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THE WEEK India
DOUBLE TROUBLE
The photograph was real.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
OBSESSED WITH OBSESSION
Indie horror film Obsession, made on a budget of ₹70 lakh, has grossed over ₹1,697 crore worldwide, earning over 300 times its cost.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
A HERCULEAN RETURN
Agatha Christie fans, say hello to your new Hercule Poirot.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
TOMBS AND THE TUNE
The pyramids are coming alive with the sound of music.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
LIFE COMES FULL CIRCLE
Nora Fatehi is doing something that few Indian singers have managed to pull off: she is performing her song 'Siir Siir' at the opening ceremony of one of the biggest sporting events of the world-the FIFA World Cup 2026.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
This is a liberation from slavery
In the wake of a seismic verdict in the West Bengal assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress's internal fault lines have cracked open.
4 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Paws and applause
One of the longest-running musicals in theatre history is coming to India
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Shoots and roots
From one in 2006 to four in 2026, Indian-origin players are making the world their stage
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Why Iran is the ‘Restraining Hero’
UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S transformations in West Asia can no longer be reduced to the simple language of interstate rivalry or classical military calculations.
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
DOUBLE TROUBLE
The photograph was real. The claim was not.
1 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Rewriting the rules of dissent
OF LATE, INDIA has seen an outrage of the young over how their exams and future are being put at risk because of a government that has become arrogant.
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
THE ‘PENTAGON’ PICKPOCKETS
How investors were duped into joining a ‘project to manufacture weapons for America in India’
4 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
No end in sight
The war has left Lebanon’s displaced families trapped between recurring violence and false promises of peace
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Siuuu or see you?
Cristiano Ronaldo has one last chance and, considering Portugal’s wealth of talent, it may be his best one
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
A spectacular first
Contemporary Indian art makes its debut at Russia’s State Hermitage Museum
4 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Summer of our discontent
Why the bloody hell is it so hot in the summer?\" burst out Kim in exasperation, as if the sun had declared a personal vendetta against her.
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
The elephant in the cabinet room
Ramalinga Reddy took two days to feel the pangs of his conscience.
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
From cockroaches to butterflies
THE FORMATION OF the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) as a form of protest happened because most avenues of dissent are blocked, not only in politics but also in the media and cinema.
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
We exist to create a political cost for ignoring the younger generation
Honestly, the most profound challenge during the transition from a satire page into an online youth political movement was the sudden realisation that lakhs and crores of young people were feeling a sense of hope for the first time in many years.
4 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Aye, nay, Captain
As the ED investigation into Pinarayi Vijayan’s daughter’s company gathers pace, there seems to be confusion within the LDF on how to deal with the case
5 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
The pituitary gland
The first thing I noticed about him was his handshake.
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Mission Hexa
With Neymar as wild card, Carlo Ancelotti is trying to restore glory to Brazilian football
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
A million mutinies now
The ‘cockroach’ phenomenon is a desperate call to be heard from the youth. Brushing it off as a political conspiracy could have grave consequences for India’s future
8 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
REDEFINING LEGACY
Alaiia, Satish Gujral’s granddaughter, does not seek to preserve her inheritance; she seeks to build on it
4 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Why Israel's victory is potentially pyrrhic
THE FUTURE OF Palestinians is no longer being written in the exhausted vocabulary of the two-state solution.
3 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
THE FIRES STILL BURNING
From Golan Heights to the West Bank, the conflicts across Israel's borders have acquired lives of their own. THE WEEK travels across the fault lines of a war that refuses to end
10+ min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
The iron generation
Argentina arrive better than they were four years ago, having achieved what even Maradona’s team could not
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
The gymkhana message
The government's decision to reclaim 27 acres of prime land in the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi from the Gymkhana Club unleashed a tsunami of opinions.
2 min |
June 21, 2026
THE WEEK India
Rock and a new role
D.K. Shivakumar—the ‘Rock of Kanakapura’—has finally become chief minister. The road ahead, however, could be the real test of his mettle
4 min |
June 14, 2026
THE WEEK India
Old conflict, new front lines
With militancy receding and economic opportunities growing in Kashmir, the security focus has shifted to neutralising narco-terror
6 min |