ON TRACK

Jaya Varma Sinha, the first woman CEO and chair of the Railway Board, says skill sets, dedication and competence are gender-agnostic

BELLIE, FULL OF LOVE

V. Bellie, one half of the Oscar-winning The Elephant Whisperers, is the first woman cavady in Tamil Nadu

SEA IN A NEW LIGHT

How Commander Prerna Deosthalee became the first woman to be appointed commanding officer of an Indian naval ship

CARVING HER SPACE

Meet some of the minds behind India’s first women-only satellite payload

FIRST OF HER NAME

A SEBI chair, a railway board chief, an elephant whisperer, a naval commander, an Army captain and a bunch of young women with space dreams are Claiming their place in the sun

MARCHING TO A NEW TUNE

Captain Sandhya Mahla, who led the first all-women contingent at the 75th Republic Day parade, believes that leadership is not defined by gender

WATCH PARTY

Consolidation is the way ahead in the visual media segment, and corporate money is fuelling it

MURKY WATERS

The latest seizure at Mumbai's Nnava Sheva Port, first reported by THE WEEK, has alerted Indian authorities about the growing \"shadowy\" Chinese nuclear technology commerce

Kashi imbued with divinity; even when an idol is removed, its energy remains

With elections looming, Varanasi is once again poised to become the epicentre of the discourse on a contentious issue.

Distress in dravida land

Bereft of allies and grassroots reach, the BJP in Tamil Nadu could draw a blank

My government will last its full term

Fourteen months into his first stint as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is fighting to save his government following an embarrassing defeat of his party's candidate in the recent Rajya Sabha elections.

Heights of turbulence

Congress leadership backs Chief Minister Sukhu for now. But he needs his best political game to stay on top

Growing north-south divide

The prime minister reminds me of the Tamil parable of the man who pinched the baby to make it cry, and then rocked the cradle to calm it down.

A film star & our star-trekkers

From Mother Earth, she asked, \"How does India appear from up there?\" From the heavens, he replied, \"Saare jahan se achha.\"

Is Fashion Trash? Yes.

The most wonderful thing about the internet is that before things are in fashion, they are a viral trend already. Case in point: The just concluded Milan Fashion Week, where a young Swedish fashion label called Avavav has stolen the spotlight from houses such as Armani, Jil Sander, Missoni, Bottega Veneta, and even Dolce & Gabbana. How did they do it? Cleverly, of course. By making the show less about the collection, and more about virality.

Grain dance

A multidisciplinary dance show throws light on the role of rice in the life of Asians

A jumbo truth

A scribe describes the story behind the show Poacher

Pandit piper

Grammy winner Rakesh Chaurasia and his flute are teaching the world many a new tune

Democracy turned upside down

Winston Churchill famously said, “Democ­ racy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried.”

Look, I can cook!

A cooking contest for the visually challenged aims to create awareness among the sighted

TURNING KIDS INTO CONTENT

Sharenting parents oversharing content about their children online-can have lasting implications on a child's life

TIME RIPE FOR A SELF-REGULATORY ORGANISATION

The Indian gold market is one of the world's largest and most diverse.

REDUCE GOLD IMPORT DUTY TO 4 PER CENT

India is the fourth largest exporter of gold jewellery, the second largest of silver jewellery, and the world leader in exporting cut and polished diamonds. India is also emerging as a leading manufacturer of lab-grown diamonds.

SEIZURES HAVE INCREASED; SO HAVE SMUGGLING METHODS

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is the apex body under Union finance ministry for formulating policies and collecting customs and central excise duties and indirect taxes in India.

THE DARK METAL

India's ever-growing appetite for gold is driving commercial fraud and activating old smuggling routes and creating new ones. THE WEEK unravels the seamy underbelly of India's illicit gold economy

SWOLLEN FOOTHILLS

Uttarakhand is seeing an influx of climate migrants escaping Delhi's pollution, but left unchecked this trend could endanger the Himalayan state

Mathematics in Maharashtra

The two major alliances are finalising their seat-sharing formulas for the Lok Sabha elections, but a few hurdles remain

WAR VISA

Agents lure Indians with phony letters and fake citizenship offers to join the Russian army; many are now trapped on the Ukraine war front

"IT IS ENOUGH TO BE HUMAN TO SUPPORT UKRAINE"

In her first meeting with the Indian media, Ukraine's only Nobel Peace Laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk speaks to Mridula Ghosh in Kyiv on how to protect human rights and dignity during the war

Spiked guns, rigged polls

There are two aphorisms about Pakistan’s army and its politics. One, that their politicians have been riding a tiger, the tiger being the army. Two, that the army has been losing all the wars, while winning all the elections.