THE EQUITY QUEST

THE INDIA TODAY WOMAN SUMMIT CELEBRATED SHEROES ACROSS DIVERSE FIELDS, WHO CHAMPION GENDER EQUITY AND EMPOWERMENT

Chord Progression

Two veteran Indian rock acts-Uday Benegal and returned with new singles Parikrama-have ans of Indus Creed frontman and vocalist Uday Benegal can thank British singer/songwriter and podcaster Jack Stafford for the former's debut solo single 'Hollow Bones'.

EXPERIMENTS WITH ART

Kolkata's Experimenter Art Gallery showcases two artists working at the cutting edge of art

An Unfailing Striving for Perfection

A. Ramachandran blazed a solitary trail while contributing immensely to the realm of art

Builders OF THE FAITH

A powerful Swaminarayan sect is erecting some of the biggest and grandest Hindu edifices across cities in the world, the latest being the temple in Abu Dhabi. The inside story of how they are doing it

A CROWN OF THORNS

SHEHBAZ SHARIF IS SET TO TAKE OVER AS PAKISTAN PM AGAIN AFTER A FRACTURED VERDICT. HE NOW HAS TO TACKLE A COLLAPSING ECONOMY, HIGH INFLATION, UNRULY IMRAN SUPPORTERS AND A DOMINEERING ARMY

THE ZEBRA CROSSING

On Feb. 8, hours before finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled a white paper in Parliament on the \"governance, economic and fiscal crises\" during the UPA regime and steps taken to turn around the economy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge released a black paper to highlight the failures of the NDA government, terming the past 10 years as an \"era of injustice\". With plenty cherry-picking in both documents, here's a lowdown on some of the claims:

A DIPLOMATIC COUP

It is a ghar wapsi New Delhi had been working on with bated breath for months-ever since news got out that eight former Indian Navy men were facing a dire fate in Qatar.

SHIFTING SANDS

During the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly poll campaign, a statement of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary had gone viral. “Chavanni nahin hoon jo palat jaoonga (I am not a 25 paise coin to flip sides)”, he had said, scotching speculation that he was joining the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Message from Sandeshkhali

A leafy hamlet some 75 km from Kolkata and generously speckled with fish ponds, Sandeshkhali has been on the boil since February 8. Roiled by allegations of ghastly, systematic crimes against women, it has emerged as the latest flashpoint in the state, with the opposition BJP-from its state unit to the party high-command-tearing into the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

CHAVAN WEARS LOTUS ON HIS SLEEVE

In an election season marked by the dissolution of alliances and politicians crossing party lines, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan is the latest to depart from the Congress ranks.

Heading For A Hat-Trick

His personal popularity still high, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP are set to return for a third consecutive term with a clear majority, though unemployment continues to remain a concern

MEMORABLE SHOW

Nick Jonas's first-ever performance in India, at Lollapalooza, was a hit-if the chants of 'Jiju' were anything to go by!

FAMILY DRAMAS

CYRUS MISTRY'S PLAYS IN DOONGAJI HOUSE PIVOT ON PLOT-DRIVEN CRISES AND REVELATIONS

SHE'S GOT THE BLUES

There's an all-female line-up at the Mahindra Blues Festival this year

Home-made Treats

The Goa Open Arts Festival is for and by the local community

EPIC ROCK

Lillete Dubey's Jaya! The Victory! is a rock musical based on the Mahabharata

THE STRENGTH OF SHAKTI

Music is all about collaboration, say Zakir Hussain and the band members of Shakti, after the Grammy win

SINGING ROYALS

Arijit Singh emerges the undisputed badshah of male playback singing; Shreya Ghoshal retains melody queen status among women artists

ALL HAIL KING KHAN

Riding on a stupendous year, the Badshah of Bollywood emerged on top after 12 years. Deepika remains the nation's leading lady

OLDEN GOLDIES

Neeraj Chopra and P.V. Sindhu remain the country's most favourite sportspersons. In cricket, Kohli's World Cup heroics catapult him to No. 1, while Smriti Mandhana holds on to her place among women

WINDS OF CHANGE

Be it 'one nation, one poll' or reservation for women in legislatures, new political initiatives are finding wider acceptance even as social mores change, albeit slowly

A FIRM PRESENCE

Most MOTN respondents approve of the Modi government's overall foreign policy and are satisfied with its handling of the diplomatic row with Canada and the boycott of the Maldives as a tourist destination

REIGNING SUPREME

No surprises here. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath remains the most popular across India; Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik grabs the honour within home state

FEELING LOST IN I.N.D.I.A.

The implosion in the Opposition alliance has turned into some cynicism among voters but they are also unhappy at the ruling BJP's bid to browbeat rivals

A THUMBS UP FOR RECOVERY

The Modi government's handling of the economy wins approval, but it is tinged with worry over stagnant incomes and lack of quality jobs

TROUBLE@PAYTM

ANALYSTS DO NOT SEE A NEAR-TERM SOLUTION TO PAYTM’S PROBLEMS, AS RBI HAS FOUND LAPSES AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE IT AUDIT

AN ILL WIND OVER A CITY'S HERITAGE

ONE YEAR SHY OF A CENTURY, THE HERITAGE STRUCTURE - AN EXEMPLAR OF INDO-SARACENIC ARCHITECTURE - WAS KEPT BEREFT OF FUNDS FOR UPKEEP

THE ODIA RENAISSANCE

A NEW KEYBOARD DEBUTED FOR CHILDREN TO FACILITATE THE USE OF ODIA IN DIGITAL FORMATS