POWERDRIVE

Bully in White House isn’t bad news

We may not like them, but boors have led the US well

MANI-FESTO

Olympics, 2036: Host and ghosts

Our sports priorities are wholly misplaced

OTHERWISE CRACKED

Tiger may be subsisting on peanuts, but it is alive!

Like descendants of nawabs, I rejoice my past connections

DE TOUR

Smart and sassy Shalini Passi

Passi—the world is her oyster

Want to shop? Get in line please

There is no joy in waiting on the street to be "allowed" into a store to browse or buy

Quiet transformation taking place in rural India

Change comes when ordinary people do extraordinary things

SOUND BITE

From Sunak to Badenoch

Badenoch's biggest challenge is to regain public trust after 14 years of Tory misrule

RIGHT ANGLE

Undermining right to health

Both Delhi and Bengal governments have chosen to oppose implementation of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme

SCHIZO-NATION

Hear out my bleat from the street

I realised street market had discovered artificial intelligence

LAST WORD

Be proud of accomplishments of our ancestors without hindutva delusions

The Indians are the essence of wisdom, says Dalrymple in his latest book

Say no to continual elections

India has the lowest ratio of the time available for governance vis-a-vis the time demanded by campaigning

LAST WORD

Hemingway’s four-decade-long love affair with Spain

Ernest Hemingway left his own indelible stamp on Spain's global perception

LAST WORD

When separatism goes mainstream

Jamaat-e-Islami has backed at least 10 candidates across the valley

Thank you, THE WEEK, for providing me a space

THE WEEK’s illustrious history and mission to tackle issues resonate with me deeply

FORTHWRITE

Let us not politicise budget

Union Budget 2024 is a blend of ambition and pragmatic governance

BABY STEPS

Silverware for babies?

Silverware is ideal for serving food to both children and people with disabilities

Bitter Chocolate

Goodbye, dear readers

If I seemed a bit too passionate, forgive me for my heart was in the right place

POWER POINT

Tale of two public addresses in Maharashtra on Vijayadashami

The words of RSS chief in Nagpur and Thackerays in Mumbai have been followed closely

Bibek Debroy on Partha Chatterjee and Kalinjara story

Small-ticket corruption has declined. But not the big-ticket Kalinjara variety

Digital companies cannot afford to defy laws of the land, says Jyotiraditya Scindia

Necessity is the mother of invention. Regular instances of unlawful content

IVORY TOWER

Tough for Singapore to balance its relationship with China, India: Sanjaya Baru

It was just as well that Arvind Kejriwal was ticked off for his Singapore sling.

LAST WORD

Big Ben and plucky Perera

The World Cup this year was like fantasy cricket. Many nerve-jangling matches

EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

Here is to healthy conversation

A couple of weeks back, I was in Thiruvananthapuram to attend a few meetings.

LAST WORD

A wonk no more

The Pew Research Center did an analysis in January 2017 of president-elect Donald

CANDID TALK

Make the impeachment process apolitical

Recently, 64 members of Parliament and seven recently retired MPs from seven

TRACK CHANGE

An open letter to the sports minister

Dear Shri Rathore, Congratulations for a successful showing at the Commonwealth