Issue 8

ICC eye on domestic T20 cricket leagues like IPL

Players like Gayle have picked T20 leagues over national duty, ICC should step in to ensure international cricket doesn’t suffer

Bhang-On! How India Romances Cannabis

Hailed in ancient Sanskrit texts, offered to deities, consumed during festivities, the country’s association with cannabis has been a long standing one

The making of toxic Hindu masculinity

The threat to an imagined ancient Hindu manhood is sought to be countered through a variety of modern symbols: Hanuman is now a brawny, scowling figure and a six-pack Shiva marshals his trishul like a laser gun

We need a board to regulate traditional Indian knowledge

Bhartiya Shiksha Board will standardise Vedic education. It will draft syllabus, conduct examinations and issue certificates to gurukuls, pathshalas and schools

There’s no way to justify a Vedic Education Board

Bhartiya Shiksha Board will standardise Vedic education. It will draft syllabus, conduct exams and issue certificates to gurukuls, pathshalas and schools

Mom’s voice guides whatever I do, says Deepika Padukone

Deepika Padukone and her mother Ujjala Padukone in a first-of-its-kind conversation with Priyanka Sinha Jha about the deep influence mom has had on her illustrious daughter

Quantum of Chaos: Bond faces his toughest challenge yet

James Bond’s reinvention through the Daniel Craig era has largely been about realism. Bond as a concept is no longer just about being cool and sexy

'Photograph' is about love & longing in the time of introspection

Road to World Cup: There's many a slip between the cup and the lip

Barring MSD, the inexperience of the middle-order was very evident against Australia and India did little to resolve it ahead of the World Cup

The Grand Mother of Bengal Politics

Bengal, which was bereft of any caste-based polarisation, for the first time, saw leaders courting the organised sect to cross the finishing line