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About 3,000 registered unrecognised political parties exist in India. THE WEEK looks at how they siphon off huge amounts and evade taxes. In the latest issue, on stands now!

ALSO READ: 'Pathaan' has turned into a love story between Shah Rukh Khan and the people of India

Musharraf & his three little Indians

Pervez Musharraf died last week, unmourned in India save by Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor’s tweet extolling Musharraf’s peace bids is being trolled by BJP diehards. They forget that it was Atalji Vajpayee who taught the commando-general the value of peace.

2 mins

Post commotion

Two recent appointments have created discord in police and bureaucratic circles in Maharashtra

4 mins

Crashing the party

About 3,000 registered unrecognised political parties exist in India. Most of them are sham entities which rarely take part in any democratic exercise, but misuse legal exemptions offered to them and perpetuate huge scams ranging from income tax evasion to money-laundering, running into thousands of crores of rupees

10+ mins

Let JPC probe Adani

As a member of the joint parliamentary committees (JPCs) set up to enquire into the Harshad Mehta stock market scam of the early 1990s and the Ketan Parekh stock market scam of a decade later, I am disturbed that the current government has not promptly moved to set up a JPC to enquire into the hammering Adani stocks have received in the wake of the Hindenburg report detailing what it calls “brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud”, and “poor corporate governance” in the conglomerate.

2 mins

COURSE CORRECTION

Adani companies are unlikely to be able to do business the way they used to

7 mins

Adani - No More Business As Usual

If the controversy around the industrialist drags on, the government will have to work hard to shift the focus back to its agenda in what is an important year

4 mins

SHOULDN'T TAKE AN AMERICAN FIRM TO WAKE US UP

When the Hindenburg airship went down in 1937, the disaster was especially dramatic for a couple of reasons. The German passenger airship’s trip was being closely followed by the public and the media when it caught fire over Boston.

2 mins

Time To Rann!

That the G20’s first Tourism Working Group met in Kachchh has put the spotlight on the tourism potential of the region

4 mins

Rising from the rubble

The 2001 earthquake crushed Bhuj and nearby villages. More than 20 years on, they have worked their way up and out of the disaster

4 mins

India, Pakistan Must Show Common Sense On Afghanistan

ZAMIR KABULOV is Russia’s top diplomat in Afghanistan. He served as Russian ambassador to Kabul from 2004 to 2009 and is now President Putin’s special representative in Kabul. With extensive experience in the region, he is at the heart of the Kremlin’s attempts for peace in the region. In an exclusive interview with THE WEEK, Kabulov says the west is trying to foment trouble in Afghanistan and that India has a key role to play in bringing peace to the country. Excerpts:

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LOVE, ACTION, COMEBACK

Pathaan, an out-and-out action film, has become a love story between Shah Rukh Khan and the people of India

4 mins

Car rides over caviar

Perhaps, it is time to write an obituary for the traditional dinner date

4 mins

SHADES OF INDIA

Two art books take you through the country’s ancient and modern history

2 mins

Giving jeans the boot

It is that time of the year again. The one week, or perhaps fortnight, when I want to feel all warm and snuggly.

2 mins

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