Grand Young Master

Seventeen-yearold D. Gukesh has become the youngest player to win the Candidates chess tournament

SPORTING SPIRIT

BADMINTON PLAYER ASHWINI PONNAPPA, 34, IS OFF TO HER THIRD OLYMPICS, THIS TIME WITH A NEW PARTNER, TANISHA CRASTO

PORTRAITS OF A PEOPLE

Etchings by the colonial Flemish artist F. Baltazard Solvyns are getting a new lease of life in an exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai

Centennial Man

A seminal exhibition of K.G. Subramanyan's works in his birth centenary year at Emami Art, Kolkata takes an imaginative and immersive curatorial approach

Rhythms of Nature

ARTIST AND MUSIC COMPOSER GINGGER SHANKAR'S LATEST SINGLE COMBINES SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC WITH INUIT THROAT SINGING

SEARCHING FOR THE SOUND

Kashmiri musician Faheem Abdullah’s debut album Lost; Found is a collaborative effort

FOUND IN TRANSLATION

With its excellent translations, Songs of Tagore makes Rabindrasangit accessible to the non-Bengali reader

Of Freedom and Friendship

T.C.A. RAGHAVAN'S CIRCLES OF FREEDOM FOLLOWS THREE YOUNG MUSLIMS DRAWN INTO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE

The Razor's Edge

Salman Rushdie's Knife is an eloquent, first-person account of the horrific attack on him. It's also a love story

THE LAST-MILE PUSH

The India Today Smart Money Financial Summit had top experts discussing how technology could be leveraged to widen the reach of personal finance tools

TEJASHWI LEADS THE CHARGE

IN BIHAR'S FERVID POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE, THE RJD CHIEF'S YOUTH-CENTRIC MESSAGE BATTLES A BJP RELYING ON PM MODI'S APPEAL AND A MUCH DIMINISHED NITISH KUMAR

LONE WARRIOR OF THE CONGRESS

THE VOLUBLE ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY FIGHTS WITH HIS BACK TO THE WALL IN HIS BASTION OF BAHARAMPUR

THE MAMATA PUSHBACK

THE WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER FACES A BJP ONSLAUGHT ON ISSUES LIKE CORRUPTION AND WOMEN'S SAFETY. UNWILLING TO YIELD AN INCH, THE TMC IS BUILDING A NARRATIVE THAT THE SAFFRON PARTY IS 'ANTI-BENGALI'

THE REAL PAWAR STRUGGLE

LOYALTIES IN THE FAMILY BASTION OF BARAMATI ARE DIVIDED AS THE FEUD BETWEEN SHARAD PAWAR AND NEPHEW AJIT SEES SUPRIYA SULE PITTED AGAINST SISTER-IN-LAW SUNETRA

WHO WILL WIN THE MAHAYUDDH?

IN MAHARASHTRA'S MOST COMPLEX POLITICAL WAR EVER, SHIFTING ALLIANCES FUEL A GRIPPING SAGA OF POWER STRUGGLES AND BETRAYALS IN THE PURSUIT OF VOTES

THE SAFFRON ONSLAUGHT

With PM Modi's shining armour as their beacon, the BJP seems poised to sweep the state again. Inflation matters, voices asking for jobs are lost in the Opposition vacuum

THE HIMANTA ROCK SHOW

Changing tack, the Assam CM is steering clear of religious rhetoric and reaching out to Muslim voters to take the BJP tally to a record high in the northeastern state

The Ballad of Bhansali

An opulent, expensive passion project, or Sanjay Leela Bhansali's gift to the world? Viewers can't wait to find out as Heeramandi, his paean to six courtesans in the Lahore of pre-Independence days, drops on Netflix

Digvijaya's Last Stand

Digvijaya Singh makes a comeback to the Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency after 33 years as the Congress candidate, employing a grassroots-style campaign. The contest is expected to be fierce

RECLAIMING THE CITADEL

After a defeat in the previous election, Jyotiraditya Scindia is determined to win back Guna, once his family pocket borough

THE MAYA TWISTER

BSP chief Mayawati's allotment of seats keeping in mind sundry caste configurations could disrupt the plans of the NDA and INDIA alliances in Uttar Pradesh

THE BIG BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL

THE REGIONAL SATRAPS OF MAHARASHTRA, BENGAL AND BIHAR COULD STAND BETWEEN PM MODI AND HIS PLACE IN HISTORY, BUT IF THEY FAIL TO DEFEAT HIM, THEY MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES IN ITS DUSTBIN

Falling Back On Ram

It’s not new from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by ‘Ram bhakt’ Arvind Kejriwal, but worth noting because god is in the details. It was Ram Navami on April 17.

Congress 'EQ' Vs BJP ‘IQ'

Team Modi Is Riding On Its Assembly Poll Momentum, But The Congress's Clever Candidate Mix May Prevent A Washout

The Macallan M 2023 debuts in India

Standing as a pinnacle of exclusivity, The Macallan M 2023 graces the shores of India with limited 10 handpicked bottles for whisky aficionados

Give it up for the science bros

They've got brains, brawn and billions in the bank. A new breed of wellness guru is doing for men what Gwyneth Paltrow did for women.

LIVING BY THE RULES

Chetan Bhagat returns to non-fiction with his new book-11 Rules for Life

The Mysterious City

Anuradha Kumar's The Kidnapping of Mark Twain paints an intriguing portrait of Bombay around the time of the American writer's visit

GOWDA KNOWS

Hot Stage, the third book in Anita Nair's Inspector Gowda mystery series, is here

WITH OUR OWN DESI SLEUTHS

Indian detective fiction gets its due in this massive, two-volume compilation from Hachette