Troubled shooters

AS THE HIGHLY RATED INDIAN SHOOTERS DREW A BLANK IN THE FIRST WEEK AT TOKYO, TOUGH QUESTIONS ARE BEING ASKED OF THEIR COACHES

Silver lining

MIRABAI CHANU’S MEDAL IS WHAT WEIGHTLIFTING IN INDIA NEEDS AT THE MOMENT

Frenemy at the gates

Mamata is one adversary the Congress would want to keep close

Dirty men and dirty looks

WhatsApp university forwards are always obnoxious. But some are first-amongst-equals, or obnoxious-est. And the one that claimed that honour, this fortnight, was something that did the rounds right after Mirabai Chanu’s incredible silver-winning performance at the Tokyo Olympics.

A BABY IN MY CART

Kriti Sanon’s latest, Mimi, takes a different approach to surrogacy

Dutee Vs Dutee

Up against the world’s best, india’s sprinting ace is focusing on tough, but realistic targets

Tokyo Olympics 2020- HERO!

A mother and a Harvard graduate threaten Florence Griffith Joyner’s record; Simone Biles tries to cement her place as the greatest gymnast ever; Naomi Osaka returns to action after much controversy. In this Olympics, it is the women who have the spotlight on them. Here are some of the best athletes at Tokyo 2020

MEDIAN MISHAPS

Road dividers, meant to streamline turbulent traffic, do more harm than good for commuters on several occasions

The best bet

NEERAJ CHOPRA, THE REIGNING COMMONWEALTH AND ASIAN GAMES CHAMPION, COULD SCRIPT A NEW CHAPTER IN INDIAN ATHLETICS

The possible dream

THE INDIAN CONTINGENT WILL BE LOOKING TO EQUAL OR BETTER THE SIX-MEDAL HAUL AT LONDON 2012, AND IT HAS A HANDFUL OF CONTENDERS

Forged in the ring

INDIA’S LARGEST BOXING CONTINGENT, TOUGHENED BY THE JOURNEY, IS LOOKING TO MAKE HISTORY

BEARING THE BRUNT

Emergency care has been strained during the pandemic and is banking on evolving protocols

Bout time

WITH FOUR SEEDED WRESTLERS IN ITS SQUAD, IT WOULD BE SURPRISING IF INDIA DRAWS A BLANK IN TOKYO

ALONE AND LONELY

The pandemic has taken its toll on pets and captive animals, too

For the forgotten

In a new book, THE WEEK’s R. Prasannan writes about India’s battles in World War II

Meet The NASA's Desi Women

Sixty years after a team of coloured women helped America put a man in space, four Indian-origin women at NASA talk about what has changed

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Ashwini Vaishnaw’s experience as bureaucrat, entrepreneur and politician will come in handy in managing the big portfolios

THE REVIVAL MINISTRY

The newly minted cooperatives portfolio can help the BJP redraw political and economic equations

REJIG FOR REJUVENATION

Modi’s cabinet reshuffle shows that he wants to win back voters' trust by focusing on the delivery of his promises

Solid start

Stalin has set lofty goals for his government. Its success will depend on how he deals with the challenges

DOORS OPEN FOR DREAMERS

With ISRO opening up its facilities to private firms, Indian space entrepreneurs are now dreaming of reaching new heights

The Italian job

Roberto Mancini’s Euro 2020 heist involved a dangerous gamble to shake up Italian football

PACKING A PUNCH

The music and the making of Farhan Akhtar’s new sports drama

Normalise the male tears

I am not sure where the tradition comes from, but tears after failure have been de rigueur and socially sanctioned in sport since at least the Iliad, when Greek warrior Diomedes unabashedly wept over losing a chariot race.

COMBINED EFFORT

Mansukh Mandaviya has his task cut out—vaccinating India and deftly managing the two ministries he heads

Process Of Finding Yediyurappa's Successor Has Probably Begun

B.Y. Vijayendra, vice president, Karnataka BJP

Infra-led growth is a force multiplier

T.V. Narendran, CEO & MD, Tata Steel & president, CII

THE SISTER SPEAKS

V.K. Sasikala has had a ringside view of Tamil Nadu politics, thanks to her decades-long friendship with former chief minister J. Jayalalithaa. As she steps out of the shadows to dive into active politics, she remembers her friend, sister and guide

Paddlers' progress

With four Indians in the fray, this might be the country’s best chance at a table tennis medal at the Olympics, especially in mixed doubles

Candid notes

Kaushik Basu’s book is a fascinating journey into the heart of the ‘babu Dilli’