Eyeless across Gaza

Two millennia ago, the Chinese built the Great Wall to keep barbarian tribes away. In 1216, Genghis Khan bribed a sentry to open one of its gates for him, and he entered China with his marauding Mongol horsemen.

THE BRAINS BEHIND THE SCENES

A new breed of strategists, consultants and researchers is driving the narrative ahead of the upcoming assembly polls

Is US leaving Ukraine?

To be America’s enemy is dangerous, to be its friend is fatal,” said veteran diplomat Henry Kissinger, five decades ago.

Why the caged bear roars!

We live in an opinionated world. Maybe it’s because of WhatsApp university, or the dating apps, or the general obsession with seeking validation and dopamine through likes or going viral and monetising your following through advertising moolah.

Burning questions

Israel is trying to identify breaches and learn lessons from them

HAMAS CAUGHT US BY COMPLETE SURPRISE

INTERVIEW with BRIGADIER GENERAL (RES) YOSSI KUPERWASSER former IDF intelligence official

WE ARE EAGER TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH ISRAELIS

INTERVIEW with ADNAN ABU ALHAIJA Palestine's ambassador to India

NETANYAHU SHOULD GO

INTERVIEW with IDO DISSENTSHIK former editor-in-chief, Ma'ariv

IRON DOME HAD 96 PER CENT SUCCESS

INTERVIEW with BRIG GEN DANIEL GOLD director, Directorate of Defence Research & Development, Israel

CYBER SHIELD IN CAMEL LAND

THE WEEK visits a 1,800-acre complex in Negev desert where Israel is creating a Cyber Dome for hybrid wars of the future

STARC IS THE X FACTOR IN THIS AUSTRALIAN TEAM

INTERVIEW with Glenn McGrath, Australia great and three-time World Cup winner

CANNOT EXPECT ONE PLAYER TO WIN YOU THE WORLD CUP

INTERVIEW with KAPIL DEV WORLD CUP-WINNING CAPTAIN

Our athletes now go to win, not participate

INTERVIEW with ANURAG THAKUR Union sports minister

NURTURING TALENT TAKES TIME IN INDIA

INTERVIEW witJaggy Shivdasani, Asian Games silver medallist

RIDE TO THE FUTURE

Harley-Davidson and Triumph go for pillion rides in India. It could transform the two-wheeler industry

CASTING A SPELL

How Mukesh Chhabra works his magic on screen by picking the right actors for the right role

The Gregory Peck of India

For the past month, the media has been abuzz celebrating iconic actor Dev Anand’s birth centenary.

STEEL UNDER THE SILK

Netflix's Beckham does a good job of highlighting the legend's mentality and industry that are sometimes obscured by his celebrity

Desi girl's new wardrobe

A year or so ago, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) chief Sunil Sethi and I sat on the floor at the fashion week venue asking scores of fashion students and wannabe designers who they thought was India’s “biggest” fashion designer. An overwhelming majority said Manish Malhotra.

The modern culinary experience encompasses a multitude of elements

INTERVIEW with Sareeka John, culinary curator and co-founder of Guestronomy, a premier curation company

Threads that choke

I thought Parineeti Chopra made for such a happy bride. Seeing images of her dancing to her husband-to-be waiting at the mandap, running the lemon and spoon race with his family, singing songs that mean much to the young lovers, and basically just having a blast at her own wedding, one can’t help but feel all warm and fuzzy.

A HEIST WITHOUT BITE

Jeffrey Archer's latest book lacks his signature 'unputdownable' quality

Page to stage

Literary adaptations at the heart of Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival

LOVELESS IN HOLLYWOOD

Even as Hollywood rom-coms are stuck in a rut, one can find inspiration in world cinema

FROM POULTRY TO POETRY

As the World Cup kicks off, here are a dozen cricketers, one from each edition, with unusual stories full of humour, grit and, at times, sadness

A BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE

L&T is preparing itself for a change in the business environment

AN EQUILIBRIUM OF OPPOSITES

Decoding the happy bundle of contradictions that is A.M. Naik

LARSEN & TOUBRO - Beyond bricks and mortar

A.M. Naik's vision, business acumen and work ethic transformed Larsen & Toubro from a construction company to a multinational conglomerate. And his legacy will carry it forward in a world of new opportunities and challenges

Merit is the biggest myth

INTERVIEW - Manoj Jha, RJD leader and Rajya Sabha MP

BJP is against OBCs

INTERVIEW - Bhupesh Baghel, chief minister, Chhattisgarh