POWER POINT

Handling dissent in corridors of power

Ashok Lavasa, one of the two election commissioners of India, kept away from a few

By Sachidananda Murthy

FORTHWRITE

Lok Sabha poll results: Lessons for the opposition

India, being the largest democracy in the world, has always been observed keenly by

By Meenakshi Lekhi

PMO BEAT

When world rulers take a break from work

When cares of governance wear them down, most world rulers take a break. They go

By R Prasannan

SOUND BITE

The princess of Norway and her shaman lover

The daughter of the current King of Norway, Princess Märtha Louise, had to renounce

By Anita Pratap

DE TOUR

Ruchir Sharma—tripping on Indian elections

Here’s a quick recap for readers who may not be familiar with Ruchir Sharma’s byline

By Shobhaa De

LAST WORD

Use social media politically to inform and engage, but responsibly

The mounting worldwide concern over the misuse of social media peaked upon the

By Shashi Tharoor

BABY STEPS

Drink it up

RIGHT AFTER I gave birth to my child, my mother-in-law asked me to go easy on water.

By Lakshmy Ramanathan

LAST WORD

Chaturvedi's Challenges of Governance: Yet another insider's view

Speaking at a function launching his autobiography, One Life is Not Enough, former

By Sanjaya Baru

MANI-FESTO

Merchant of lies on his way out

Narendra Modi has complained about being compared to Hitler. He is right. That is

By Mani Shankar Aiyar

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

Art in the porcelain capital, Jingdezhen

Every visit to China springs a surprise. On my way to Jingdezhen, I touched down at

By Bose Krishnamachari

SCHIZO-NATION

Anuja Chauhan's prediction: A new PM with a 'Lagaan'-type crew in tow!

It is prediction time. Everybody and their parrot, their god-man and their Nandi

By Anuja Chauhan

LAST WORD

The stars of this IPL

Fifty-three matches in total! It goes on non-stop for weeks. An IPL season is like

By Sanjay Manjrekar

LAST WORD

Democracy in distress

Sri Lankan army commander Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake dropped a bombshell

By M.K. Bhadrakumar

LAST WORD

When politics stains uniforms

There have been many disturbing moments in the election campaign of 2019—one of the

By Barkha Dutt

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