Choose your India

The Congress has often—and justly—been crit-icised for waffling on ideological issues. Yet, when Rahul Gandhi takes a firm stand, there is no lack of those who criticise his bluntness. The rift valley in Indian politics is between those who believe that India belongs to all Indians equally and those who privilege the dominant religious majority.

Shraddha Murder Case - When Bumble Meets Dexter

The grisly murder of Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala is much too worrying and important to be dumbed down to a mindless #LoveJihad hate-tag, left to trend with hysterical dreariness on an increasingly unreliable and unravelling Twitterscape.

Big Tech For The Big C

The fight against Covid-19 ushered in access to and advancement in technology for cancer screening and detection

India's Best Hospitals

The pandemic put a pause on most things, but not on innovation. It rather gave a push to technological advancements and refinements in health care, making it better, quicker and cheaper

Devoted to harmony

As pilgrims throng a multi-religious complex on the LoC, it evokes curiosity among Pakistanis

Robotics in Brain Tumour surgery

What is Robot assisted Neurosurgery Robot-assisted neurosurgery uses an state of the art advanced surgical tool called auto guide to perform minimally invasive procedures in the brain.

Shifting paradigms in treatment of hepatobiliary and anorectal disorders

A 16-year-old male patient initially presented with jaundice and pain abdomen and was diagnosed to have stones in the bile-duct (a tube which helps in transporting bile from liver to our intestine).

A film about age-positivity

I am planning to watch a movie titled Uunchai on a priority basis. Ask me why? Simple—be-cause I relate to the subject and admire the star cast.

OUR GOD

His heaven and Hell Need to know more?

Exit wounds

Released after 31 years in jail, Nalini Sriharan says there is nothing for her to be excited about. She wants to free her husband who is now at a refugee camp, and move to London to live with her daughter

Delivering the dodgers

With Rishi Sunak at the helm in the UK, New Delhi hopes for speedier extradition of fugitives

ASHAMED THAT KERALA'S MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE IS LIQUOR AND LOTTERY

As the tussle between the governor and the gov-ernment continues, the Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet removed Governor Arif Mohammad Khan as chancellor of Kerala Kalamandalam, deemed to be university, amending the rules of the institution.

THE BURNING ISSUE

In the midst of the festive season, the burning issue that gains great significance is fire accidents and burn injuries.

No longer a Trump card

Heads I win, tails you lose. Donald Trump's Heeesen is—“if Republicans win, I should get all the credit, if they lose, I should not be blamed at all.”

LIFE INTERRUPTED

“Accidents often happen to young bread winners of families. Even small accidents can change a person’s life and that of the family members,” says Dr. N. Jambu, Senior Consultant Orthopaedics), Apollo Speciality Hospital, Vanagaram, Chennai, speaking at length about the nature of trauma care.

Lotus is beyond BJP

There is a shloka in Sanskrit, which means one who gives up worldly attachments, and dedicates deeds to the supreme spirit of God is not touched by sin, just like a lotus leaf is not touched by water.

A mercy lesson from Stalin

Rajiv Gandhi's assassins are walking free, thanks to the Supreme Court that thinks justice is not revenge.

PhD Reforms Concerns Over Quality

Scholars think the craft of research will suffer if a PhD programme is made accessible directly after a bachelor’s degree

FIFA World Cup 2022: Clowns Versus Rascals

Brazil and Argentina head to qatar as hot favourites. While Neymar leads a hugely talented side, Messi, in perhaps his last world cup, is in search of the missing silverware. Two of the biggest democracies in latin america share a passion for the beautiful game, food and colonial history

Tracking Maradona Across World Cups And Continents

Journalist and author Rex Gowar, who tracked Diego Maradona across continents and World Cups, on a very special relationship

FOLK SYMPHONIES

Khasi duitara is forging a way to revival in the land of guitars

ACTION+ ACTIVISM

Enola Holmes 2 is a smooth blend of history, Holmesiana and sleuthing-topped with activism

CASTE AWAY

Ten years on, filmmaker Pa Ranjith remains the champion of the downtrodden

CAUSING A FLUTTER

The latest instalment of Moni Mohsin's Butterfly series, which comes after the pandemic-induced lockdown, is deliciously binge-worthy

Money forecasting

Climate finance is the pivotal issue at COP27

VOTING WITH THEIR FEET

Several footballers are bringing their political leanings to the pitch

SÓCRATES'S HEEL

The Brazilian legend's biographer on the activist-doctor who would ultimately captain one of the best teams to never win the World Cup

IN HIS DEFENCE

Coach Gareth Southgate might not be popular, but he has delivered for England

THE WINTER EXPERIMENT

Ivan Vukomanović shares his thoughts on Qatar 2022 and his wn experience of getting a player ready for the World Cup squad

THE INSIDE VIEW

What the Portuguese think about their coach, their talisman and their team's chances