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2022 was the year world turned against strongman politics. Bharat Jodo is India’s chance

From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.

Food trends recap 2022: From air fried carrot bacon to cloud bread. And risky butter affair

Covid pushed us all to see time as a commodity so we hopped on the viral food trends that were sure to taste good. And not take up a lot of time.

If you must watch television in 2023, make it Hindi news channels

Skip English news except for poll results. Ignore entertainment channels except for reality shows like KBC. And avoid Bigg Boss unless you enjoy people making fools of themselves on national TV.

Darlings, Jamtara to Scorsese-approved Derry Girls—Best OTT films and shows of 2022

White Lotus’s posh madness to the unforgiving Jamtara, 2022 saw some of the best new seasons of fan-favourite web shows.

Indian Roger Federer to Aurangzeb’s game of throne—10 most viral meme trends of 2022

Alia Bhatt's Shiva to Ashneer Grover's Doglapan—somehow memes rescued the year 2022

How Hindu American Foundation sees a ‘silver lining’ even in US court defeat

The court judgment against HAF has only dark clouds for Hindu nationalists in the US who have sold out Indian democracy and dare to call themselves true patriots.

A driver’s footnote — the best car of 2022

I really liked the Mahindra Scorpio-N. It is a quantum leap forward for the domestic carmaker. But the car that impressed me the most is one of the first ones I drove in 2022.

China’s uncertain politics will force foreign firms to seek alternate production hubs

Xi Jinping is most likely to juggle complex issues like delivering relative economic growth without compromising on ‘core interests’ throughout 2023.

Wedding bells ring at India’s most powerful corridor. Groom from PMO, bride from north block

Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai claims that his cows and goats are his only assets.

2022 was the year we learned to move on

If there is one thing that even the virus couldn’t stop, it was the politics—over the virus, with the virus, after the virus.

On Camera

India’s road accidents are caused by bad infrastructure & bad drivers. Here’s how to fix that

Perhaps newspapers could dedicate a separate column to report daily road accidents and fatalities, similar to how death tolls were reported during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.