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THE ART. 356 DARE

POLLS IN THE TIME OF PROTESTS

GEARING UP FOR THE VACCINE

ON A WAR FOOTING

SALE TO TAKE WING?

THE PROMISE OF CHANGE

A WAKE-UP CALL FROM THE WILD

TIGER FRONTIERS

DIVERSIONARY CLEAN-UP

FIXING THE BANKING MESS • Public trust in India’s banks has been shaken by all the bad news about bank failures, misgovernance and a gargantuan Rs 9.4 lakh crore pile of bad debts. How to avert the impending catastrophe

HOW HEALTHY ARE OUR BANKS?

THE BANKING PANDEMIC

THE HALL OF SHAME • Cases of swindling, cheating and money laundering have shaken up Indian banks, but they wouldn’t have been possible without misgovernance and conniving bank officials

UNITED COLOURS OF ARMED FORCES • THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS COMPLETE A YEAR IN ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES. WILL INDIA GET THE INTEGRATED MILITARY STRUCTURE IT NEEDS?

THE ROAD TO CONVERGENCE • What the Chief of Defence Staff and the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) have achieved so far

“THERE WILL BE NO COMPROMISE” • In his first detailed interview after taking over as Chief of Defence Staff on January 1, GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT tells Executive Editor SANDEEP UNNITHAN about what his Department of Military Affairs (DMA) has achieved, the border standoff with China, his plans to transform the armed forces, the road ahead and the resistance to change.

SAFFRON’S SOUTHERN SOJOURN • THE BJP CUSTOMISES PLANS TO BREAK INTO THE BASTIONS OF THE ENTRENCHED POLITICAL PARTIES

LOVE AND HATE • A CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW IN UTTAR PRADESH, OSTENSIBLY INTENDED TO HINDER FORCIBLE CONVERSION IN INTERFAITH MARRIAGES, IS SEEN BY MANY AS A COMMUNAL TACTIC AND A THREAT TO BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

A LAW WITH A COMMUNAL TINT

STATE LAWS AGAINST ‘LOVE JIHAD’ • Several BJP-ruled states have enacted or expressed the intent to enact laws discouraging inter-religious marriages

A ‘THREAT’ ONLY ON PAPER? • Investigations by state and central enforcement agencies have offered no empirical evidence that ‘love jihad’ exists

RELIGION NO BAR • The Special Marriage Act, 1954, provides legal sanctity to interfaith marriages in India

THE JUDICIAL VIEW • Several court verdicts have upheld an individual’s right to marry by choice, irrespective of religion

THE BIG SHORTS • More and more filmmakers and actors are embracing the anthology format to tell succinct stories

Best Anthologies Out There

THE REAL DEAL • Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani on his upcoming series and the importance of factual accuracy

THE BONG CONNECTION • Are Bengali actors having a moment? Or are they simply a part of the ‘new exotic’ the Mumbai film industry and OTT platforms have been exploring?

Yesteryear Reel • The Bengali actors who once ruled the screens

Restored to Glory • Once a crumbling ruin, the imposing tomb of Abdur Rahim Khani-Khanan in Delhi is back in the spotlight

A Sweet History • Author Lizzie Collingham traces the journey of the biscuit from being...