MANI-FESTO

Pak elections will change nothing

The stage is set for the third successive democratic elections in Pakistan. While

By Mani Shankar Aiyar

SCHIZO-NATION

The Tham Luang script

Just as the world was giving up on them, they were discovered, and soon our screens

By Anuja Chauhan

LAST WORD

Dressing up our ministers

The apparel oft proclaims the man,” Polonius told his son in William Shakespeare’s

By Sanjaya Baru

POWER POINT

J&K governor? A politician, please!

On some high-level appointments, rulers in Delhi are often of the same mind, whether

By Sachidananda Murthy

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

India remembered at Basel

Anytime is a good time to be in Europe if you are a culture vulture, but June is the

By Bose Krishnamachari

LAST WORD

Kuldeep's not a freak

My calendar can get pretty tight as a commentator, but whenever I get an offer to do

By Sanjay Manjrekar

FORTHWRITE

Ghosts of Emergency

D.E.M. O’Cracy, the beloved husband of T. Ruth, father of L.I. Bertie, brother of

By Meenakshi Lekhi

PMO BEAT

For a few dollars more

Narendra Modi is yet to get us the 115 lakh that he had promised every one of us

By R Prasannan

DE TOUR

Can Sanjay do a Bachchan?

Unfortunately, I will be in Prague when this year’s most awaited Bollywood movie,

By Shobhaa De

LAST WORD

Mercenary US over neighbourly Iran

The abrupt cancellation, for the second time in a row, of the inaugural “2+2”

By M.K. Bhadrakumar

LAST WORD

In Kashmir, one man’s small hopes

Today if you talk of hope or peace or dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir, the words sound

By Barkha Dutt

SOUND BITE

Reform norms, not Islam

Alcoholics cannot be satisfied with lemonade. Likewise, jihadists cannot be

By Anita Pratap

LAST WORD

A tale of two World Cups

As the football World Cup captures audiences and imaginations across the globe, some

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