Yamuna, the river that was and is

Among other things, Editor Philip Mathew remembers the Yamuna as it was in the 1 ...

POWERDRIVE

Royal riots! Till kingdom come?

Nepal's Gyanendra dreams of being king again

SCALPEN

All about the third nerve

A classic case of the oculomotor nerve being affected

OTHERWISE CRACKED

Artificial intelligence vs natural stupidity: K.C. Verma

If AI is so bloody intelligent, it should become self-aware and be able to itsel ...

DE TOUR

Croissant and Prashant

I find 'Croissant Prashant' fascinating; want to meet him before he becomes hist ...

Karan Johar is the child we should have nurtured, now he is nurturing our kids

Johar wore a sharp, black, fitted suit, with a sheer shirt, and diaphanous strip ...

The leader doesn't leave—Nestle's Egypt story

Nestlé witnessed substantial growth in Egypt during the Arab Spring

RIGHT ANGLE

Shushma Swaraj used to wake daughter, Bansuri, with this Hindi couplet

Indian poetry gave voice to emotions too deep for prose and ideas too vast for p ...

SOUND BITE

Norwegians are cancelling vacation trips to the US

Since January 2025, there has been a sharp monthly 25 per cent dip in bookings t ...

SCHIZO-NATION

Kunal Kamra is feared not for his jokes, but for his truth bombs

And the bombs include swipes at the Ambanis, and a jab at Gujarati enrolment in ...

LAST WORD

Covid’s silver lining for India

India established its role in global health diplomacy and elevated its stature a ...

Diplomatic six: India’s hefty influence in international cricket

India stuck to its stand and got its way

LAST WORD

International rules of engagement in diplomacy are no longer sacrosanct

Saying Volodymyr Zelensky invited the fire from Donald Trump and J.D. Vance is l ...

MANI-FESTO

When Manmohan Singh engaged Pervez Musharraf

Manmohan Singh knew finding a middle way in J&K was important

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 dee ...

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 disabiliti ...

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 clo ...

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 Donal ...

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