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WHEN LICENCE CONTROLS HURT
THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BOOST DOMESTIC MANUFACTURING OF IT HARDWARE BY IMPOSING CURBS ON IMPORTS OF LAPTOPS, PERSONAL COMPUTERS AND SERVERS, BUT EXPERTS CAUTION AGAINST A RETURN OF THE LICENCE-PERMIT REGIME
A BITTER SWEET TRUTH
A NEW SURVEY LAYS BARE THE ALARMING STATE OF THE DIABETES BURDEN IN RURAL AND URBAN INDIA. DRIVEN BY LOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, UNHEALTHY FOOD HABITS AND LACK OF AWARENESS, IT IS OUR OWN EPIDEMIC TO CONQUER
WIND IN THE WILLOW
THE KASHMIR WILLOW, LONG CONSIDERED AN INFERIOR BAT TO ITS ENGLISH COUNTERPART, HAS FINALLY HIT THE SWEET SPOT. BUT A SHORTAGE OF WILLOW TREES IN THE VALLEY THREATENS TO UNDO THAT HARD-EARNED RECOGNITION
THE POWER OF TWO
Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti have known each other for over two decades now. Together, they have delivered some of the greatest hits in contemporary Indian cinema. In an exclusive chat, the duo talk about their filmmaking journey and the keystones of their partnership
UNCHAINED MELODIES
Shubha Mudgal talks about bringing India's young musicians to the fore through Jackfruit 2023 and the rhythms that define her life
UNITED WE SING
Singer and composer Kalyani Nair's new EP is the culmination of over a decade of collaboration with fellow musicians and singers
His Father's Son
In Netflix's Friday Night Plan, BABIL KHAN tries to showcase a style distinct from his father, Irrfan
EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD SCAM
Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is a fictional retelling of the stamp paper scam powered by Gagan Dev Riar's pitch-perfect turn
CONTAINING MULTITUDES
SIDDHARTHA DEB's The Light at the End of the World is a saga of continental proportions that travels effortlessly through time
History and its Discontents
Anjum Hasan's novel History's Angel tells a story that is deeply relevant for our times
High on Art
The first edition of Sa Ladakh-'the highest festival of land art in Asia'-put the spotlight on climate change and art praxis in a fragile setting
MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
Run as Slow as You Can is a surreal and stimulating exhibition at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai
Q+A - DREAM RUN
The critics may be frowning but Ayushmann Khurrana's Dream Girl 2 is yet another commercial success
THE POLITICAL CONTRACT
CONTRACTORS FEAR THE PROBE ORDERS AGAINST THE WORKS CLEARED BY THE BJP REGIME WILL FURTHER DELAY PAYMENTS
SHIFTING STRIPES
Tiger numbers in Maharashtra represent a roaring success of conservation efforts. The estimated number of big cats in the state in 2022 is 444-up from 312 in 2018 and 190 in 2014. The state has the fourth largest population of tigers after Madhya Pradesh (785), Karnataka (563) and Uttarakhand (560).
CAUGHT IN A SANDSTORM
THE TDP CLAIMS THAT UNDER YSRCP RULE, SAND MAFIA HAS EARNED NEARLY Rs 40,000 CRORE THROUGH ILLEGAL MINING IN THE STATE
CONVERGING INTERESTS
On August 26, three new ministers were inducted in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Two of them, Rajendra Shukla and Gauri Shankar Bisen, are senior MLAs, former ministers and Shivraj loyalists, so their new cabinet posts caused no surprise.
ONE-CLICK REPUBLIC
On September 1, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance government appointed an eight-man committee headed by former president Ram Nath Kovind to examine and suggest the way forward for its One Nation, One Poll (ONOP) proposal.
The High Cost Of Cheap Drugs
For now, a medical row has been put to rest. The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulatory body guiding medical professionals, has put on hold its order requiring doctors to exclusively prescribe non-branded generic medicines to patients.
This G20 Reflects The Voice Of The Global South
India's G20 presidency is a watershed moment, with the country helping shape a number of global issues. As the central figure taking it forward this year, Prime Minister NARENDRA MODI has successfully ensured that India plays a pivotal role in addressing the concerns of the Global South. Just days before the G20 Leaders' Summit, the prime minister, in an exclusive interaction with our sister publication BUSINESS TODAY, spoke about the opportunity India has to help address areas of global concern.
The Moon Warriors
The men and women who made india’s lunar accomplishment possible by the sheer dint of their dedication, hard work and never-say-die attitude. They are a brilliant example of how to script success out of failure
PRINCESS DIARIES
Her first role in a Telugu film is Janhvi Kapoor's ode to her mother Sridevi
CELEBRATING CINEMA
AN INTRIGUING NEW CROP OF INDIAN FILMS DEBUTS AT THE 48TH TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SPOTLIGHT ON THE SELF
GALLERY THRESHOLD MARKS ITS 25TH ANNIVERSARY WITH REFLECTING THE SELF, AN AMBITIOUS GROUP SHOW THAT TURNS THE GAZE INWARDS
KEEPING IT COOL
Sitar maestro PURBAYAN CHATTERJEE set out to show that classical music can be cool and now has a transparent 'see-tar' to prove it
LIVING HERITAGE
Kathika, a new museum and cultural hub occupying two restored havelis in Old Delhi, is a great example of adaptive reuse of heritage buildings
The Road Less Travelled
Singer AP Dhillon's offbeat route to stardom is documented in a new Amazon Prime series, First of a Kind
The Plots Thicken
Strap on your seatbelt, because Kunal Basu's Filmi Stories is a racy and rollicking read
THOSE WERE THE DAYS
Avijit Ghosh's ode to 1980s Hindi cinema reassesses an unfairly maligned decade that was more dynamic than we realise
PORTRAIT OF A STAR
SHUBHRA GUPTA'S IRRFAN: A LIFE IN MOVIES IS A COLLECTION OF CONVERSATIONS WITH IRRFAN KHAN'S CLOSE ASSOCIATES