THE WEEK India Magazine - September 01, 2024

In this issue

Exclusive Interview/ Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

The elected government will get complete support of the LG, says Manoj Sinha, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

As Jammu and Kashmir prepares to hold its first assembly elections in a decade, building a cross-party consensus for ensuring peace and stability can be as radical a step as the voiding of Article 370 was five years ago

Also read: In 2023, I was thinking of another career, says Manu Bhaker, double bronze medallist at Paris Olympics

In untold stories: Dr Ramana Rao has been running a free Sunday clinic near Bengaluru for 51 years. He has treated almost 18 lakh patients

@Leisure: Designers Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla crave the complex, the multi-layered and the divinely detailed

Paddy in Kashmir's killing fields

My job is to install an elected chief minister in Srinagar,” Paddy told us on an August evening in 1996.

2 mins

Lessons from Bangladesh

The ‘Monsoon Revolution’ of August 5, 2024, was not about Bangladesh’s relations with India but about the relationship of Bangladesh with Bangladeshis.

2 mins

THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT WILL GET COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THE LG

When Sheikh Abdullah was sworn in as chief minister on July 9, 1977 after the National Conference won the assembly polls, it marked the end of the first spell of governor’s rule in Jammu and Kashmir.

10+ mins

A VOTE AGAINST VIOLENCE

As Jammu and Kashmir prepares to hold its first assembly elections in a decade, building a cross-party consensus for ensuring peace and stability can be as radical a step as the voiding of Article 370 was five years ago

7 mins

THE VALLEY OF HOPE

A high-stakes contest not just for the BJP and established regional parties, but also for the people

6 mins

SUPPORTING VILLAGE DEFENCE COMMITTEES TO DETER TERRORISTS

ABOUT THREE DOZEN Pakistani terrorists entered the border areas of Samba, Kathua and Hiranagar through tunnels during the three-month-long Lok Sabha elections to carry out attacks in Jammu.

4 mins

Little brother's handicap

Congress leaders believe that Uddhav Thackeray's impact is limited and they have to carry his party along

6 mins

Wilting lotus?

In what is expected to be a direct BJP-Congress contest, the latter's fortunes seem to be on the rise

5 mins

Flawed script

Hema committee report highlights unscrupulous trends in Malayalam film industry, but lasting solutions are nowhere in sight

4 mins

Sub-classification is not in the interest of the SC community

THE SUPREME COURT’S judgment on sub-classification of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes has triggered an intense social and political debate.

3 mins

ECONOMICS DOES NOT JUSTIFY CHINA'S INVESTMENT IN GWADAR; THERE IS A SECURITY DIMENSION

Captain Alok Bansal’s Gwadar: A Chinese Gibraltar is the result of 18 years of painstaking research.

4 mins

In 2023, I Was Thinking Of Another Career

In a largely lacklustre Olympic campaign in Paris, Manu Bhaker was one of the few bright spots for India.

6 mins

IT WAS THE PERFECT FAREWELL

To have your jersey number retired from the sport is an honour few receive. P.R. Sreejesh is among those few.

6 mins

HEART OF KINDNESS

Dr Ramana Rao has been running a free Sunday clinic near Bengaluru for 51 years. He has treated almost 18 lakh patients, setting a benchmark in rural health care

7 mins

Spin it like Shiamak

The acknowledged guru of modern dance in India—choreographer Shiamak Davar—has made several celebrities dance to his tune over the years.

2 mins

Maximum fashion

Designers Abu Jani & Sandeep Khosla crave the complex, the multi-layered and the divinely detailed

4 mins

Give audiences the freedom to choose

Exclusive: Actor Vikrant Massey on globalising Indian cinema

3 mins

Down history lane

India's first sunken museum will transport you back to the Mughal era

3 mins

Yet another hit

A new docuseries on scriptwriters Salim-Javed reveals the untold story of their partnership

2 mins

How not to react to rape

The rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata has been an inflection point for the country.

2 mins

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