POWER POINT

Danish Ali: A loyal defector

Political defections are normally acrimonious and messy affairs. But Danish Ali,

By Sachidananda Murthy

LAST WORD

Venezuela: Will India give in to US pressure?

Where there is oil and natural gas there is the potential for conflict. From West

By Sanjaya Baru

MANI-FESTO

The tribal challenge in Indian elections

Tribals constitute only eight per cent or so of the Indian population, but their

By Mani Shankar Aiyar

SCHIZO-NATION

Chowkidars, we are not stupid!

This has got to be the most dumbed-down election ever. The other day, Twitter was

By Anuja Chauhan

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

Okwui Enwezor: Curator, visionary, associate

The past few weeks have been very distressful, punctuated with deaths of admired

By Bose Krishnamachari

LAST WORD

The ridiculous imbalance in ODIs

With the cricket World Cup due in a few weeks, the timing of this article is not

By Sanjay Manjrekar

PMO BEAT

Balakot: A hit and no-tell story

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the

By R Prasannan

FORTHWRITE

Temple must be built at the site

The recent decision of the Supreme Court to refer the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid

By Meenakshi Lekhi

SOUND BITE

Eyes don’t lie, nor do guts

Tina Turner sings, “What’s love got to do with it?” But I wonder, “What’s eyes got

By Anita Pratap

DE TOUR

The smile that’s Sonali

I first met Sonali Bendre when she was a fresh faced, lissome ‘next-big-thing’ in

By Shobhaa De

LAST WORD

Under siege

Diplomats find themselves in an unenviable position when they are expected to

By M.K. Bhadrakumar

BABY STEPS

Can ghee really help with labour?

TRADITIONALLY, a very high amount of ghee (a cup per meal) was included in the diet

By Lakshmy Ramanathan

LAST WORD

Keep soldiers out of poll battles

There is no doubt that India’s decision to bomb a Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist base

By Barkha Dutt

LAST WORD

Enact a national asylum law

One of the saddest developments in recent Indian government policy has been the

By Shashi Tharoor

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