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

MANI-FESTO

Don’t target history

In 1938, Muhammad Ali Jinnah was at the nadir of his quest to become the sole

By Mani Shankar Aiyar

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

An incredible exchange at Tate

Ever since 2012, one question that has been consistently confronting all of us at

By Bose Krishnamachari

LAST WORD

Indian potentials’ league

I guess 2018 will be the year when the Indian Premier League became truly Indian. A

By Sanjay Manjrekar

LAST WORD

The politics of age

I first saw Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad during a Group of 15 summit in 1994, at a

By Sanjaya Baru

POWER POINT

In the air

After the burst of airport privatisation initiated in the early 2000s, there is now

By Sachidananda Murthy

SOUND BITE

Nothing noble about this

Sex, lies and leaks. You could be forgiven for thinking, “Been there, read that.”

By Anita Pratap

PMO BEAT

Drunk on the dregs of Nehruvian history

Daphne du Maurier’s little known novel The Flight of the Falcon is about two

By R Prasannan

DE TOUR

Man-animal conflict

When Pakistani politician (and the most photographed captain ever of the Pakistani

By Shobhaa De

LAST WORD

Hindu Kush awaits the Wuhan spirit

Last August, US President Donald Trump named India as the crown jewel in his

By M.K. Bhadrakumar

LAST WORD

A metaphor for India

The news is so depressing these days—especially out of Jammu and Kashmir—that any

By Barkha Dutt

FORTHWRITE

Of debates and disruptions

The Parliament used to be an institution for enacting the 3Ds: Debate, dissent and

By Meenakshi Lekhi

LAST WORD

Saving the Commonwealth, and the planet

The recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London would have struck many

By Shashi Tharoor

SCHIZO-NATION

Fists of fury

Mohammed Haris Nalapad—a Youth Congress leader and son of a Congress MLA from

By Anuja Chauhan

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