Countdown to the finest hours

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, said Alexander Pope. It looks like INDIAns are doing that.

You Don't Have To Be A Mahatma Gandhi In Cricket

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Kapil Dev

His Way, The Highway

From bridges, tunnels and expressways to e-rickshaws and flex-fuel vehicles, Nitin Gadkari has been busy delivering on his promises in the past nine years. As elections draw near, the BJP is relying as much on Gadkari's achievements as on Modi's popularity

Sit down, faux nationalists

In the last few years, on India’s news channels, it is not uncommon to see anchors huffing and puffing hysterically about “anti-nationals”. In fact, the phrase has become near ubiquitous. Every time an individual does not conform to a dominant narrative, their patriotism is called into question.

Clothing, in a state of undress

Even as the video of two stripped-bare women from Manipur went viral, one is reminded again of how wars are constantly fought by men abusing the bodies of women. Rape and sexual violence is a centuries-old war crime, the conflict between men is always played out on its women, too.

THE INVENTION OF INDIA

A new book examines the men, motives and labyrinthine plots that shaped the Indian Union

Portrait of an island

S.N. Sreeprakash’s paintings are a remarkable portrayal of the tribal life of Andaman and Nicobar Islands

THE DISAPPEARING ACT

Tillotama Shome belongs to that rare breed of contemporary method actors who vanish into their characters

SPOTTED NEIGHBOURS

Amid increasing reports of man-animal conflict, Bera village in Rajasthan boasts a unique bond between leopards and humans

Green warriors

China might be way ahead in the green energy gold rush, but a clutch of big-dreaming innovators could well be India’s ace in the hole

UCC and the Rajiv precedent

Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising the highly controversial issue of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is obviously a dog whistle aimed at rallying the faithful to his standard divisive agenda on the eve of the general elections scheduled for 2024, when the INDIA alliance threatens to derail his long run of electoral victories.

Forgiving spirit

Accepting THE WEEK's apology, Bajrang Dal leader decides to withdraw case against the magazine

Fix accountability in Manipur

Accountability or being responsible for one’s actions, of being answerable, are basic tenets, not just of a democracy, but any civilised society. In the absence of accountability, chaos, anarchy and injustice will follow. And those in positions of power may misuse their authority in any way they please.

Tales of terror

Kuki women refuse to work with Meitei women to restore peace in Manipur

OPPOSITION UNITING BECAUSE BJP IS TOO STRONG TO BE DEFEATED

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - NITIN GADKARI MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

Mystery of the red diary

The 1978 Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Don had an edge-of-the-seat stunt scene set in a Christian cemetery, where the villains try to snatch a red diary from the hero. The diary, we are told, contains the names of all the baddies inhabiting Mumbai’s underworld.

How Το Make A Champion

My New Wimbledon Is To Have A Much Healthier Indian Race

Stitch perfect

Ritu Kumar began making clothes 55 years ago. After almost a decade, she will be showing at the India Couture Week

Pink dresses, greenbacks

I was not the first girl in school to own a Barbie. A few girls already had one before me, and had quickly formed a little can’t-sit-with-us cult.

Barbie's day out

As a Greta Gerwig fan, it was magical to meet her at Barbie's Pink Carpet premiere

GUILT TRIP

Amitav Ghosh's new book examines how opium trade contributed to the rise in wealth across continents

NO COUNTRY FOR CHEETAHS?

As cheetahs brought to India continue to die, international experts feel the situation is alarming; authorities say it will get better

Raining solutions

We need to prepare urban river management plans, recognising water and rivers as key resources

Numbers say Djoker is the GOAT

I AM VERY PRIVILEGED to have not only played with and against three of the greatest players of all time, but to also be part of that era.

PASSION AND COMPASSION

The story of Oommen Chandy's evolutionfrom a restless young radical to a beloved Congress patriarch-is the story of Kerala politics as well

Expansion mode

Responding to opposition unity efforts, BJP initiates plans to revive the National Democratic Alliance

Unity in diversity

The process of naming the opposition alliance reflected the keenness of the parties to come across as a united force despite inherent differences

Mutual funds sahi hai!

When you are new to investing and do not have the appetite to play the stock market, a word of advice you often hear is to invest in Mutual Funds. Now what are these and how are they different from stock market investments? Let us try and understand.

Shringla, unshaken

There is absolutely nothing “accidental” about the steady and impressive rise and rise of a self-effacing powerhouse, who has steered India’s policy in all the right directions from the time he joined the Indian Foreign Service (preferring the rigours of diplomacy to the cushioning of a corporate job) aged 22 and became the youngest Indian consul general to Vietnam at 26.

Future tense

A problem with the future is that no one has been there. So, there are no stories, no research, no evidence on what it is like out there. We step into the future with neither guides nor maps. As philosopher of history R.G. Collingwood warns, “The future leaves no documents.”