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THE ESSENTIAL GROWTH SUTRAS

To move to a higher economic plane, India must fortify its human capital and harness emerging technologies to deliver all-round growth. Champion states need to be key drivers in that growth

FROM POVERTY LINE TO DIGNITY LINE

For India to grow at full potential, we must transform the bottom 50 per cent of our income distribution from passive beneficiaries of welfare schemes to active contributors to personal and national growth

Neighbours - Why India Should Worry

Surrounded By Turmoil, India Needs To Reinvent Its Neighbourhood First Policy, Lest China Takes Advantage And Extends Its Influence

Finding the Sweet Spot

Four promising new EP releases by independent artists show that relationships remain an endless source of inspiration

Age No Bar

Keep Moving, Milind Soman's latest book, cowritten with his wife and mother, shows that you can be fit at any age

FEVER PITCH

If there are rains, can viruses be far behind? The southwest monsoon, which hit India at the end of May, brought with it much-needed relief from the blistering summer, but also saw an alarming outbreak of a range of viral infections across the country. \"

Like Father, (Un)like Daughter

An exhibition at Mumbai’s Chatterjee Lal compares and contrasts the works of an influential fatherdaughter artist duo

TACKLING TEETHING TROUBLES

A NOBODY PITCHFORKED INTO THE HOT SEAT AS CM, BHAJAN LAL SHARMA HAS BORNE THE BAPTISM BY FIRE WITH NO RANCOUR. NOW, HE'S SLOWLY EVOLVING HIS POLICY SIGNATURE: SENSIBLE, BALANCED AND NOT WITHOUT THE BIG IDEA

THE SLATE IS CLEAN

Tejas Majithiya, a resident of Gujarat's Una town, is a science graduate, has a Master's degree too in science, has completed a Bachelor in Education (BEd) course and also cleared the state government's teachers' aptitude test (TAT, for recruitment as teaching staff in a government-run or aided school) in 2023.

Symphony of Success

The Musical Maverick is a detailed account of Shankar Mahadevan's career as a musician and singer

Not All Fun And Games

In Boundary Lab, Nandan Kamath examines the phenomenon of sports, \"the world's largest social experiment\"

PANACEA OR PANDORA'S BOX?

THE SUPREME COURT'S RECENT VERDICT ALLOWING SUBCLASSIFICATION WITHIN SCS/ STS HAS SET OFF A DEBATE ON WHETHER RESERVATIONS LEAD TO TRUE SOCIAL EQUITY OR GET REDUCED TO A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF POLITICAL PARTIES SEEKING TO PROFIT FROM VOTE BANK POLITICS

CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN

Everest, Inc.is about the aura of the world's tallest mountain and the commercial climbing industry it has spawned

EYE ON INDIA

DESTINATION INDIA AT DAG, DELHI, SHOWS HOW PERCEPTIONS AND TREATMENTS EVOLVED AMONG FOREIGN ARTISTS IN THE PREINDEPENDENCEERA

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTING

In between directing and teaching in film schools, Anurag Kashyap is doing a lot of acting this year

DRIVEN TO DESPAIR

\"Are loco pilots not humans?\" the Congress had asked on social media platforms, after Rahul Gandhi, leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, visited a running room, or rest room, for locomotive pilots at the New Delhi railway station last month to review their working conditions. Rahul himself spoke of their \"16-hour\" workday and \"boiling hot\" cabins.

Shunning Stereotypes

Writer-producer Kanika Dhillon returns with Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, whose divisive lead character Rani makes unapologetic choices and is anything but docile

BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

In the last week of June, a highprofile delegation from Pakistan travelled to Jammu and Kashmir to inspect hydropower projects covered under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), marking the first such visit in over five years to address differences between the two South Asian nations over shared water resources.

REIMAGINING EDUCATION

The India Today Education Conclave 2024 saw educators debate on making India a global leader, ready for the 21st century

HUMANS OF BANDHAVGARH

Recent explorations by historians and archaeologists in the Bandhavgarh National Park have shone a torch on the hitherto unlit history rather, prehistory of the Baghelkhand region in eastern Madhya Pradesh.

PICKING UP THE PIECES

It's as if even the road is afraid to go down that last stretch to the 'valley of death'.

A MINISTER REBELS

Crisis brings understanding.

The Wayanad Blunders

Despite Several Warnings By Environment Committees, Indiscriminate Quarrying And Deforestation Have Continued Apace, Forcing Kerala To Pay This Heavy Price

Hasina's Big Challenge

On July 31, Sheikh Hasina may have become the longest serving prime minister of Bangladesh with a total of 20 years (though not consecutively) at the helm, but she has been on the backfoot ever since the recent, explosive protests by college/ university students over reservation for government jobs resulted in around 200 deaths.

Sleepless In India

Indians Are Facing A Debilitating Sleep Deficit, But Promising New Advances In Sleep Therapy Offer Them Hope

Pak's New Gameplan In Jammu

The wave of militant attacks in the mountainous region has got the security establishment scrambling to provide a "full-throttle" response

Southern Comfort

Food can be medicine, magic and a medley of tradition and innovation: Avartana at ITC Maratha is the blueprint of how to break the mould, while honouring the materials that make it.

THE SHOE SNOB

Top five shoes styles that have given the sneaker squad the runaround.

Innovation Meets Gastronomy

Today, dining experiences aren't just about the food at a restaurant, but everything that comes along―the ambience, entertainment and interactive elements.

STATE OF THE ARTS

The most creative global cities to elevate your mind-body-soul experience