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Into the line of fire, and back
THE WEEK India

Into the line of fire, and back

Border forces may recruit Agniveers, send them to Army, and take them back

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July 07, 2024
Four fall guys on the water front
THE WEEK India

Four fall guys on the water front

R .K. Laxman once drew a cartoon showing the Common Man perched on the roof of a flooded building which bore the signboad 'Drought Relief Centre, and a chaprasi, who had arrived in a country boat, giving him another one to replace it. The new board read: 'Flood Relief Centre!

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2 mins  |
July 07, 2024
ENGINEERING MARVEL
THE WEEK India

ENGINEERING MARVEL

IIT Kanpur is taking innovation to new heights and frontiers. Here, medicine meets engineering meets finance....

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6 mins  |
June 30, 2024
Damning truths in soft voice
THE WEEK India

Damning truths in soft voice

The hounding of Arundhati Roy may well turn out to be one more of those own-goals our rulers are growing to be famous for.

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June 30, 2024
Set up reconciliation commission
THE WEEK India

Set up reconciliation commission

IT IS A stalemate at the moment in Manipur.

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June 30, 2024
The dirt on NEET
THE WEEK India

The dirt on NEET

Uproar over NEET UG results points to systemic issues in the National Testing Agency

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5 mins  |
June 30, 2024
No reason for reforms to change; it could even accelerate
THE WEEK India

No reason for reforms to change; it could even accelerate

SANJIV PURI, THE ITC chairman who was recently elected president of the Confederation of Indian Industry, has a clear blueprint: Ensure that the new 'coalition' government's composition does not derail the economic reforms set in motion by Modi 1.0 and 2.0.

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4 mins  |
June 30, 2024
Homegrown luxuries
THE WEEK India

Homegrown luxuries

My grandfather would have turned 99 last month.

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June 30, 2024
Chocolate boy levels up
THE WEEK India

Chocolate boy levels up

Chandu Champion ushers in a mature Kartik Aaryan, one who is ready to shoulder the weight of an emotional, meaty narrative

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June 30, 2024
THE FUTURE TAKES ROOT
THE WEEK India

THE FUTURE TAKES ROOT

How India's best colleges are shaping their students to be part of the country's growth objectives

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June 30, 2024
GAME ON
THE WEEK India

GAME ON

Malwinder Singh Kang, 45, has had many victories under his belt.

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June 30, 2024
FAMILY MATTERS
THE WEEK India

FAMILY MATTERS

At 27, Priyanka Jarkiholi became the first tribal woman to become an MP from an unreserved Lok Sabha constituency by winning the Chikkodi seat in Karnataka's Belagavi district.

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June 30, 2024
MESSENGER OF PEACE
THE WEEK India

MESSENGER OF PEACE

The Jama Masjid in Delhi, a Mughal-era structure, is located just a few paces from the Parliament building and has come to be known as the 'Parliament-wali masjid' Maulana Mohibullah Nadvi, the imam of the masjid, has for years been a bridge between the people and the political leaders who would come to the mosque to pray.

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June 30, 2024
THE ART OF POLITICS
THE WEEK India

THE ART OF POLITICS

Sasikanth Senthil, 45, won with the highest margin from Tamil Nadu, marking another milestone for this former IAS officer.

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June 30, 2024
DANCE OF DEMOCRACY
THE WEEK India

DANCE OF DEMOCRACY

On the evening of June 4, the video of a young woman-dressed in a sari, her head covered by the pallu—dancing merrily to the beats of the dhol went viral.

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June 30, 2024
AGE NO BAR
THE WEEK India

AGE NO BAR

During the Lok Sabha campaign in a remote part of Bihar's Samastipur constituency, Shambhavi Choudhary, 25, spoke to an elderly woman, who said that she had never met a candidate or an MP in her life.

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June 30, 2024
STATE OF STATELESSNESS
THE WEEK India

STATE OF STATELESSNESS

At the height of the campaign for the Lok Sabha elections, a video of Angomcha Bimol Akoijam belting out a song of the legendary rock band Scorpions went viral.

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June 30, 2024
MISSION POSSIBLE
THE WEEK India

MISSION POSSIBLE

On December 26, 2017, Shashank Mani was in Kanniyakumari as part of his Jagriti Yatra.

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June 30, 2024
DEVELOPMENT DREAMS
THE WEEK India

DEVELOPMENT DREAMS

During his Army days, Captain Brijesh Chowta, 42, served in the 8th Gorkha Rifles, the same regiment in which former Army chief Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, too, served.

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June 30, 2024
GUIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION
THE WEEK India

GUIDED BY THE CONSTITUTION

For Priya Saroj, the smile that her father, Tufani Saroj, flashed at her as she stepped out with her winner's certificate felt sweeter than the electoral victory.

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June 30, 2024
FIRST AMONG EQUALS
THE WEEK India

FIRST AMONG EQUALS

The number of new MPs in the Lok Sabha has become a statistic that is regularly measured and evaluated. THE WEEK presents ten first-timers who stand out

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3 mins  |
June 30, 2024
FIREFIGHTER TEAM
THE WEEK India

FIREFIGHTER TEAM

Modi has given a sense of continuity while choosing his ministers and rewarded those who have performed well

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8 mins  |
June 23, 2024
Animal charm
THE WEEK India

Animal charm

How stories from the Panchatantra, which recently got UNESCO recognition, became timeless tales with universal appeal

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4 mins  |
June 23, 2024
Will Modi 3.0 Run Its Full Term?
THE WEEK India

Will Modi 3.0 Run Its Full Term?

The Narendra Modi government has a wafer-thin majority. Either of Modi’s partners, the JD(U) with 12 seats or the TDP with 16, can upset the apple cart. That was the condition of V.P. Singh’s government. It lasted 11 months. That too was the condition of Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s first government in 1996. That lasted 13 days. The plug can be pulled at any time.

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June 23, 2024
Two missing from the house
THE WEEK India

Two missing from the house

We heard Narendra Modi during the poll campaign say, he had missed an opposition during his 10-year rule, and “it pains my heart”. The agony would have abated now. Janata-Janardan has granted him an opposition.

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June 23, 2024
Stories from the Himalayas
THE WEEK India

Stories from the Himalayas

I first heard of Looms of Ladakh when the pandemic hit in 2020. We were looking for artisans and artisanal cooperatives to raise funds for and someone had suggested their name. Fortunately they were well looked after by their founders, but I continued to follow their extraordinary work since then.

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2 mins  |
June 23, 2024
The feminist Souza
THE WEEK India

The feminist Souza

Janeita Singh's essays will soak you in F.N. Souza's art

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June 23, 2024
Controversies minus commotion
THE WEEK India

Controversies minus commotion

Beyond the Hype lifts the lid on medical cases where overheated rhetoric alarms the uninformed

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2 mins  |
June 23, 2024
Who is the bigger heroine?
THE WEEK India

Who is the bigger heroine?

Suspended woman constable of the CISF Kulwinder Kaur suddenly became heroine no.1 in the eyes of millions. It was alleged that she had slapped controversial real life heroine Kangana Ranaut, the newly minted Lok Sabha MP from Mandi, at the security-check area inside Chandigarh airport. The video of the incident went viral as divided opinions jammed social media, with supporters of both women pitching in.

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2 mins  |
June 23, 2024
BIG IS BEAUTIFUL
THE WEEK India

BIG IS BEAUTIFUL

The transformation of a young woman to one of the heaviest woman powerlifters in the world

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June 23, 2024