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Use multi-asset investing to overcome portfolio volatility

EQUITY MARKETS have been choppy during this year. After rallying for the better part of the first nine months of 2024, equities corrected sharply in October and November, before taking off once again on rally mode in December.

Twist of faith

Upamanyu Chatterjee is back with his wry sense of humour in his new novel, and most of it is directed at religion and spirituality

THE GLORY OF SARI

Saris of Memory weaves together history and textiles, highlighting key moments from the author's collection

We win together

We invented chess, which was pretty cool of us. The original game 'chaturanga'that is four divisions (infantry, cavalry, elephantry and chariotry)-was a war strategy game. When the game travelled to the Middle East, they mangled the Sanskrit and it ended up being called 'shatranj' instead.

BEATS THAT HEAL

Music ignites the light within us, says Grammy-winner Chandrika Tandon

Older, smarter, sexier

Those who worship him regardless of where he works have continued to do so. Such is the power of Alessandro Michele, that after being the face of some mega brands for 10 years (namely Gucci and now Valentino), he remains bigger than the labels themselves. His debut collection for Valentino was presented at the recent Paris Haute Couture Week, and it has been adored by his adorers.

The road to peace

Future political dialogues should explore means of ensuring a more robust autonomy to tribal communities

Diary of a Sherpa

Amitabh Kant's new book is a comprehensive account of the G20 Summit held in Delhi in 2023

The annoying orange

Everything is great. All is sunshine. I am an eternal optimist.\" It's the fad of our TikTok times everything is not great, the sun sets daily, nothing is eternal. If anything, everything is ephemeral, night brings darkness, and optimism often crumbles under the weight of history. British philosopher Roger Scruton warned: \"Hope untempered by the evidence of history is a dangerous asset, one that threatens not only those who embrace it, but all those within range of their illusions.\"

NO SEAT, YET UPBEAT

The Congress is buoyed by its increased vote share in Delhi, and feels it can push the AAP into further decline

NEW DAWN IN DELHI

FOR NARENDRA MODI, THE DELHI VICTORY MARKS A SECOND COMING, AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECTLY OVERSEE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL INTO A GLOBAL CITY. THE MANDATE FROM THE POLITICALLY DIVERSE STATE HAS ALSO SPURRED THE MODI GOVERNMENT TO PUSH FORWARD ITS IDEOLOGICAL AGENDA

BROOM WITHOUT VROOM

Corruption allegations shred the AAP's anti-corruption sails

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

The first challenge for Manipur's new regime is to disarm the civilians

We are getting back our cadre base

INTERVIEW - DEVENDER YADAV, PRESIDENT, DELHI CONGRESS

People wanted conflict-free governance

INTERVIEW - BAIJAYANT PANDA, BJP ELECTION IN-CHARGE, DELHI

DON'T WRITE KEJRIWAL OFF

He is a gifted politician with enough cunning to rise once again

MIXED REALTY

PREMIUM HOUSES IN HIGH DEMAND; TAX CUTS MIGHT BOOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Home is not a building

Good morning, Gaza Get up, drink my coffee and rise. Our funeral has arrived-Mahmoud Darwish.

GRAND, OLD AND LONELY

After the Delhi debacle, several INDIA bloc partners are toying with the idea of forming a new front to isolate the Congress

ACTIVE GAINS

PASSIVE FUNDS PROVIDE EXPOSURE TO MARKET INDICES, SECTORS OR THEMES WITHOUT REQUIRING IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OR ACTIVE MANAGEMENT DECISIONS

A RACE WELL RUN

Prince Karim Aga Khan's legacy will continue to flourish through his philanthropic philosophy and deeds

Chain gangs from America

Working on the chain gang, no more'-was an American pop song of the 1980s. Chain gangs, if you don't know, were groups of prisoners chained together and made to do hard labour, common in the post-slave trading US south. Norms of civilised human rights that spread in the post-war world led to chain gangs being phased out by the late 1950s.

Dress distress

A temple entry row has pitted two prominent communities in Kodagu against each other

THE RECRUITER

THE WEEK speaks to Mohammed Haydar Zammar, the man who recruited the hijackers responsible for the 9/11 attacks in the United States. Once a key member of AI Qaeda and Islamic State, Zammar is now in a Syrian prison under Kurdish control. Kurdish authorities say he used to work with President Jolani

THE PONTIFF'S INDIAN PET

When an elephant was taken from Kochi to Rome and eventually became a favourite of Pope Leo X

MONEY POWER

Not just in Delhi and Bihar, the BJP hopes to get electoral gains in the four states going to the polls in 2026

Lunar lodging

A little red house will probably land on the moon in four months, thanks to a Swedish artist and a Japanese lunar exploration company

Cornerstone of a robust portfolio

MANY EXPERTS HAVE highlighted asset allocation as the cornerstone of successful investing.

CHARGING AHEAD

Electric vehicles are on an unstoppable march thanks to good products, falling prices and improving charging infra

I write about sad things, but I am not a depressed person

On a chilly morning in Gurugram, as I sit down to chat with Amitav Ghosh about his latest book Wild Fictions, my first question is about the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, which seems almost prescient since Ghosh had written about a wildfire approaching LA's Getty Museum in his 2019 novel Gun Island.