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THE WEEK India
DISCIPLINE OVER DISORDER
Bangladesh's political landscape has undergone a dramatic transformation since the August 2024 uprising.
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December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
GROVE | CONCERN
Rajasthan's orans—community-protected sacred landscapes with rich biodiversity—are now losing space to solar companies
3 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
CONNECTED COUNTRY
30 years of the internet in India through 30 milestones
10+ min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
ROAD TO RECOVERY
Financial institutions are increasingly bullish on the prospects of Indian equity markets
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December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
NO ONE WILL DARE ARREST PARTH PAWAR
The Pune land scam case involving Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's son Parth Pawar took a turn recently with the Bombay High Court criticising the police's handling of the probe.
5 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
KAUR MEMORIES
WORLD CUP-WINNING CAPTAIN HARMANPREET KAUR ON GROWING UP IN PUNJAB, HER FITNESS JOURNEY AND HOW CAPTAINCY SOFTENED HER
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December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
A QUIET RESET
Nitin Nabin's surprise elevation as BJP working president signals a generational shift, reshaping internal hierarchies
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December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
THE SILIGURI IMPERATIVE
Once a vulnerability, the ‘Chicken's Neck' can, through foresight and strategic coherence, transform into a launchpad linking India's northeast to southeast Asia and the wider Indo-Pacific
5 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
Obesity in the young—the unseen crisis
Across India, classrooms and campuses are revealing a troubling reality. Obesity, and such health risks—once associated mainly with adulthood—are now appearing with alarming frequency among children and young adults. Over the past decade, the Apollo Shine Foundation screened more than one lakh college students. It revealed that six in 10 had an abnormal BMI (body mass index), and three in 10 were already obese. Even at an age when health and vitality should be their greatest strength, some were found with high blood sugar and early signs of chronic disease.
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December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
THE SIP PARADOX
A persistent high stoppage ratio suggests investors are missing out on the true magic of compounding in mutual fund investment
3 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
DATA'S NEW DEAL
Personal data is now a regulated resource in India, with rights, duties and consequences
4 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
WPL WAS THE PUSH WE NEEDED TO FACE THE WORLD
Q/How has life changed after lifting the World Cup?
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December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
Greening of the Thar is both a success story and a warning
hile climate change and human interventions are rendering other regions dry, the reverse is happening in the Great Indian Thar.
3 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
GOLDEN SYNTHESIS FOR A NEW FUTURE
What India uniquely offers is conscious leadership: progress anchored in values, prosperity without arrogance, power without aggression and scientific advancement aligned with ethical clarity
8 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
THE NEW HAWALA
From BitConnect to instant loan apps, cryptocurrencies are driving a new era of hawala transactions and money laundering
9 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
WHEN THE DESERT TURNS GREEN
Rise in rainfall and excessive groundwater pumping and irrigation are threatening the Thar's diverse and resilient ecosystem
10+ min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
OUR CORE BELIEF IS THAT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT PARTISAN
Bhajanlal Sharma has spent two years proving that a first-time MLA can run one of India's largest states with the certainty of a seasoned administrator. With an eye on developing new leadership in the state, the BJP had handpicked him to lead Rajasthan in December 2023. The choice surprised many within and outside the party.
7 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
This name is not just a name
Iam not an expert on rural employment policy. So, I cannot offer an analysis of whether the new Viksit Bharat—Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) is better or worse than the old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
2 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
Trump is isolating America
Winston Churchill famously said, “Russia is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.” In that vein, Donald Trump is aerogel, wrapped in contradictions, packaged in business deals. In 2019, aerogel beat glass to hold the Guinness World Records as the world’s most transparent material. It is solid, but mostly air, an obvious contradiction.
2 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
REFRAMING THE REPUBLIC
In 2026, Indian politics will be shaped by two quiet but consequential exercises: a special intensive revision of electoral rolls and a long-delayed Census. Together, they will recalibrate representation, citizenship, policy priorities—and the very meaning of being Indian
6 min |
December 28, 2025
THE WEEK India
WHERE THE STORM NEVER REALLY PASSES
Guantánamo Bay, once a symbol of the ‘war on terror’, has emerged as a flashpoint in Donald Trump’s immigration battles, exposing deep tensions between America’s security, legality and moral commitments
10 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
Moderation is the key
Most people do not believe me, but I am a moderate man.
3 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
OCEAN THERAPY
The Modi-Putin summit unveils a cooperation strategy that will rewire sea trade routes and expand India's maritime connect to the Arctic
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December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
Indian Army men fighting for the British against the Japanese were also patriots
Readers in India may be misled by the title of Gautam Hazarika's new book, The Forgotten Indian Prisoners of World War II: Surrender, Loyalty, Betrayal and Hell. It is not about the INA prisoners who were put on trial in the Red Fort by the British. This book is about those Indian soldiers who fought the Japanese in Singapore, Malaya and Burma alongside the British, and who had to surrender, were taken prisoner, put to torture and hard labour by the Japanese, refused to join the INA, and faced death or managed to escape. While recounting their stories, Hazarika also gives an insight into the INA movement. Edited excerpts from an interview with the author:
4 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
CHAT WITH NEHRU, QUERY KALAM...
The Prime Ministers' Museum & Library showcases the life and contributions of prime ministers and nation-builders
3 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
The art of shifting gears in investing
“Hope is not a strategy,” Hayes growls in one memorable scene, dismissing a teammate’s starry-eyed optimism.
3 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
Trouble on the tarmac
It is not IndiGo but Indian aviation that has become too big to fail
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December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
SHUX AND BLUE MARBLE
THE 18 DAYS IN SPACE MIGHT HAVE MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME, BUT GROUP CAPTAIN SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA IS AS GROUNDED AS EVER. AND BEFORE HE SUITS UP FOR HIS NEXT MISSION, THE WEEK'S MAN OF THE YEAR SHARES STORIES FROM HIS LIFE AND SPACE, INCLUDING HOW HE BECAME A 'WATER BENDER'
9 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
The parietal lobe
If the frontal lobe is where we decide what to do, the parietal lobe is where we understand where we are. It is the brain's internal GPS, the quiet navigator that lets you put your hand exactly where your teacup is, find the edge of a staircase without staring at it, or scratch the correct side of your head when it itches. When it works well, we move through life gracefully. When it falters, life becomes slapstick comedy.
2 min |
December 21, 2025
THE WEEK India
Area of the globe? Pie is cubed
Floating in his private pool, China's helmsman Mao Zedong shared his strategic vision with visiting Soviet strongman Nikita Khrushchev in 1958: \"You look after Europe, and leave Asia to us.\" Obviously, he expected the US to withdraw into its prewar Monroe world of the Americas, thus making the world tripolar.
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