May 3, 2021

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From The Editor-in-chief
Our nation is at war,” General V.P. Malik tweeted on April 18. As the last Indian army chief to have led troops in war, he should know. Each day, over 2,000 Indians are succumbing to Covid-19, nearly four times the number of soldiers killed in the 11
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A Simmering Summer Standoff
More than two months after hundreds of Indian and Chinese soldiers, tanks and vehicles pulled back from the northern and southern banks of the Pangong Tso and the Kailash Range, an attenuated standoff looks set to continue through the summer. Indian
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The Lone Warrior
The Gandhi statue on Mayo Road has been one of the preferred protest sites in Kolkata for political parties and civil society groups. On April 13, Mamata Banerjee chose the venue to mark her dissent against the Election Commission (EC). No war cries,
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The Sore Points
The PLA has obstructed the Indian Army’s access to Patrol Point PP17A. Around 40-50 soldiers are stationed in close proximity (600-800 metres apart) An old post on the trade route to Lhasa. It was witness to a standoff between Indian and PLA troops N
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The Many Birthplaces of Hanuman
On April 21, on the occasion of Sri Rama Navami, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), custodian of the richest Hindu shrine, unveiled “mythological, epigraphic and geographic evidence” to claim that Tirumala is the birthplace of the Hindu god Ha
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The Price of Optimism
As the day of the last shahi snan (royal bath) of the Haridwar Mahakumbh Mela approaches on April 27, the crowds in Haridwar have thinned quite dramatically. Following the surge in Covid-19 cases, several akhadas (congregations) of seers have departe
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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Opposition parties are scrambling to claim credit for the Narendra Modi government’s April 19 decision to begin vaccinations for all Indians aged 18 and above. Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi, who wrote to the Union health ministry on April 7 su
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Twice as Nice
Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised voters in West Bengal a ‘double-engine’ government—the same party in power in the state and at the Centre—in a possible reference to the big brother benevolence that might flow from such an arrangement. State chi
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In Sync
At an all-parties meeting in Patna on April 17, convened by Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan to discuss solutions to the coronavirus crisis, leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav had by far the most suggestions—a list of 30 points. One of these was to
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Silent Pawar
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is the only prominent politician in the state to have refrained from criticising the BJP for the Covid crisis in the state, despite his government and party laying the blame at the saffron party’s doorstep
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A New Chapter In Afghanistan
In October 2001, when US Special Forces and CIA operatives went into Afghanistan with the express objective of removing the Taliban and dismantling Al Qaeda, could anyone have predicted that 20 years later the US would still be militarily engaged and
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The Covid Explosion
INDICATIONS THAT THE VIRUS HAS SPREAD MORE AND FASTER THIS TIME 8% to 16% Test positivity rate from Apr. 4 to Apr. 17. It has doubled in 12 days 2 mn Active cases, as on April 20. The last wave saw half the number at its peak in Sept. 2020 THE MU
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Treatment Protocol
USED FOR: Moderate to severe cases EFFICACY: Gilead’s phase 3 trials showed that in a five-day course for moderate patients, more than 65% improved by Day 11 compared to those with standard care. WHO, however, maintains there is no concrete evidence
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Dread And Despair
The crematorium at Kalkaji, on April 16, had a line of plastic-covered people waiting outside. Only their eyes, burning with grief, were visible. They were members of 12 families who had lost their loved ones to Covid. “It took us two days of calling
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THE SECOND WAVE: CRISIS & CONTAINMENT
On April 13, when former district judge Ramesh Chandra, a resident of Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar, and his wife Madhu had a bout of fever and a sore throat, they got themselves tested for Covid-19. The report found both of them positive. As Madhu’s conditi
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The Long Shadow Of Covid
