CRUSADERS FOR CHANGE

A new book shines light on the men and women who continue the legacy of the Mahatma

Click and buy

Yahoo may have lost to Google in the war for the internet, but a term coined by it in 2005—social commerce—has become the buzzword. Social commerce is defined as the use of social media platforms to facilitate the buying and selling of products and services.

Swings and roundabouts

A gripping cricket fiction is a rarity, and how about some familiarity! In K.N. Raghavan’s Reverse Swing one cannot help but spot the uncanny similarities between the lead protagonist, Shankar—a cricketer from Kerala who finds himself caught in a match-fixing imbroglio—and a former Indian pace bowler from Kerala who had a mighty fall from grace after being accused in a match-fixing scandal in 2013.

THE WAY OF WATER

At the Kochi Biennale, artist Sahil Naik pays tribute to a submerged Goan village that resurfaces for a month every summer

VANE GLORY

Meet India’s independent weathermen, whose precise and timely predictions are all the rage on social media

An epic strategist

Celebrating the BJD’s silver jubilee, Naveen Patnaik recharges the party for elections 2024

The peace of the graveyard

I think the lowest point in the Gujarat campaign came when Union Home Minister Amit Shah proclaimed that “such a lesson was taught in 2002” that it has since led to “akhand shanti (eternal peace)” in Gujarat. Yes, the peace of the graveyard.

LAND-ING IN TROUBLE

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Agriculture Minister Abdul Sattar face the heat for allegedly giving government land to private players

CHASING CHARLES

Two people from Hyderabad crossed paths with Charles Sobhraj. One loved him; the other got him arrested

Keep our anger aflame

At the end of February 2022, my best friend and I were comparing notes. Both of us had had a rocky start to the year. She was being stalked, harassed and criminally intimidated by an ex-boyfriend, and I had just undergone an awful reality check with a relationship coming to an abrupt, painful, bitter end.

The challenges never end

I WAS BORN in a middle-class family of agriculturists in Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh. In our family, my father was the first to be formally educated. He became an advocate. I am the first to be in government service.

We are moving towards citizen-centric governance

INTERVIEW Jitendra Singh, minister of state, prime minister’s office

MAKING MERIT COUNT

The Modi government's decision to implement the 360-degree performance appraisal has shaken up India's grand old bureaucracy. The remodelling of governance is forcing civil servants to figure out how to stay relevant in a world where technology is taking over jobs

WAY OF THE DRAGON

China’s latest provocation in the Arunachal frontier has serious implications

Kathmandu's house of cards

Kathmandu is famous for its casinos. Biki-ni-killer Charles Sobhraj, recently freed from a Nepal prison and flown to Paris, used to pick up his cash-rich victims—both blondes and baccarat-playing billionaires—from there.

FIFA 2022 - The Story Of The World Cup In Ten Images

The Story Of The World Cup In Ten Images

Is The British Monarchy On Its Way Out?

Is the British monarchy on its way out? This question has been raised for centuries. But most things in life are like bankruptcy.

Green Hydrogen - Why Companies Are Excited

Green hydrogen has the potential to wean India off fossil fuels, but it is a long way ahead

A slice of orange, folks?

I have mixed feelings about the colour orange. Our recent political history is to be blamed. Donald Trump was famously memed for his shockingly cantaloupe complexion.

TANGLED VEINS

Ten years on, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale has placed India on the cultural world map. But it has cost it much

Why Indians Make The Best Leaders

In December, Europe got its third Indian-origin head of government as Leo Varadkar became the taoiseach (prime minister) for the second time in a job-sharing deal made by Ireland's centrist coalition government.

Finding our inner Messi

Heroism is alive and well. Fairytale finishes are alive and well. In a world full of fillers and filters and faux-reality like Moving in with Malaika and Keeping up with the Kardashians, drama in real life is alive and well.

THE CROWN OF COOL

Humayun Saeed on landing a Netflix hit, his measured approach to acting, and the kiss that could have been controversial

THE CHARM, THE HARM AND THE HAMARTIA

The fall of NDTV, caught between God and Mammon

NEXT-GENTINA

The future looks exciting for the world champions

HUNT FOR HIMALAYAN VIAGRA

The dangerous harvesting of a rare insect-herb is a quiet side-hustle in a charming hamlet of Uttarakhand

Sculptor speaks out

The man behind the aggressive lions” says the criticism is misplaced

Undermining history

In the urge to build a new Parliament building, the grandeur of the old has been compromised

Houses in harmony

The new Parliament building is expected to be ready for the budget session, but the old building will continue to host offices

Fearless Danny vs the fuddy-duddies

Old friends of Chief Justice of India Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud call him 'Danny, a nickname given to him by one of his teachers at Mumbai's 162-year-old Cathedral School, which counts Salman Rushdie and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as ex-students.