POWER POINT

A journey cut short

Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s cabinet had stalwarts with strong views and even stronger

By Sachidananda Murthy

MANI-FESTO

Goring vs Schacht, desi version

The current stand-off between the Reserve Bank of India and the Narendra Modi

By Mani Shankar Aiyar

LAST WORD

Demonetising impatient India

Claims and counterclaims on the economic impact of demonetisation have been

By Sanjaya Baru

SCHIZO-NATION

Where Suraiyya slays

In this column, I have held forth a lot on item numbers, mostly fuming against the

By Anuja Chauhan

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

Bangkok embraces modern art

In French author Michel Houellebecq’s controversial novel Platform, one western

By Bose Krishnamachari

LAST WORD

Volleys of another kind

There is so little good news coming out of Jammu and Kashmir these days: the

By Barkha Dutt

PMO BEAT

Colossal obsessions of an oriental kind

Ancient Greeks were the world’s best statue-makers. They sculpted comely statues of

By R Prasannan

FORTHWRITE

Much more than a statue

Pay no attention to what the critics say, a statue has never been erected in honour

By Meenakshi Lekhi

SOUND BITE

The final gamble

She was the right person, at the right time, in the right place. After the Berlin

By Anita Pratap

DE TOUR

Tej's tear-jerker

God knows what is the real story behind this 29-year-old Bihar politician’s decision

By Shobhaa De

LAST WORD

The name game

The recent renaming of the historic town of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh to an

By Shashi Tharoor

LAST WORD

Baptised for greatness

Is it the waters of India? How else do we keep producing all-time-great batsmen with

By Sanjay Manjrekar

BABY STEPS

Riding the bump with BP

LAST WEEK, my maid grumbled to me about how her niece had turned into an enormous

By Lakshmy Ramanathan

LAST WORD

Sri Lanka shoos away Indian meddling

There is no reason to disbelieve the recent news report that Sri Lankan President

By M.K. Bhadrakumar

CANDID TALK

Make the impeachment process apolitical

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

By Vinod Rai

TRACK CHANGE

An open letter to the sports minister

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

By Ashwini Nachappa

SEN-SIBILITY

The Spirit of Jaipur Art Summit

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

By Geeti Sen

MINDSCAPE

Blanking out in the digital age

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

By Vandana Kohli

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...

By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev

GENERAL'S JOTTINGS

A national security strategy is overdue

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

By Gen Bikram Singh

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...

By Manu Chandra

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...

By Sanjna Kapoor

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...

By Jerry Pinto

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...

By Saina Nehwal

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...

By Nandita Das

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...

By Sania Mirza

BLINK

An eye on screen time

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

By Dr Bala Ambati

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...

By Maroof Raza

WORLD WATCH

Bear unchained

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

By Ajish P Joy

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...

By Mallika Sarabhai

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...

By Amjad Ali Khan

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...

By Hemant Oberoi

LAST WORD

Farewell, fair friend

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

By Ilina & Binayak Sen

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...

By Patrick French

RAPID FIRE

To even the odds

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

By Nupur Sharma

FREEWHEELING

Booming Bengal beckons

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

By Derek O’Brien

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...

By Sourav Ganguly