political parties and its legislators in the absence of a functioning assembly. But nearly two years down the line, grassroots democ racy has become a hostage in the battle between the militants and government forces. There have been threats and executions and instances of elected representatives fleeing their native villages.
A New Era Begins
TRINAMOOL CONGRESS
“The Economy Is A Big Challenge But We Are Up To It”
The Indian economy could again be in the ICU after the second wave of Covid, but Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman sounds confident that the government has it under control. In an exclusive interview to Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Business Today Editor RAJEEV DUBEY, she outlines the revival plan.
There Is No Offline
Patricia Lockwood’s delightful and disconcerting novel gives the web a whole new spin
WRITING IN PAST CONTINUOUS
By his own admission, British writer Sunjeev Sahota’s novels “tend to come down to a few brown people living in north England or India”. But within this framework, Sahota wove richly detailed lives and unique voices in his first two novels: Ours are the Streets (2011) and The Year of the Runaways (2015), which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.