POWER POINT

Age of marriage

Sealed envelopes, whether given to the Supreme Court or to the government, often

MANI-FESTO

Presidential largesse

Splashed across our media are photographs and videos of President Ram Nath Kovind

PMO BEAT

Why not a jawan-kisan parade?

Narendra Modi missed a golden chance to reach out to the farmers. When they

IVORY TOWER

Burnishing the Padmas

A silver lining to the large and looming dark cloud of concern about institutional

Bitter Chocolate

Artiste as disruptor

A famous dialogue from The Dirty Picture proclaimed that films were about

All bees are not honeybees

How many bees are there in India? India has a human census and a livestock census,

FORTHWRITE

The data-locker law

Since the advent of internet technology in the early 1990s, the world is dealing

SOUND BITE

Words become deeds

Words matter. At his inauguration four years ago, President Donald Trump spoke about

DE TOUR

Rajini missed the bus

Do not give me pressure and pain, I have made my decision…. I am saying ‘no’ to

SCHIZO-NATION

Thank you, America

Regular readers of this column may remember the four desi stray puppies (Happy,

LAST WORD

Spies in the cold

Coincidences matter. As the world raced to the end of 2020 like a parched man to an

LAST WORD

For science’s sake!

The vaccine wars have reached a tenuous truce, with both Serum Institute of India

BABY STEPS

Nursing when ill

IN MAY, the WHO came out with a wonderful 2D hand-drawn animation video by a

LAST WORD

Time to approve dual citizenship

When my son Ishaan―a part-Malayali, part-Bengali, part-Kashmiri, who was born in

LAST WORD

Big Ben and plucky Perera

The World Cup this year was like fantasy cricket. Many nerve-jangling matches

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

Here is to healthy conversation

A couple of weeks back, I was in Thiruvananthapuram to attend a few meetings.

LAST WORD

A wonk no more

The Pew Research Center did an analysis in January 2017 of president-elect Donald

CANDID TALK

Make the impeachment process apolitical

Recently, 64 members of Parliament and seven recently retired MPs from seven

TRACK CHANGE

An open letter to the sports minister

Dear Shri Rathore, Congratulations for a successful showing at the Commonwealth

SEN-SIBILITY

The Spirit of Jaipur Art Summit

Jaipur Summit proves that some of the best art works can be viewed outside metropolis

MINDSCAPE

Blanking out in the digital age

Data files are read by software and the speed at which things are changing

MYSTIC EYE

Disability should not take away inner joy, writes Sadhguru

Today, we do not refer to people as 'handicapped'. We are beginning to call them special children or...

GENERAL'S JOTTINGS

A national security strategy is overdue

All recognised great powers like the United States, Russia and China have well articulated national...

ARUGULA GUY

Creating a new normal

All good things must come to an end, they say, and this one is the last piece that I would be doing for...

ART TO HEART

Thanks, thanks and ever thanks

I know that I want to see an India where every child grows up exposed to our performing arts and has...

STRANGE ENCOUNTERS

Whose India is it?

That’s it,” said one of the academics at the table as the seminar at Wellesley College ended. “Time to...

RACKET SCIENCE

Parting shot

Time always seems to be of great paucity for me. I do not remember how and when my childhood went by. I...

LAST WORD

The power of the written word

It has been close to eight years since I began writing in THE WEEK. Month after month, writing the...

GRAND SLAM

A life dedicated to tennis

The game of tennis is the fulcrum around which my life has revolved ever since I was a little girl. I...

BLINK

An eye on screen time

Eye strain caused by digital screens, called computer vision syndrome by doctors, has dramatically...

HAWK EYE

Expect more shocks in Punjab

Any serious observer of terror attacks on Indian soil over the past 25 years can see the Pakistani deep...

WORLD WATCH

Bear unchained

With Russia opting to take the plunge in Syria, the US and its allies could be forced to change their...

LAST WORD

March of the greens

Having worked as a publisher of Inside Outside magazine for many years in the 80s, I am well aware that...

ART TO HEART

Dependence, our greatest strength

It is so hard to believe how nine years have just flown by. As they rightly say, all good things must...

CHEF'S CHOICE

Serve, with a smile

Hotels and airlines have been major partners in the hospitality industry for long. It is the food and...

LAST WORD

Farewell, fair friend

We deeply mourn our friend Praful Bidwai, a renowned columnist, who passed away in Amsterdam last week....

LAST WORD

'Bond'ing with the best

One of the places I have been meaning to visit for many years is Landour, a small cantonment in the...

RAPID FIRE

To even the odds

Much has been said and written about Delhi’s sickeningly-high air pollution levels and the...

FREEWHEELING

Booming Bengal beckons

On January 8 and 9, Kolkata will host the Bengal Global Business Summit, an annual event. West Bengal...

LAST WORD

I want day-night Tests in India

When I sit down to write this piece, the Test match in Adelaide between Australia and New Zealand has...