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The Unfinished Agenda of Masood Azhar

Rahul Pandita

Twenty years after his release from an Indian jail, the fountainhead of radical Islamism continues to send messengers of death to India

Why BJP Wins

Vinay Sitapati

Because teamwork is central to Hindu nationalism

The Pandemic Present

Lhendup G Bhutia

Immunity hampers, UV lights, work from home devices———gifting may be down but not out this season

The Gold Standard: Precious Lockdown Metal

Madhavankutty Pillai

Gold glittered as safe haven, reaffirming its role as the back-up that all Indians keep for a financial crisis

Harshad Mehta: The Return of Chutzpah

Kaveree Bamzai

Harshad Mehta, the stockbroker who made greed good for Indians and took the fall for it, is back in favour

The Uses Of Adversity

Madhavankutty Pillai

Welcome the spirit of enterprise that made the biggest of businesses and the poorest of people pivot to create new wealth when the lifeline of the old had been severed

Adar Poonawalla: The Vaccine Prince of Pune

Amita Shah

‘I will take the Oxford vaccine shot myself and put out a video to inspire people,’ says Adar Poonawalla, 39, CEO, Serum Institute of India

Beauty As Investment

Sunita Kohli

Cultural capitalism and the dividends of aesthetics

‘We plan a global launch of our blood clot removal device soon,’ say Vikram Janardhan, 49, electrical engineer, healthcare expert and CEO, Insera Therapeutics Inc, and Vallabh Janardhan, 46, neurologist and chief medical officer, Insera Therapeutics Inc