Covid-19 has been compared to the Spanish Flu, which killed an estimated 50 million people between 1918 and 1920. A grim feature of the Flu was the devastating multiple waves of infections, similar to what is being seen with the coronavirus. In Febru
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Night Without End
FOR OVER A FORTNIGHT NOW, 24-year-old Chander Kumar from Bihar’s Bahadurpur village has been living with a sense of déjà vu in his one-room shack in Delhi’s Chhatarpur area. His smartphone has been flashing constant updates on Covid-19 cases in the n
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Manoj Kumar, 32 Chaman, 18
OCCUPATION: Construction workers CITY OF WORK: Delhi STATE OF ORIGIN: Uttar Pradesh THEIR PLIGHT IN LOCKDOWN 2020: The duo, who live together in Delhi’s Mangolpuri area, were stranded in Delhi without a job for two months. While both took a train
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Ajay, 38
OCCUPATION: Plumber CITY OF WORK: Delhi STATE OF ORIGIN: Odisha PLIGHT IN LOCKDOWN 2020: Living in Delhi’s Masoodpur with his brother, both went without jobs for three months during the lockdown. His brother went home but did not get any work in t
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Surya Nath, 33
OCCUPATION: Construction worker CITY OF WORK: Delhi STATE OF ORIGIN: Bihar PLIGHT IN LOCKDOWN 2020: He lives with his wife, nine-year-old daughter and three-year-old son in the Lalbagh area of Delhi. Out of work for three months during the lockdow
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Mapping The Migrants
A comprehensive national database of unorganised workers is in the works. Estimated cost of project: Rs 704 crore A survey to track the socioeconomic conditions of migrant workers and their shifting job preferences has been launched The NITI Aayog ha
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Time To Reassess
ON APRIL 14, WHILE INDIA WAS being buffetted by a second wave of the coronavirus, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) decided to cancel board examinations for class 10 and postpone the examinations for class 12, which were scheduled to be
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“I Regret Nothing”
Her parents named her Sheela Ambalal Patel. After she married for the second time, her name in official records appeared as Sheela Birnstiel. Most of us, however, know her by the name Osho had once given her, Ma Anand Sheela. In the early 1980s, Shee
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On Simon’s Ark
One of the animals Simon Barnes, novelist, wildlife writer and sports journalist, uses to tell a story in The History of the World in 100 Animals is the egret, which we learn can be any one of over a dozen species in the heron family. We are told in
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Stranger Than Fiction
In March, Disney+ Hotstar released 1232 KMs, a documentary which followed seven migrant workers on an arduous journey back to their hometowns during the nationwide lockdown last year. Having earlier premiered Roar of the Lion, a series on the Chennai
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The Gameplan
The CBSE has cancelled class 10 exams for 2021 and postponed class 12 exams The board of education has said that class 10 students will be graded on the basis of internal assessments, but on objective criteria formulated by the CBSE For class 12 exam
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Where The Wild Things Are
You know you will read about fascinating wildlife if you pick up Wild and Wilful—conservationist and writer Neha Sinha’s first book—but you also need to be prepared for rumination and retrospection. The book may make you smile but it will also tug at
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Making Up The Galaxy
He made a splash as a young actor to look out for with films like Eeda,Kumbalangi Nights and Ishq The magic of recent Malayalam cinema is lit by actors in the background, one of the best being Soubin Shahir. He began with Annayum Rasoolum (2013) and
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Different Strokes
Q. What prompted you to announce your retirement this year? I wanted to retire in 2016-17. I was waiting to be picked after having a really good 2016 season. Even though I was No. 1, the highest wicket-taker in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, it didn’t
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A Writer’s Actor
Right now, Malayalam cinema’s Fahadh Faasil and Dileesh Pothan make for the most wondrous actor-director pairing in Indian cinema. A lot of discourse around Faasil centres on him going for roles that star actors would otherwise steer clear of—the not
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Crowning Glory
What happens when you marry the world’s most iconic jeweller with one of 21st century’s most popular shows? Fables are ordained. Inextricably linked with Easter since their annual tradition of Imperial Easter eggs began in 1885, Fabergé’s legendary e
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Pick Of The Month
