SPARKLING WONDERS

CELEBRATING THE UNION OF CRAFTSMANSHIP AND LUXURY

PERPETUATING PERFECTION

EXQUISITE MARVELS OF HOROLOGICAL ARTISTRY

THE DANCE OF TIME

UNVEILING THE ART OF GRAVITY-DEFYING TOURBILLONS

WATCH OUT!

This year, mini models, new technological advancements and breathtaking high jewellery watches are the centre of attention. Here are five watch trends to follow in 2024.

Different Strokes

Alia Bhatt turns author with her first children's book, Ed Finds a Home

COMIC RELIEF

The Comics Culture Collective is trying to introduce Bengali comics to a larger audience

AN INDIAN RENAISSANCE

EVEN WITHOUT A NATIONAL PAVILION, THERE’S A SUBSTANTIAL PRESENCE OF INDIAN ART AT THE 60TH EDITION OF THE VENICE BIENNALE

TWISTS IN THE TALE

JioCinema’s cop drama Gaanth Chapter 1: Jamnaa Paaris a fictionalised account of the 2018 Burari deaths

GAME, SET AND WATCH

British-Indian director Asif Kapadia spoke to us about Federer: Twelve Final Days, which follows the last few days of the tennis great's career

A LITANY OF LAPSES

A CRUSH OF RELIGIOUS FERVOUR AROUND A GODMAN AND A POORLY ORGANISED JAMBOREE END UP CLAIMING 123 INNOCENT LIVES

RAIL SAFETY ON A SLOW TRACK

DESPITE FREQUENT TRAGEDIES ON INDIA’S VAST RAIL NETWORK, INORDINATE DELAYS AND TECHNICAL CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO MAR THE ADOPTION OF KAVACH, INDIA’S HOMEGROWN TRAIN PROTECTION SYSTEM

THE STRAINS ARE SHOWING

A FEW ADMONITORY WORDS FROM THE IDEOLOGICAL GURU SET TONGUES WAGGING, BUT THE RSS-BJP KNOW THE FUTURE LIES IN ACCOMMODATION

YOUNGISTAN

AS VETERANS MOVE ON, THEIR TORCH OF BRILLIANCE IS PASSED TO THESE PLAYERS WHO EMBODY INDIA'S T20 HOPES

THE HITMEN

THE INSPIRING STORY OF HOW INDIA CAPTAIN ROHIT SHARMA AND HIS TALENTED TEAM BECAME THE T20 WORLD CHAMPIONS

Desi Cow Meets Brazilian Bull

It is ghar wapsi in a frozen form. The Indian government's move to import 40,000 doses of purebred Gir bull semen from Brazil to artificially inseminate Gir cows in Gujarat is being seen as a game-changer.

MAMATA'S CLEAN-UP DRIVE

At last, after ruling the state for 13 years, Mamata Banerjee has come down heavily on that bane of Bengal's urban areas-illegal land encroachment, especially on government land.

A Wide Web of Deceit

At a time when leaks and lapses have disrupted four national competitive exams, putting future of over 3.6 million students in jeopardy, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime in Rajasthan is grappling with a mammoth legacy problem on that front.

BIPOLAR FIGHT

Politics in Haryana has bor­ dered on the bizarre this year. On March 12 came the inex­plicable resignation of Mano­ har Lal Khattar, sans any warning, his exit as much of a surprise as his installa­tion as chief minister in 2014.

SOREN QUEERS PITCH FOR BJP

On July 3, less than a week after walking out of Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Central Jail, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) executive president Hemant Soren staked claim to form the government in Jharkhand for the third time.

The Exam Mess

As Leaks And Lapses Disrupt Four National Exams And The Future Of Millions Of Students, The Spotlight Falls On The National Testing Agency And The Need For Reform And Transparency

Keeping It Real

KARTIK AARYAN SHOWS OFF HIS ACTING PROWESS AS MURLIKANT PETKAR, INDIA'S FIRST PARALYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST, IN THE KABIR KHAN-DIRECTED CHANDU CHAMPION

A Healthy Dose of Reading

Superbugs, superdocs and the pharma-industrial complex

The Life Eternal

THE QUEST FOR IMMORTALITY AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT ARE EXPLAINED IN LAYPERSON'S TERMS IN THIS BOOK BY THE NOBEL LAUREATE VENKI RAMAKRISHNAN

It's Raining THRILLERS

AFTER A DRY SUMMER SPELL, A FLOOD OF FRESH FILMS SHOULD BRING RELIEF TO PARCHED AUDIENCES

HAUTE TABLES

MAKEOVERS ARE GIVING MUMBAI'S LEGACY RESTAURANTS A FRESH LEASE OF LIFE

A Taste of India

Delhi's INDIAN ACCENT and Mumbai's MASQUE make it to the extended list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024

Back to the Origin

Artist PARESH MAITY talks about his installation'Genesis'-at Personal Structures, a biennial art exhibition in Venice

CONTINENTAL LINKS

Hamisha Daryani Ahuja's Postcards on Netflix highlights the cultural similarities between India and Nigeria

INDIAN COFFEE BLOSSOMS

Indian planters are reaping a windfall as a supply deficit due to a drought in Vietnam, the biggest coffee-producing country after Brazil and the largest supplier of Robusta beans, results in a boom in prices

REVISITING AGNIPATH

Feedback on the military recruitment scheme from various stakeholders has suggested several changes. With the issue exacting a heavy electoral cost too, Modi 3.0 is considering how to make it better