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A QUESTION OF METTLE
HALLMARKING, EXPLAINED
GLASSHOUSE
WHY IS EVERYTHING SO EXPENSIVE?
A BITTER REARGUARD BATTLE
A REDDY FAMILY FEUD
BATTLE FOR THE BACKWARDS • THE OBC VOTE IS CRITICAL FOR EVERY PARTY, WHICH IS WHY THE OPPOSITION IS CLAMOURING FOR A COMMUNITY CENSUS. THE RULING BJP FEARS THIS WILL UNSETTLE ITS SOCIAL ENGINEERING STRATEGY AND UPSET THE CORE UPPER CASTE VOTE BASE
THE POLITICAL MIGHT
A SLIMMER SLICE OF THE PIE • Vacancies in posts reserved for OBCs indicate that quota benefits have not percolated down to the lowest beneficiaries
GENESIS OF THE CASTE CENSUS • The Modi government is not the first one to rebuff an OBC count. Successive governments since Independence have shied away from it
KERALA’S ISIL-K THREAT • SECURITY AGENCIES IN INDIA ARE WARY OF THE RETURN OF INDIANS WHO LEFT TO JOIN THE TERRORIST GROUP IN AFGHANISTAN
ISIL’S KERALA CONNECT • THE FASCINATION WITH ISIL STARTED IN 2015 FOR THE STATE’S ISLAMIC RADICALS
WILL THE TALIBAN TAKEOVER HIT J&K? • India’s big worry is that Pakistan-based terror groups will now get powerful patrons like the Haqqani network
KICKING UP A SWARM • THE ARMED FORCES START PLACING THEIR FIRST ORDERS FOR SWARM DRONES BUT THE NEED IS TO RAMP UP R&D FOR INDIGENOUS PROWESS IN THESE BATTLE-DEFINING MACHINES
DAY OF THE SWARM DRONES • INDIAN ARMY AND AIR FORCE ARE BETTING ON SWARM DRONES TO ACQUIRE MORE LETHAL POWER
THE BIG CHURN • Struggling to adapt curriculums to emerging trends and keep up with the changing needs of industry, engineering institutions are attracting fewer students and either shutting down or slashing the number of available seats
“We are testing students for skills that industry wants” • All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman ANIL DATTATRAYA SAHASRABUDHE spoke to AMARNATH K. MENON on the ongoing reforms in engineering education. Excerpts:
THE FATNESS EPIDEMIC • THE STRESS AND SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE INFLICTED BY THE PANDEMIC HAVE TRANSLATED INTO WEIGHT GAIN FOR MANY, TRIGGERING AN ALTOGETHER NEW SET OF PROBLEMS
THE WINNING FORMULA • INDIA’S RICH MEDAL HAUL AT THE TOKYO PARALYMPICS IS A TESTIMONY TO THE POWER OF INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT AND WHAT IT CAN DO TO BOLSTER THE WINNING ATTITUDE
ROLL OF HONOUR • At the Tokyo 2021 Paralympics, India’s contingent won 19 medals, five of them gold. This was a watershed moment—India’s total haul from 1968 to 2016 was just 12 medals
BEST PRIVATE COLLEGES OF NORTH INDIA
IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE FROM THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE
PLAYING ON A LOOP • With his song ‘Jalebi Baby’ having become a rage the world over, Tesher says the fun has only just begun
Pulling the Right Strings • Sitarist PURBAYAN CHATTERJEE hopes to have discovered new musical threads that bind East and West
SITAR-STRUCK • A long playing history of sitar fusion
THE CONTENT QUEENS • With short and funny videos that instantly go viral, women content creators have defied the pandemic and upturned gender...