In celebrationof the 2021 F1 season in Bahrain, TAG Heuer has unveiled four new references in its Formula 1 collection. Bright colours and the added asphalt-effect dial lend these watches a fresh urban look, promising to enchant the new generation of
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Jewellery
Fabergé’s collection of rings——Cosmic Curve——is inspired by the belief that every gemstone contains energy from one of the planets in our solar system. Set with tsavorites, coloured sapphires and Gemfields’ Zambian emeralds and Mozambican rubies, the
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Taming Time
It is in a world of precision and performance that luxury watchmaking brand Panerai has distinguished itself since the 1940s. Today the brand reaffirms its role in the universe of chronography. Panerai began perfecting its expertise in the category a
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Letter From The Editor-in-chief
HARRY WINSTON HAD FAMOUSLY CONCLUDED: “People will stare. Make it worth their while.” Of course, he didn’t live to witness the near-apocalyptic world where shrinking human contact accords you about 30 seconds of time to make an impression. The idea i
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Whisky’s Millennial Moment
Whisky, the world’s top tipple and India’s favourite spirit is witnessing some interesting new trends in India, led by changing demographics. As the spirit evolves bridging nostalgia and nuance informing provenance and passion, a younger audience thi
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A Regal Spirit
Chivas 12 YO: Smooth, rich and generous, Chivas 12 is a classic for a reason. Crafted from the finest malt and grain Scotch whiskies, this 12-year-old blend is a signature blend from the brand. Chivas Extra is born from painstaking craft. Carefully s
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Totems of Style
Ingenuity, inspiration and imagination are the holy trinity of design,where material and form fluidly unite to create stark beauty. Raising the mundane to new aesthetic highs, breezing in with the confidence to find beauty in simple objects, combined
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Do It Like Donatella
I don’t like workouts where you sweat too much, but then again I don’t like my workout to be too slow. So Pilates is the happy middle ground. I do 30 minutes of daily exercise in the morning, as I think the first few minutes of your day dictate how c
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Indus Creed
Difficult times don’t call for extravagant couture. Instead, it summons a design sensibility that is rooted, sustainable and also calm. 2021, (many are calling it the 202won) is a year that holds the promise of leading us out of the dark tunnel of a
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Mechanical Menswear
Roland Iten is both an inventor and a designer. His mission in life is to make the life of the discerning gentleman just that tiny bit more pleasurable. Under the label of his eponymous brand, he has invented a whole range of men’s accessories, but h
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The Zoya Factor
Individualistic, confident, bold and refreshingly original, pirouetting gems in vibrant colours and compelling styles weave a sparkling saga that play protagonist to the Zoya narrative. This year, Zoya celebrates over a decade of artistry with rare m
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Grapevine Buzz
Naturally, personal taste is the leading parameter for whether a wine resonates with your palate and tastes good. But, it’sequally important with wine to be open to trying new things. It is great if you have an understanding of what you like but havi
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Game On
Within the predictable cycles of restrictive house arrest and rationed social connections, online is the new lifeline. From e-commerce to e-dating and even e-gaming, the pandemic-indused New Normal could well be the E-Normal. No wonder then that the
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German Marque, Indian Make
The Mercedes E-Class donned a new avatar in 2017 and hasn’t looked back since. The luxury sedan maybe a notch lower than the iconic S-Class but doesn’t discount the pleasures of the latter. In fact, it’s the hybrid fruit of two passions, the importan
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Suite Dreams
Against the current backdrop of life-and-death decisions made during this coronavirus pandemic, the idea of a staycation may seem facetious. But in living memory, has reality ever been so constraining or escapism more pivotal? Darwinian as it may sou
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Artisanal Craftsmanship
Rolex’s tryst with history has always been about exploration and adventure whether geographical, technical or aesthetic. The new watches for 2021 naturally follow in the path chosen by provenance. This is especially true of watches in the Explorer ra

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