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Chic Chaiwala

Four years ago, former graphic designer Jiten Suchede launched his first pop-up chai thela at a Delhi handicrafts mela—an ode to the fennel flavoured chai he remembered from his days as a student.

A Glorious Weave

It’s been a good year for fashion designer Madhu Jain. At 57, she has come into her own, with awards for her work as textile revivalist as well as a show at the Amazon Fashion Week in October of three weaves: the coarse bamboo, subtle silk, and damatic ikat. The self taught queen of ikat learnt on the job, interning with master weavers across India and later in Southeast Asia and Central Asia.Jain has been working with artisansal livelihoods, reviving and reinventing traditional weaves. One of her primary examples is the bamboo textile, which embodies her sustainability ideal, given that India is the second largest producer of bamboo in the world. Here is Jain, in conversation with Kaveree Bamzai on handloom, Nurjehan and weavers’ clusters.

Still Dancing Alone

Sixty years after he began painting, Jatin Das stays true to his original style as a recent exhibition in Mumbai showed

Uneasy Dance With the Dragon

At the strategic dialogue in Beijing, India and China sought to ensure that their recent disagreements don’t add to the turbulence of a world in flux.

Reality Check

Affordable housing looks set to gain big from the union budget and may even pull the real estate sector out of its worst slump in almost a decade.

The Innovator

State-of-the-art labs, interactive learning in classrooms and internships at top research institutes. A BSc from Miranda is a worthy aspiration

The Game Changer

The best college in commerce constantly innovates to offer students an unmatched learning experience

Formula For Excellence

Be a good human being, be empathetic and dedicated to your calling—this is at the core of all courses taught at AIIMS

Meet The Smileys

Why India’s first dental college is also its best: a vibrant campus, an evolving curriculum and state-of-the-art teaching techniques.

The Biz Whiz

With a contemporary curriculum, innovative pedagogy, industry internship and guest faculty from the corporate world, this college has an edge over the others.

The Long And Short Of Him

Lt Gen. Zorawar Chand Bakshi stood five foot and five inches tall and was the most decorated Indian general alive until May 25, 2018.

A Glass Half Full

The finance ministry has tried to usher in far-reaching structural reforms in the economy, but implementation glitches remain. Now, the surge in oil prices presents the government with a huge challenge

Virbhadra's Withdrawal Symptoms

Ahead of the year-end assembly elections, the Himachal chief minister sends an ultimatum to the high command.

Renting A Life

Designer wear, designer bags, furniture or art, rentals afford you a lifestyle you always wanted but couldn’t afford

Stream Queen

Best known for her portrayal of a sassy journalist in the 2011 comedy Delhi Belly, Poorna Jagannathan is building a thriving career in America’s red-hot television market, with supporting roles in the Emmy-nominated HBO crime series The Night Of and the Netflix original series Gypsy. She currently features in an episode of the Mark and Jay Duplass-created anthology series Room 104.

tracking the big cats

tigers are making frequent forays into urban areas around bhopal, but thankfully there have been no human or feline casualties —so far

the lionesses of punjab

author anita anand through her books, sophia and the latest kohinoor: the world's most infamous diamond, offers insights about the inimitable women of the duleep singh family.

'All Our Potential CM Faces Are Better Ahan Akhilesh and Mayawati'

At the end of a gruelling day addressing election meetings in the Terai and Awadh regions, Amit Shah took time out to speak to Deputy Editor Uday Mahurkar aboard a chartered flight from Lucknow to Delhi. Excerpts from an interview in which the BJP national president spoke on the ruling party’s strategies and prospects in what is a crucial poll for both him and his mentor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

My Government Is Commited To Taking Action

My Government Is Commited To Taking Action

Towering at the Eiffel

Mumbai Designers Are Getting a Chance to Showcase Their Worth at the Most Iconic Location in the Fashion Capital of the World

A Raging Fire

A Live, Unsettling Mirror of India’s Failings as a Nation in the Chhattisgarh Conflict

Preparing For The Worst

The defence ministry fast tracks ammunition buys to replenish war stocks as the threat of conflict with Pakistan lingers. It is the largest procurement of its kind since Operation Parakram.

Bridge Building

A high-profile international tournament in delhi reveals a thriving global subculture of cerebral—and passionate—card players from all walks of life.

It's Not Always Sunny In Leone Land

A new documentary on the porn star-turned-Bollywood actor tracks the transformation of Karenjit Kaur Vohra to Sunny Leone.

Ghost Voter Busters

A Congress claim that millions of voter IDs are fake provokes house to house surveys

Straying From The Flock

The influx of rebels from other parties has bred disaffection within the state BJP ranks

Now Urban Maoists

The Maharashtra police claim an ‘urban Maoist’ thrust is underway and have arrests to show for it. Are the state’s urban centres hotbeds of Maoism or is it just another politically convenient conspiracy theory?

Rupani Gets A Makeover

The CM goes back to the land and targets corruption to overhaul his image

Evergreening The Electorate

By providing water, cash and insurance cover to farmers, the TRS hopes to reap another victory in 2019

Operation 'Kill Modi'?

Operation 'Kill Modi'?