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Lessons in leadership

When I began my career at Hindustan Lever (as HUL was then called), I was deeply inspired by our chairman, Dr Ashok S. Ganguly.

Political colours

One of the greatest fashion statements of recent times was made in the Parliament's winter session by Rahul Gandhi and some opposition colleagues. India's most news-making politician (since his landmark Bharat Jodo Yatra) gave up his signature white polo T-shirt for a blue one.

Chat roam

Vox pop content is seeing an uptick in India, with creators making conversations on current and social issues fun and funny

Back home with BANNG

Michelin star-winning chef Garima Arora, who recently opened her first restaurant in India, on all things food and family

One supercalifragilisticexpialidocious New Year

Once Christmas is over, tension mounts in our home as the little woman and I start ticking off the days. We both remain on edge because we dread the coming of the New Year—a time when the whole world goes crazy and adopts resolutions. We, too, make New Year promises and our ‘list of past resolutions’ is very long and impressive. Unfortunately, we are complete failures at keeping them and our ‘list of resolutions not kept’ is equally long and equally impressive.

Six or out?

Cricket is a quasi-religion in India. And our pantheon of cricketers is worshipped with a fervour bordering on hysteria.

DOWN AND UNDER THE WEATHER

After their flop show in Australia, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will have to live on current form rather than past glory

The new in news

THE WEEK and DataLEADS partner to revolutionise news with fact-checks, data and Live Journalism

Hello Middle East

Reem Al-Hashimy, UAE minister of state for international cooperation, inaugurates a special Middle East section on THE WEEK website

BAIT CLICK

Dark patterns fool millions of Indians every day. The government is finally acting, but it just may not be enough

When Manmohan engaged Musharraf

No prime minister of India made a more constructive contribution towards establishing an equilibrium between India and Pakistan than Dr Manmohan Singh. Building on the Islamabad Declaration of January 2004, proclaimed jointly by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and president Pervez Musharraf, Singh initiated with his counterpart a process of sustained dialogue which yielded the most positive results, specifically with regard to the issue of Jammu and Kashmir that, but for the perversity of destiny, might have opened the path to lasting peace and harmony.

AS BEED BLEEDS

The murder of a sarpanch in Beed district has exposed a web of political rivalries, caste conflicts and police complicity

CAN BJP BREACH KEJRIWALL?

As the big players battle it out in the assembly polls, the Congress tries hard to stay relevant

A SIMPLE CHOICE, A SAFER FUTURE: GET YOUR PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE TODAY

Over the last 100 years, the global population has grown significantly.

Dying to be a journalist

Courage amidst the challenges of a conflict zone in Bastar

LONE WARRIOR

Four months after he lost his family in the Wayanad landslide, Kalathingal Noufal opened a restaurant in their memory. This is his story of heartbreak and hope

Coalition dharma, Congress!

Chatting about UN reforms with a European diplomat at an informal gathering, some of us asked why Britain was still there in the Security Council. They are no longer a military power, nor an economic power. They have a veto, but have never cast it on their own since 1972, the year in which Correlli Barnett published The Collapse of British Power. Worse, they haven't toed a line of their own in the council on any global issue since.

LORD OF THE LUXE

Twenty-five years on, and with a ₹500 crore turnover, Sabyasachi Mukherjee has built India's biggest luxury brand. The next 25, he wants to take it global

Forging the future

As the curtain falls on 2024, I take pride in the extraordinary milestones achieved under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This year stands as a testament to the Modi government's resolve to forge a resilient and forward-looking Bharat. From groundbreaking advancements in infrastructure to visionary global initiatives, these efforts resonate deeply with the vision of Viksit Bharat.

Our strange democracy

Abraham Lincoln is lauded as among the very best presidents the US ever had: the statesman par excellence successfully steered the nation through the devastating and perilous years of the American civil war. Not only did Lincoln manage to keep his country united, he also ensured the passage of the 13th amendment to the US constitution, which abolished slavery.

Five years of post-pandemic fashion

It has been five years since we discovered what Covid-19 was, and five years since it disrupted the world forever. The World Health Organization activated their emergency systems on January 1, 2020, and informed the world by January 4, 2020. By the end of that week, they had set guidelines for various countries to follow. Comparable to the Spanish flu of 1918, more than 7 million people have died of Covid according to official data. Unofficially, no one has an idea. WHO has just this week asked China to provide critical data to understand the virus's origins as a “moral and scientific imperative”.

Community spirit

Rhythm of Dammam opens a window to the world of African-origin Siddis of Uttara Kannada

'Breaking' down a scandal

Society Girl is not just a case study of a high-profile death in Pakistan but also a stark commentary on media trials

Progress card

Jasmine Shah's book tells you what the AAP has achieved in Delhi in the last 10 years

SENSE IN NONSENSE

In his latest book of poetry, Ruskin Bond is at his funniest

Get ready for Trump bump

The ‘butterfly effect’ is a beautiful, mysterious metaphor of the planet’s interconnectedness.

QUIET FLOWS THE FAITH

The melding of an ancient amorphous faith and the latest science; of an antique tradition and new practices; ways of life older than memory and new expressions is happening at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh.

Trash to treasure

How a weed-choked Dal Lake spurred Maninder Singh's journey to become a waste management visionary

ACES

Badminton has a new home in Odisha. With 77,000sqft of indoor space, Shuttle is unlike any other badminton facility in the world

Manmohan & the power of intellect

On my 12th birthday, my parents decided I was old enough for pocket money. Two crisp five-rupee notes were deemed sufficient for a month's expenses—and they were. I clearly remember treating my friends to colas and burgers in the school canteen with just one of them, eliciting admiring cries of ‘whoa, big spender!’ from all present.