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THE WEEK India
Only those with in-depth and interdisciplinary knowledge have a future
Interview - V. Kamakoti director, IIT Madras
6 min |
June 29, 2025
THE WEEK India
Wheelchairs and miracles
They are sending that Tharoor fellow for the phoren bijit. Surely you know as many big words as he does, no?” asked Misser Ji, my neighbour.
3 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
I find it difficult to revisit my work
Tucked away on a narrow lane behind Chennai’s upscale Greenways Road, the Madras Talkies office exudes the same aesthetic and visual artistry as Mani Ratnam’s films. Journalists, TV crews and assistant directors crowd the front office, eager to catch a glimpse of the director a day before the release of Thug Life. The office, flooded with natural light, feels as vibrant as his work. Young staff, fashionably dressed and reminiscent of his movie characters, discuss their mentor, “Mani Sir”.
7 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
Sindoor and India's new normal
Leading one of the seven outreach groups which travelled to 33 countries to communicate India's new normal on Pakistan-backed terrorism was an eye-opening experience. I have had the honour of leading many such delegations in the past, but this one stood out.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
The eighth nerve
Nothing is coming,” Aaftab said in broken English, tapping on his ear and shaking his hand to denote his loss of hearing. Fluent only in Arabic, he had travelled from Oman because he had been told that his tumour was too big and in a precarious location, and that there was a significant risk to life.
3 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
SILENT KILLER
Seventy-two countries have banned asbestos, a known carcinogen. India is not one of them
4 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
We are not another Pakistan
INTERVIEW - MAHFUJ ALAM adviser to the ministry of information and broadcasting, Bangladesh
4 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
LESSONS FROM SINDOOR
While India's military actions on May 7 and 10 were successful, it is vital to assess strategic and tactical lessons and shortcomings
4 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
Banker’s gamble
Bangladesh’s political future will depend on how well Muhammad Yunus and the interim regime he heads brave the dissent at home and pressures from abroad
7 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
Cultural weave
Tibetan Muslims in Kashmir carved out a space for themselves by blending two rich cultures, all while dealing with statelessness and economic hardship
6 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
THE CRAFT OF CALM
Anavila Misra on her new collection, a launch into home textiles and why living in a bubble has many merits
4 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
Asbestos ban is a health imperative, not just a moral issue
Jayant Chaudhary, minister of state (independent charge) for skill development and entrepreneurship, and minister of state for education, has been at the forefront of the fight against the use of asbestos. He says that a complete phasing out will require cooperation between multiple ministries but a start has to be made somewhere. Excerpts from an interview:
5 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
LICENCE TO GILL
Shubman Gill's captaincy is linked to legacy, and the English summer offers him a chance to lay a lasting foundation
6 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
BRIDGING THE GAP
SPECIALISED INVESTMENT FUNDS OFFER SOMETHING MORE THAN PLAIN MUTUAL FUNDS
4 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
AXIOM MISSION 4 VEHICLES
The rocket: SpaceX Falcon 9
2 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
CHARGING AHEAD
THE DREAM RUN OF DEFENCE STOCKS IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE FOR A WHILE
2 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
SKY ISN'T THE LIMIT
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's mission will be a stepping stone for developing indigenous human spaceflight capabilities through the Gaganyaan programme, establishing India as a hub for commercial space activities. It will also help understand life in microgravity, revolutionising fields ranging from agriculture to medicine
6 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
WE ARE DEMOCRATISING ACCESS TO THE ISS
BORN IN SPAIN and raised in the US, Michael Lopez-Alegria is one of NASA's most accomplished astronauts. A veteran of six space missions, he holds NASA records for the most spacewalks (10) and the longest cumulative EVA (extravehicular activity) time (67 hours, 40 minutes).
3 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONTINUOUS HUMAN PRESENCE ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION, ORBITING ABOUT 400KM ABOVE EARTH. AND IN THIS SILVER JUBILEE YEAR, INDIA IS EXCITED ABOUT SENDING GROUP CAPTAIN SHUBHANSHU SHUKLA OF THE INDIAN AIR FORCE TO THIS SHARED HOME ABOVE THE SKIES
10+ min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
Green, red or saffron? A tricolour confusion
Kerala planted more trees this green day than had been planned. No harm. The more the merrier, the greener, and the shadier. No pun intended.
2 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
SOARING STAR
How Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla became the face of India's return to space
6 min |
June 22, 2025
THE WEEK India
Ethics, out of the window
Like evil spirits, corruption haunts human civilisation.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
Scripting history
S. Prasanna Sree, Andhra Pradesh's first tribal woman vice chancellor, has created scripts for 19 tribal languages
4 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
IN THE AFTERGLOW
Banu Mushtaq has embarked on an ambitious post-Booker journey—illuminating the world with Kannada stories
5 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
Kharge, Clausewitz and strategic culture
How times have changed! Three decades ago, George Tanham sneered at Indians for - lacking a strategic culture. Today we have Mallikarjun Kharge quoting Clausewitz.
2 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
When Jinnah wanted a united India
Through vivid sketches and meticulous detail, a new biography offers a startling new perspective on India's partition—showing how Mountbatten, armed with charm and steely determination, pushed a resigned Congress and a reluctant Muslim League into accepting his plan
9 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
ABC of D
THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DRONES AND WHAT INDIA SHOULD FOCUS ON
4 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
SPOTTED! THE GREY GHOST
This World Environment Day, THE WEEK takes you to the cold mountains of Ladakh-home to the highest number of vulnerable snow leopards in India-bringing back tales of an exciting chase, a first-hand account of man-animal conflict and the comforting knowledge of how people in remote Himalayan villages are learning to coexist with the enigmatic but elusive cat
10+ min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
The constant gardener
Banu and Mushtaq's story of love, resistance and literary triumph
2 min |
June 15, 2025
THE WEEK India
Mark Carney's Trump card
Sharks famously circle their prey, waiting for the right moment to move in for the kill. Landsharks do the same, circling the piece of real estate they covet, until it is ripe to fall into their itching hands. Meantime, they manoeuvre and manipulate, threaten and tempt.
2 min |