In this issue

THE WEEK looks at how Pele's legacy will continue to inspire football lovers all over the world.

Also read, how internal rift is worrying both the Congress and the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, and about the mystery surrounding the death of Russian tourists in Odisha.

These and much more in the latest issue now on stands.

Free lunches is good economics

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch,” say economists. No one offers anything free for an entry pass into heaven, they say. There are hidden costs behind any good or service offered free.

2 mins

Unfriendly fire

Internal strife remains a major concern for both the BJP and the Congress as they prepare for assembly elections coming up later this year

7 mins

Net is caste

Shifting dynamics in Vokkaliga heartland could decide the poll outcome in Karnataka

7 mins

The road ahead

After the Bharat Jodo Yatra ends, it will be a long haul before the Congress benefits from it

5 mins

Remembering KK, a Tata legend

To some, it may seem a little sad to begin the new year with a column on an individual who is no more. R.K. Krishnakumar aka KK, who passed away aged 84 on New Year’s Day, was not just a business stalwart in the Tata group, but a deeply venerated corporate professional. Such was the respect for the reticent man—known to be Ratan Tata’s confidant— that it seems totally appropriate to acknowledge his contribution and bid him an affectionate farewell.

2 mins

BITING THE BULLET

The terror strike in Rajouri district poses fresh challenges to security forces in Jammu

5 mins

FUSION IS THE FUTURE

Fusion technology is slated to be a complete game changer in the field of nuclear energy

5 mins

TRIPLE WHAMMY

Negligence shown in preserving evidence adds to the mystery surrounding the death of Russian tourists in Odisha

6 mins

Pelé - God's Own Player

If football is the beautiful game, then Pelé was the beautiful player. Arguably the best ever, the Brazilian artist was much more than what he did on the field. After his death at age 82, THE WEEK looks at the legacy he leaves behind

10+ mins

Football's Einstein

On the field Pelé did everything modern players do now, and much more

4 mins

When I marked Pelé

When we first heard that we would be playing against Pelé, we had to pinch ourselves to make sure it was not a dream. We were thinking, “Is this for real? Is Pelé really going to play against us?”

3 mins

Virtue of The King

When Max Prado met Pelé, he invited him home, and the \"humble and uncomplicated\" great actually showed up

3 mins

Harbinger of change

Pelé represented human possibility not just on the individual and collective level, not just economically and politically, but in a certain sense even spiritually

7 mins

In awe, in Vegas

It was late October, 1994. I was at a Cuban restaurant in an open mall off Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas. I looked up from my conversation and noticed other customers becoming excited almost one by one and suddenly rushing to surround someone I could not see. The restaurant was not full, it was not dinnertime, but there was definitely something going on. Everyone else had stopped eating.

2 mins

SENSE AND SENSITIVITY

Conflicted between the purity of the art and commercial obligations, Babil Khan just wants to make people laugh and remain happy

5 mins

WIDE-ANGLE SHOT

Excelling on both sides of the camera, this Malayalam actordirector is becoming a formidable presence in cinema

4 mins

REVENGE, SERVED RIGHT

Heist is at the heart of Kaleidoscope, but there is so much more

2 mins

Politics of a punk queen

Before Alexander McQueen—that brilliant, subversive, iconoclastic British designer—there was Vivienne Westwood. All the adjectives that apply to him fit Westwood as well, perhaps even better since she lived until 81, while he died young in 2010, at the age of 40.

2 mins

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