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BRANDWAGON BOSS
Adman Prahlad Kakar's memoir is no malicious but delicious read
Visualising hope
There is an open door, shut by a closed mind….” This is the line that grabbed me when I opened Asha Thadani’s catalogue, Broken—Dalit Lives, which introduced viewers to her just concluded exhibition of photographs in Delhi.
For us, a 350-bed hospital is ideal; time for 700-bed hospitals over
INTERVIEW DILIP JOSE managing director and CEO, Manipal Hospitals
Point to ponder
Ten thousand practitioners of Transcendental Meditation came together in Hyderabad for a programme aimed at achieving world peace
EAGER TO WIN OLYMPIC GOLD: SINDHU WE THINK WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PRAKASH
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW P.V. SINDHU & PRAKASH PADUKONE
MODI AND SHARIF MIGHT PREFER TO LEAVE A LEGACY OF PEACE
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AJAY BISARIA, former high commissioner to Pakistan
Faith on his sleeve
Modi is known to have prostrated at only two placesParliament and the Ram Mandir. In politics, he has sought to combine them
LOSING SHEEN
Shillong: The cantonment has remained small even as others have grown in strategic importance
OFFICERS AND THE MESS
Delhi: A cantonment that houses two starkly different worlds that are still learning to coexist
BYGONE BLISS
Landour: Less quaint, more crowded now, it is yet to be de-notified
UNTOUCHED CHARM
Deolali: Peaceful vibes, thanks to pleasant weather and lush cover
A CRUMBLING CITADEL
Meerut: Once the military centre of the British empire in north India, the cantonment is now battling surging population and large-scale encroachments
MELANCHOLY BEAUTY
Lucknow: Ruins that bear record of the past and well-laid gardens that provide an oasis of calm
END OF A 260-YEAR MARCH
As the Narendra Modi government plans to disband cantonments, THE WEEK follows their chronology
FIGHTING FIT, FUTURE-READY
With air power influencing every facet of contemporary warfare, one of the areas the IAF must concentrate on is acquiring offensive capability as speedily as possible
SPACE NEEDS PACE
India is playing catchup in the military exploitation of space in a fragile global security environment
SPACE IS THE ULTIMATE HIGH GROUND FOR ALL OPERATIONS
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari, V.R. Chief of the Air Staff
What makes Mohamed Muizzu so angry?
On November 3, 1988, a group of well-armed mercenaries recruited by dissident Maldivian expatriates disembarked in Male, capital of the Maldives, and within a few hours succeeded in capturing most government buildings, including the presidential palace, and holding hundreds of civilians and one government minister hostage.
Baywatch dreams on Lakshadweep
On his many visits to Dhaka in the days after winning the 1971 war, Lt.-Gen. J.S. Aurora used to drive from the airport flying his eastern command flag on the car, with outriders ahead, sirens blaring, and traffic cleared, straight to the old Pak army commander’s bungalow where he would set up his lodging.
Man On A Mission
With a sharp political mind and a deep understanding of insurgency movements, Himanta Biswa Sarma has emerged as the key architect of the BJP's vision for the northeast
As India Becomes Ram Rajya
On January 22, history will witness the culmination of a nearly 500-year struggle as the consecration of the idol of Shri Ram takes place in Ayodhya.
Read before you bleed
The literary festival season, which is in full swing nowadays, brings to mind an old anecdote.
When silence speaks
Goat Days, a book about a man forced into slavery in Saudi Arabia, is getting a film adaptation
How to dress a teenager
When I became a mum a decade and a half ago, I could barely wait for the day when my son would be able to feed and bathe himself and I could spend a full day at the office.
A tale well told
Former diplomat Bhaswati Mukherjee's latest book on indentured labour from India is a work of great scholarship
Good architecture is built with context
When Abha Narain Lambah came to Mumbai as a young architect, the first building she prepared a conservation plan for was the David Sassoon Library and Reading Room in Kala Ghoda, an area known for its Victorian, Gothic and art deco buildings.
Divine gift
Ram idol sculptor Arun Yogiraj is a master at bringing his imagination to life
A Legacy of Education and Empowerment: The Journey of Blue Mount English High School Over Five Decades
As the desire to empower youth through education grew, a young aspiring lawyer and educationist named Manik Chandra Biswas set off on a remarkable adventure in 1976.
Paresh Baruah told me he is interested in talks
ON APRIL 7, 1979, six people gathered at Rang Ghar—a historical monument built by the Ahom kings in Rangpur—and decided to take up arms to fight against the “foreign” influx threatening to devour the Assamese identity.
We disbanded for the people of Assam
IT IS A BITTERSWEET moment for ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, who lost the battle for a sovereign Assam.