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The welfare game
THE WEEK India

The welfare game

With 'Mission 2030, Ashok Gehlot looks to retain power and extend his hold on the party

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September 10, 2023
Triple engine
THE WEEK India

Triple engine

The BJP is getting innovative in its efforts to unseat Ashok Gehlot and retain Madhya Pradesh, including adding a third layer to its campaign

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September 10, 2023
Brilliant Pala Nurturing toppers and shaping future
THE WEEK India

Brilliant Pala Nurturing toppers and shaping future

In 1984, a trio of ingenious MSc graduates, Sebastian G. Mathew, George Thomas, and Stephen Joseph, embarked on a remarkable venture.

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September 10, 2023
Missing a dalit messiah
THE WEEK India

Missing a dalit messiah

Thrown out of a first-class train coach by a white man despite possessing a ticket, Mohandas Gandhi resolved to fight the notions of racial supremacy that were prevailing across the globe. The ordinary attorney's struggle metamorphosed into history's most remarkable civil and political struggle that would culminate in the end of the mightiest empire.

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September 10, 2023
Year Of The Moon
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Year Of The Moon

How India learnt its lessons from the Chandrayaan-2 debacle

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September 03, 2023
Sunrise On The Moon
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Sunrise On The Moon

Chandrayaan-3 is a great step forward for the Indian space programme

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September 03, 2023
Childproofing stress
THE WEEK India

Childproofing stress

The impact of parental strains on the child's mental health

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September 03, 2023
Building better health
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Building better health

India needs a more targeted approach to raise protein consumption

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September 03, 2023
BALM AMID BOMBS
THE WEEK India

BALM AMID BOMBS

MEDICS WORKING IN UKRAINE RISK THEIR LIVES TO PROVIDE HEALING AND SUCCOUR TO INJURED COMBATANTS AND CIVILIANS

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September 03, 2023
India's research infrastructure in health is extremely weak
THE WEEK India

India's research infrastructure in health is extremely weak

DR VIKRAM PATEL -  CHAIR-DESIGNATE, DEPARTMENT OF GLOBAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL MEDICINE, HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL

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September 03, 2023
Hand it to Kharge
THE WEEK India

Hand it to Kharge

Did journalists get Mallikarjun Kharge wrong? When Kharge won the election to the post of Congress president, only the sixth time that such a poll was held in the 137-year history of the party, the commentariat was less than impressed.

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September 03, 2023
Right to repair
THE WEEK India

Right to repair

Even though sustainability is the buzzword in fashion circles lately, there are very few high-end brands who practise it at all levels, unless being nudged into it.

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September 03, 2023
"West Side Story's music feels as vibrant as if it were written today"
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"West Side Story's music feels as vibrant as if it were written today"

INTERVIEW LONNY PRICE West Side Story director

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September 03, 2023
CASE CLOSED
THE WEEK India

CASE CLOSED

This version of the Depp vs Heard trial's telling is much like the trial itself, with nothing new to offer

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2 mins  |
September 03, 2023
PUNCH ABOVE MY FATE
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PUNCH ABOVE MY FATE

The heroine of Emmy winner Ruchira Gupta's debut novel is about to be sold into prostitution... but she's not going down without a fight

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September 03, 2023
Anand the astro-nut
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Anand the astro-nut

The chess legend opens up about a lesser-known aspect of his life

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September 03, 2023
This is the GOLDEN GENERATION of INDIAN CHESS
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This is the GOLDEN GENERATION of INDIAN CHESS

INTERVIEW - VISWANATHAN ANAND five-time world chess champion

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September 03, 2023
CHANDRAYAAN-3'S SUCCESS SHOWS THE WORLD THAT INDIA IS A SERIOUS GLOBAL POWER
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CHANDRAYAAN-3'S SUCCESS SHOWS THE WORLD THAT INDIA IS A SERIOUS GLOBAL POWER

CHRISTINA KORP - Astronaut manager and founder of SPACE For a Better World

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September 03, 2023
WE NEED TO MAKE OUR LAUNCH VEHICLES BIGGER AND MORE POWERFUL
THE WEEK India

WE NEED TO MAKE OUR LAUNCH VEHICLES BIGGER AND MORE POWERFUL

MYLSWAMY ANNADURAI former programme director, Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2 and Mangalyaan

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September 03, 2023
A HUMAN MISSION COULD TAKE PLACE IN 2024
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A HUMAN MISSION COULD TAKE PLACE IN 2024

JITENDRA SINGH - Union minister of state (independent charge), science and technology

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September 03, 2023
SMALL BUDGET, GRAND VISION
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SMALL BUDGET, GRAND VISION

From planning to execution, Chandrayaan-3 has been all about making the most of available resources

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4 mins  |
September 03, 2023
China Is Our Primary Front Now
THE WEEK India

China Is Our Primary Front Now

Exclusive Interview - General Manoj Pande Chief Of Army Staff

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10+ mins  |
August 27, 2023
Gast from the past
THE WEEK India

Gast from the past

Our childhood heroes are increasingly walking on to our screens, jokes and superpowers intact

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4 mins  |
August 27, 2023
SAY CHEESE!
THE WEEK India

SAY CHEESE!

Tikam Chand's adventures with his 1860s vintage camera

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2 mins  |
August 27, 2023
Costume is character
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Costume is character

Last week’s Amazon Prime Video drop Made in Heaven Season 2 has a scene where a middle-class character, Jazz (played by Shivani in Heaven Season 2 has a scene where a middle-class character, Jazz (played by Shivani Raghuvanshi), speaks of her office: “You can’t do fashion here”. It is such a great moment, almost as if she is addressing the show’s makers themselves. Take us seriously, don’t just dress us up. And yet, it is the dresses that speak louder than the stories. After all, this is India, where the lehenga matters more than the wedding, perhaps even the groom.

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August 27, 2023
Pakistan's A-bomb bank
THE WEEK India

Pakistan's A-bomb bank

Iqbal Chand Malhotra’s thoroughly researched book—The Bomb, the Bank, the Mullah and the Poppies—has laid bare the agenda of Pakistan’s ‘deep state’ and the murky world of how money was acquired from the heads of States and billionaires.

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August 27, 2023
Meeting Mohan again
THE WEEK India

Meeting Mohan again

Veteran, award-winning psychiatrist-actor, Mohan Agashe, has a bone to pick with me.

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August 27, 2023
I AM NOT HAPPY WITH ANY OF MY PERFORMANCES
THE WEEK India

I AM NOT HAPPY WITH ANY OF MY PERFORMANCES

INTERVIEW WITH Abhishek Bachchan, actor

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4 mins  |
August 27, 2023
Elephants in the room
THE WEEK India

Elephants in the room

In the last decade or so, we have seen a strange new genre of Hindi film emerge. Kicked off by 2012’s Vicky Donor, a film about the stigma around sperm donation set in a middle-class milieu, it quickly expanded to comment on fat-shaming, erectile dysfunction, late-age pregnancy, gay love, menstruation, open-air defecation, lesbian love, trans-love, surrogacy, male pattern baldness, more fat-shaming, more homosexuality, sex education, asexuality and masturbation.

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2 mins  |
August 27, 2023
PEP THE PIPER
THE WEEK India

PEP THE PIPER

Total domination is the mantra as Guardiola’s all-conquering Manchester City start a new season

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8 mins  |
August 27, 2023