THE AGE OF INFLUENCERS

A TRIBE OF YOUNG, EDUCATED INTERNET WARRIORS IS SHAPING PUBLIC OPINION WITH CURATED VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

Scoring a Century

Manoj Bajpayee has just acted in his 100th project-Bhaiyya Ji

FRAGMENTED RUINS

A new exhibition at Gallery XXL, Mumbai juxtaposes the artworks of an Indian and a Spanish artist

United by Art

Moments in Collapse, SAHMAT's group exhibition at Jawahar Bhawan in Delhi brings together artworks with politically charged themes

In Her Mother's Voice

Vidya Vox's exuberant new EP, Sundari, is primarily in Tamil as a tribute to her mother

"MURDER, HE WROTE"

Ashutosh Rana and Vijay Raaz shine in JioCinema's Murder in Mahim, a web series based on Jerry Pinto's layered crime novel

FLAGRANT VIOLATIONS

Gujarat sees another major tragedy as businesses flout safety norms and officials look away. This time it's 33 lives lost in a blaze at a gaming zone

THWARTED FRANCHISE

Robertsganj, on the southeastern tip of Uttar Pradesh, is a study in how a coalition of other castes often defeats the aspirations of the majority caste among Dalits-in constituencies reserved for the Scheduled Castes

THE LAST FRONTIER

PURVANCHAL HOSTS THE BIGGEST STAR CANDIDATE IN INDIA: NARENDRA MODI IN VARANASI. THAT MAY BE A NO-CONTEST, BUT CRAFTY CASTE PLAY BY THE SP-CONGRESS POSES A CHALLENGE IN THE OTHER DOZEN SEATS

THE FIGHT FOR POLITICAL CAPITAL

Leading the campaign as non-playing captains or taking the electoral field themselves, a whole range of political players exemplify the churn that Punjab's politics is going through

WILL NAVEEN MAKE OR BE HISTORY?

THE BJD PATRIARCH FACES HIS FIERCEST CHALLENGE EVER AS A DETERMINED BJP WORKS TO STYMIE HIS BID TO BECOME INDIA'S LONGEST-SERVING CHIEF MINISTER

GOVERNMENT GETS A GOOD BONUS

In a move that will provide a significant economic cushion to the next Union finance minister, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on May 22 announced a record Rs 2.11 lakh crore transfer of its surplus money for FY24 to the central government. The amount is 62 per cent higher than the previous record of Rs 1.76 lakh crore transferred in August 2019, and nearly 2.5 times the Rs 87,416 crore in FY23.

THE SYSTEM CRASH

IN a classic instance of arrant perversion of justice not remaining a local event, a sordid tale of reckless privilege and alleged cover-ups has spilled out from the affluent enclaves of Pune to hit national headlines.

The Politics Of Reservation

Caste Quotas Have Become The Most Fractious And Polarising Issue In Election 2024, With The Potential To Influence The Final Outcome

BACK IN ACTION

Besides making a thrilling comeback with Tipppsy, Deepak Tijori is working on pushing the boundaries with new projects

THE POWER OF PATIENCE

A steady approach has helped badminton player Lakshya Sen secure a spot in the upcoming Paris Olympics

Great Balls of Fire

The sport of PICKLEBALL is set to get a boost in India with the launch of the World Pickleball League here

Man of Many Ideas

Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav questions simplistic notions of Lala Lajpat Rai's politics in this well-researched book

THE HINDU NATIONALIST

Janaki Bakhle's Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva is a deep dive into the creation of the ideologue

LOVE CONQUERS

IKKA's third album Only Love Gets Reply brings together bigwigs like Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah and Karan Aujla, among others

The Great Indian Village

Everyone's favourite OTT show, Panchayat, is back for a third season on Amazon Prime Video. Expect a lot of laughs

VISUAL CONSTRUCTS

CLASSICS OF MODERN SOUTH ASIAN ARCHITECTURE ARE PORTRAYED IN THESE VOLUMES

TROPICAL TROPES

Tropical Modernism, an exhibition at the V&A, London, looks at the adoption of this architectural style in post-independence India and Ghana

INDIAN ARMY FACES THE GORKHA QUESTION

THE PANDEMIC AND NEPAL'S OPPOSITION TO THE AGNIPATH SCHEME HAVE STALLED GORKHA RECRUITMENT IN THE INDIAN ARMY. THEIR FALLING NUMBERS ARE A STRATEGIC CONCERN FOR INDIA, PARTICULARLY AMIDST RISING SPECULATION ABOUT CHINESE PLANS TO INDUCT THE LEGENDARY SOLDIERS

SUKHU LEADS A DESPERATE FIGHTBACK

RIDING ON TWO CONSECUTIVE CLEAN SWEEPS, THE BJP RELIES ON MODI MAGIC IN HIMACHAL. A FRACTIOUS CONGRESS, LED BY ITS BELEAGURED CM, TAKES HEART FROM ITS 2022 ASSEMBLY POLLS WIN

WHY THE TRIBAL VOTE IS CRUCIAL

THE 47 MPS FROM THE TRIBAL RESERVED SEATS ACROSS INDIA FORM A CRUCIAL CHUNK OF PM MODI'S '400 PAAR' CAMPAIGN. WINNING THEIR VOTE MAY NOT BE AS EASY AS IT WAS IN 2019

NITISH PLAYS THE END GAME

AMID FREQUENT ALLIANCE SHIFTS, AN UNDERCURRENT OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY AND RISING OPPOSITION, CHIEF MINISTER NITISH KUMAR FIGHTS TO PROTECT HIS LEGACY OF GOVERNANCE AS WELL AS HIS OWN FUTURE

RACE TO HARVEST THE FARM VOTE

AMID AGRARIAN ANGST IN THE NORTHERN STATES, THE BJP HAS DEPLOYED A PRAGMATIC APPROACH IN ITS OUTREACH TO FARMERS EVEN AS THE OPPOSITION TRIES TO WOO THIS LARGEST VOTING BLOC OF INDIA

"Congress is pushing Muslim League agenda and Left propaganda"

BJP national president JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA is confident his party and its allies are on track to breach the 400-mark. In an exclusive interview with Group Editorial Director RAJ CHENGAPPA and Deputy Editor ANILESH S. MAHAJAN, he says the BJP had been preparing for the polls two years in advance, while the opponents have come underprepared and are not even showing the resolve to fight. Edited excerpts

A NEUTRAL TURN

He was supposed to be a source of the BJP’s strength in Uttar Pradesh. Instead, bahubali Raja Bhaiya’s change of heart is giving the saffron side some last-minute palpitations.