The Week India – July 21, 2019

JULY 21, 2019 • THE WEEK 3

VOL. 37 NO. 29 THE WEEK JULY 21 2019

FOR THE WEEK JULY 15 - JULY 21

KARNATAKA DEFENCE

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BUDGET 2019

36 52

Russia has traditionally been India’s

biggest arms supplier, but the US is

challenging that dominance

Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden

budget tries to strike a balance

between bolstering the economy and

redistributing wealth

While the Congress-JD(S) coalition is

blaming the BJP for the political crisis

in the state, there are more factors

behind the rebellion

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COLUMNS

COVER IMAGING BINESH SREEDHARAN

11 POWERPOINT

Sachidananda Murthy

39 MANI-FESTO

Mani Shankar Aiyar

42 SCHIZO-NATION

Anuja Chauhan

43 IVORY TOWER

Sanjaya Baru

71 EVERYONE IS A CAMERA

Bose Krishnamachari

74 LAST WORD

Sanjay Manjrekar

16 COVER STORY

40 CONGRESS

Rahul Gandhi’s first

Amethi visit after the Lok

Sabha debacle is aimed

at removing doubts about

his association with the

constituency

63 @LEISURE

Raavan is the darkest book

I have ever written, says

Amish Tripathi

WORLD CUP

ICC

2019

44 WORLD CUP

Except for their batting prowess, Virat Kohli and

Kane Williamson have not much in common

u THE WEEK’s team of the tournament

BEYOND CLOUDS

Chandrayaan-2 moon mission is expected to herald an era

of ambitious space projects for the Indian Space Research

Organisation. It is a sweet coincidence that the mission is

taking place in the year that marks the golden jubilee of ISRO

and the birth centenary of Vikram Sarabhai, the father of

Indian space programme

u Our understanding of planetary systems is improving: K. Sivan,

ISRO chairman

u The simplicity of scientist-visionary-industrialist Vikram

Sarabhai

u Lessons from Papa: Mallika Sarabhai

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AIMING FOR

THE MOON:

ISRO personnel

work on

the orbiter

vehicle of

Chandrayaan-

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