Indian youth are choosing spirituality over religion

Strength comes from different sources, including spirituality. Why did Bibhas Na ...

POWERDRIVE

Plastic buckets and parliament seats

Plastics business boomed during birth control drive; now dairy industry has a ch ...

RIGHT ANGLE

Biases continue to stifle the growth of women

Women are overlooked for challenging roles under the guise of protection

SCHIZO-NATION

Forget MAGA and MIGA, go for MDGA—Making Diplomacy Great Again

India should do what Europe is doing—putting neighbourhood first

SOUND BITE

When states want unilateral AI dominance

The Manhattan project birthed the atom bomb, and now Trump wants a Manhattan-sty ...

The sari woven by Shiva and Parvati

Looking at Karnataka’s textiles, and the weaves and stories they hold

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 ...

SCALPEN

If food tastes blah, it could be the cooking or your olfactory nerve

The olfactory nerve is the first of the 12 cranial nerves, and it has a lot to d ...

OTHERWISE CRACKED

The red L and driver Bassa Ram, my saviours on Delhi’s mad roads

Bassa Ram can reverse the car for a mile and a half, squeeze into the tightest p ...

DE TOUR

Kalki Koechlin cannot be boxed, especially in an industry that prefers conformists

After moving from Puducherry to Mumbai, KalkiKoechlin is now putting down roots ...

What is it about coffee that inspires “faith in the future”?

The columnist quotes Nobel laureate Halldór Laxness on coffee: “Presently the sm ...

LAST WORD

In Donald Trump's world, there are no rules anymore

Trump's actions have been characterised by extreme unpredictability

Highs and lows of aviation safety

Red tape has given way to simplified compliance regimes

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