THE SHOW GOES ON

In a year-long project, former cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi travelled across 11 states to document 525 single-screen cinemas

Barking news

India’s television news is in meltdown. Channels are fighting among themselves.

Battleground ready

With a major reshuffle in alliances and the emergence of a new set of leaders, the political equations in Bihar are changing

Antivirus programme

The Gujarati entrepreneurial spirit makes many an opportunity out of the pandemic

Hunting Dirty Money

With fewer jurisdictional constraints and a wider functional ambit, the Enforcement Directorate has surpassed the CBI as India’s most prominent investigating agency

TIGHTROPE WALK

Even as Rambo Circus launched its first digital show, most circus companies in India are reluctant to go online despite taking multiple hits

‘Desi'ding factor

In the run-up to the US elections, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are pulling out all stops to woo the Indian-American community

Strategic value

With its entry into the DCOC, India gets a toehold in China’s glowing pearl, Djibouti

We fight only to win; will win all bypoll seats

THE DATE FOR THE BYPOLLS to 28 seats in Madhya Pradesh—November 3—was announced just a week ago, but Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has been in campaign mode ever since he began his fourth term in office this March.

Laying the groundwork

Yediyurappa’s new land reforms are meant to modernise agriculture and help turn Karnataka into a ‘factory of the future’. How good is the plan?

HOUSE OF GRIEF

The dalit family in Hathras will not relent in its search for justice

Silent invader

A highly invasive weed of foreign origin is spreading across north India and it could threaten the country’s food security

HEARTLESS IN HATHRAS

THERE ARE MANY OFFSHOOTS OF THE HATHRAS CRIME, BUT IN ITS ROOT LIES FEAR

Sir Harold Evans - The Editor of all Times

The book Good Times, Bad Times was becoming a big seller when I attended a media workshop in 1983. The course director at the workshop narrated fascinating anecdotes about the author of the book, the legendary newspaper editor Harold Evans. I never thought I would one day get to know him well enough to call him Harry.

Covid-19 - True Lies, False Truths

Li-Meng Yan’s allegation that the Covid-19 virus originated in a lab in China is questionable and inconclusive

Made In China

Virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan says the Covid-19 virus was developed in a Chinese lab and blames the WHO for suppressing the truth

Utter chaos

Despite a high number of tests, Uttar Pradesh struggles to contain Covid-19 because of other challenges

Tough stake

The SP Group’s debts will be cleared if it sells its stake in Tata Sons. But the sale itself is no cakewalk

Patched legacy

With veteran leaders having been pronounced innocent in the Babri Masjid demolition case, the BJP has fulfilled much of all it had set out to do

Safety check

As trials of vaccine candidates are expedited, worries abound about the consequences of haste

Address change

Despite the growing unease over the use of archaic titles in Indian courts, breaking away from them will not be easy

Old trade, new tools

Agritech companies are disrupting the agriculture sector and giving hope to farmers in distress

A homely touch

In the pandemic, home chefs have become a force to reckon with

Education Is The Only Way To Free Yourself From Racism

It is not easy to return from a long break and bowl brilliantly in your first game, even more so in the Super Over that sealed your team’s win. Kagiso Rabada did just that in the Delhi Capitals’ first match of the new Indian Premier League season. The 25-year-old South African has been the pace spearhead of his country for a few years now. He shoulders a similar responsibility in DC’s pursuit of an elusive IPL title.

Union Territory's First 'Fake Encounter'

Parents of youth killed in Shopian “encounter” speak to THE WEEK as the Army admits that its men exceeded bounds

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Was Never A Blind Follower Of Hindutva

The dominant narrative about Syama Prasad Mookerjee is that he was a British sympathiser who spread hatred against Muslims. Declassified documents accessed by THE WEEK, however, show that while he was a Hindu nationalist, Mookerjee was never a blind follower of hindutva. He did not support the Quit India movement, but he did resign from the Bengal provincial cabinet in 1942 protesting the violence unleashed on the movement

POWER PLAY

The appointment of C.R. Patil as state BJP chief is a warning signal to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who is close to Amit Shah

Opposite leaves

Infighting, Sasikala’s return and uncertainty over its ally worsen the leadership crisis in the AIADMK

SOWING ANGER

Farmers’ organisations are on the warpath against new reforms

Uncompromising position

With Xi Jinping unlikely to back down, more violent skirmishes can be expected on the India-China border before winter sets in