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Bihar: Chirag Burns Bright

Chirag Paswan turned 40 on October 31, and one of the first people to call to wish him was Union home minister Amit Shah.

GM Mustard: RSS, BJP Conflict

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Union government’s ambitious plan for the commercial launch of indigenously developed genetically modified (GM) mustard—seen as a key step towards achieving self-sufficiency in oilseeds production—is facing stiff opposition.

Small-Town Tycoons

Not for them the big city to make their mark. These entrepreneurs have made their fortunes in the small towns they come from, creating not just wealth but also world-class enterprises. What sets them apart?

HUNTING FOR A THRILLER

Suhit Sen's book aims to be a police Kolkata procedural set in contemporary

IN COLD BLOOD

SEASONED JOURNALIST V. SUDARSHAN CHRONICLES A SENSATIONAL MURDER CASE THAT ROCKED KERALA IN 1987

A SERVANT OF THE LINE

The Compulsive Act: Drawings by Jogen Chowdhury Gallery Art Exposure, Kolkata (Till December 17)

Horrifyingly Beautiful

An exhibition by The Singh Twins in the UK sees some of the ugliest chapters of India's textile history transformed into art you can't turn away from

ON A NEW HIGH

In Rajshri Productions' 75th year, Sooraj Barjatya's Uunchai tells the tale of an elderly group of friends who embark on a mission to the Everest base camp

"TANAAV IS DIFFERENT FROM FAUDA”

Director Sudhir Mishra's latest project is an Indian adaptation of the hit Israeli series, Fauda. Tanaav, the SonyLIV series, follows a special unit in Kashmir. Mishra has also finished post-production for Afwaah, a thriller starring Bhumi Pednekar and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, shot a short film with Taapsee Pannu and is writing a series based on his grandfather's memoirs

"90 IS JUST A NUMBER"

Olympic javelin gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on his mithai cravings, goals for the 2023 season and cracking that elusive 90-metre mark

BABASAHEB IN WIDE ANGLE

I would be surprised if any other modest-sized book offers as full a chronicle of Babasaheb’s life as this one by Tharoor.

GRAND GESTURES

Earlier this month, nearly 1,500 dancers from across India and 10 countries descended on Raipur for the National Tribal Dance Festival. It was a gala affair with a host of folk performances, music and a variety of food stalls.

A BELLWETHER BYPOLL

If there is one key takeaway from the recent assembly bypolls across six states, it is the continuing decline of the Congress as the fulcrum of the opposition in national poli­ tics.

The Pastors Of Punjab

Pentecostal preachers find a fertile ground among Punjab's most oppressed castes to spread their faith and expand their flock

BRINGING THEN TO THE NOW

Photos of rural Bengal and ruins are a well-worn theme, but Sarker Protick’s work again makes it new

Partners in High Places

Jaimin Rajani’s talent lifts his debut album, but so do his collaborators

GETTING BETTER

Out with their third album, dream-pop duo Parekh Singh are after improvement, not adulation

KEEPERS OF THE LOST CITY

Nazia Akhtar’s book acquaints us with women Urdu writers who brought alive 20th-century Hyderabad

Heaven on Earth

In this long poem, we see Banaras was many things for Mirza Ghalib-sanctum, paradise, trap

GOING UP NORTH

Director Mathukutty Xavier is making his Hindi-language debut with Mili, a re-rendering of his Malayalam hit, Helen

I'M NOT IN ANY RACE

With a new film about to release on Netflix, actor Rajkummar Rao says he competes only with himself

LET'S TALK ABOUT HOPE

Even as Anupam Kher gears up for the November Tl release of his latest film, Uunchai, the actor is busy preparing questions for his latest YouTube chat show, Manzilen Aur Bhi Hain

EARNING OUR WINGS

Ever since it emerged that India had signed a deal in September 2021 with Airbus Defence and Space, SA, Spain, to procure and manufacture 56 C-295 medium-weight transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force, speculation was rife about the location of its plant in India. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi laying the foundation stone of the manufacturing unit in Vadodara, in poll-bound Gujarat, on October 30, that matter has been put to rest.

Silent Treatment

The precipitous has become the protracted in Jharkhand. And with it, the fate of the state's chief minister, Hemant Soren, continues to hang in the balance.

A BOTCHED OPERATION?

A political storm hit Telangana just over a week before the crucial Munugode byelection on November 3. Its epicentre: a farmhouse in Moinabad, about 30 kilometres from state capital Hyderabad. During a raid at the farmhouse on October 26, the Cyberabad police arrested three men-alleged to be \"agents\" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-for trying to \"poach\" four MLAs of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). All four had switched over to the TRS from the Congress after the 2018 assembly election.

THE UPSET APPLECART

A curious irony is growing in the apple orchards of rural Kashmir these day. In the daytime, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone outside their orchards. They are all hard at work, picking a bumper crop.

A SAFFRON FACELIFT

A new state unit chief. A new A leader of opposition. A new incharge of the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seen radical changes in its organisational structure in Chhattisgarh since August, with three new men commandeering its efforts to bring the party back into power as the state prepares for the assembly election scheduled in a little over a year.

MAPPING CHINA'S MIGHT

The two books under review offer important new perspectives on China's rise since 1989. In the two decades under Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, China achieved spectacular economic growth, while keeping a relatively modest international profile in accordance with Deng Xiaoping's injunction to \"hide our capacities and bide our time\". That period came to an end when Xi Jinping decided that the time was ripe for China to follow a \"proactive\" foreign policy, conducting itself as an assertive, and even aggressive, superpower.

GOVERNORS VS CHIEF MINISTERS

TUSSLES WITH THE GOVERNMENTS OF KERALA AND OTHER STATES REIGNITE OLD DEBATES OVER THE GOVERNOR'S ROLE IN INDIA’S FEDERAL STRUCTURE

UPHILL BATTLE

AS THE POLL CAMPAIGN ENTERS THE FINAL STRETCH, WILL HIMACHAL BUCK THE TREND AND GIVE THE BJP A SECOND TERM, OR WILL THE CONGRESS FIND REDEMPTION?