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VOL. 37 NO. 28 THE WEEK JULY 14 2019
FOR THE WEEK JULY 8 - JULY 14
CURRENT EVENTS WORLD
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INVESTIGATION
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His innate intelligence and inherent
fl aws may help Boris Johnson lead
Britain out of the Brexit mess
A faulty system deprives almost
two-thirds of Bihar’s children of
supplementary nutrition
On his maiden trip to Kashmir as
Union home minister, Amit Shah
outlines the BJP’s plans for the valley
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COLUMNS
COVER PHOTO SANJAY AHLAWAT
COVER DESIGN BINESH SREEDHARAN
13 POWERPOINT
Sachidananda Murthy
23 PMO BEAT
R. Prasannan
43 FORTHWRITE
Meenakshi Lekhi
69 DETOUR
Shobhaa De
74 LAST WORD
Navtej Sarna
24 COVER STORY
60 BUSINESS
Premium bikes’ popularity
beats not just commuter
bikes but also the sluggish
economy
63 @LEISURE
Anuradha Bhagwati, in her
brutally honest memoir,
writes about coming out
as bisexual
WORLD CUP
ICC
2019
48 WORLD CUP
Dhoni’s is batting from memory, and that is not
helping Team India
◆ Happy to see fast bowlers come back into the
game: Sir Curtly Ambrose
EXCLUSIVE
HOLY LEADER: The Dalai
Lama with a follower
THE GREAT REFUGEE
Sixty years ago, when the Dalai Lama decided to fl ee from
Tibet, India off ered the quickest response to his request for
asylum. India remained his home all these years. He affi rms
that he is happy to live in India for the rest of his life. In an
exclusive interview with THE WEEK, he talks about subjects
ranging from the political freedom of Tibet to the problems
with the lama system of reincarnation.
◆ I urge India to make Tibet a core issue: Lobsang Sangay,
president, Central Tibetan Administration
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