The Week India - July 29, 2018

6 THE WEEK • JULY 29, 2018

COVER DESIGN: BINESH SREEDHARAN

24 Current events

The dramatic evolution of

dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s

mother, Radhika

32 Controversy

Centre should take state

assembly’s consent on Naga

accord: N. Biren Singh, chief

minister, Manipur

36 This week, meet...

Congress spokesperson

Randeep Surjewala

43 Pakistan

Though Imran Khan is

the clear frontrunner,

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58 COVER STORY

COLUMNS

15 POWER POINT

Sachidananda Murthy

26 FORTHWRITE

Meenakshi Lekhi

42 PMO BEAT

R. Prasannan

88 DETOUR

Shobhaa De

98 LAST WORD

Shashi Tharoor

the elections are

likely to throw up a

fractured verdict

46 FIFA World Cup

The French won, so

did the Russians, but

more importantly,

football won

■ Even as Europe

grapples with the

migration crisis, the

spine of many teams

at Russia 2018 was

made up of players

with an immigrant

background

SPECIAL REPORT

18

I felt I should leave politics and go

back to the village after the Purti

Group incident, says Union Minister

Nitin Gadkari

The Kettlery in Mumbai is

about experiencing fi ne

gourmet tea, served with all

the frills of a fancy tea service

THAILAND

38

A look at the developments in and

around the Tham Luang cave complex

a week after the successful rescue

operations

■ Plus

Come and be transformed by India: Alphons

Kannanthanam, Union minister of state for tourism

Six bloggers write on their favourite adventure spot,

beach and more

How Indians travel

An ex-weightlifter of Jaipur who turned tour guide, the last

baba of Hampi, Varkala’s winking bartender.... In this travel

special, THE WEEK gives you a glimpse of India, through its

people and places

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