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SUKHBIR STARES AT AN ABYSS

BJP’S BENGAL SLIDE

THE MISSING COPS

JITU ON THE BACK FOOT

TECH TWO: THE NEW FRONTIER

THIS SHIP HAS SAILED

BEWARE THE NEW BIG CON • CYBER CRIMINAL NETWORKS, OFTEN BASED ABROAD, ARE NOW LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL TOOLS TO WEAVE ELABORATE STINGS WITH FAKE COPS AND ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES TO DEPRIVE UNSUSPECTING VICTIMS OF THEIR ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS

“A suffocating fear lingers on”

THE SCAM ECOSYSTEM

“They made me a prisoner in my home”

“It was as if I was hypnotised”

HOW TO RECOVER MONEY AFTER A CYBER SCAM • Getting back money lost to digital arrest fraud is possible through quick action and a structured legal process

“You’re now a party to the case”

“I was certain they were real”

THE MAJHI MAKEOVER • The Mohan Charan Majhi-led BJP government is establishing its ‘people-first governance’ by eliminating the perceived bureaucratic dominance of the Naveen Patnaik regime and blending accessibility, Odia pride and a development drive bolstered by central support

HARDWORK NEVER KILLS ANYONE OR IT DOES?

INDIA’S FDI SQUEEZE • THE ECONOMY SEEMS ROBUST, BUT FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE SHYING AWAY FROM PUTTING THEIR BIG, LONG-TERM BETS ON INDIA

The Chronicler of Dreams • DREAMS INFORM EVERYTHING THAT PAYAL KAPADIA DOES, WHETHER IT’S HER STORIES, HER CHARACTERS OR HER FILMMAKING EVEN IF THEY'RE ALL ANCHORED IN STARK REALITY

THE RATAN TATA YOU DID NOT KNOW • The face of India’s oldest mega-corp for as long as most of us can remember, Ratan Tata, who died at the age of 86 last month, was both a well-known public figure and an enigma. As the first chairman to hand over the reins to a non-Tata, he seemed to be breaking the mould, and not for the first time. But he was also a steely guardian of corporate tradition. Thomas Mathew’s newly-published biography is based on hundreds of hours of conversation with Tata as well as many of his confidants. Excerpts

Modern Master • A major new exhibition at DAG Delhi sheds light on key moments in the artistic career of M.F. Husain

Ways of Seeing • ‘INDIA’S MOST IMAGINATIVE ART HISTORIAN’ B.N. GOSWAMY SHARES PITHY OBSERVATIONS ON ART AND RELATED MATTERS IN THIS POSTHUMOUS ANTHOLOGY OF ESSAYS

OLD STROKES, NEW DELHI • Dhoomimal Gallery’s ongoing exhibition, Joining the Dots, is a tribute to the enduring charm of Delhi’s cultural heart—Connaught Place

A CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS • The month-long AMI Arts Festival in Kolkata will have everything from exhibitions, talks, film screenings, book launches, workshops, plays to dance and music performances

Breaking Boundaries • Taba Chake, the indie singer-songwriter from Arunachal Pradesh, has made his Bollywood debut as a composer with Shoojit Sircar’s I Want to Talk

ALL ABOUT JAZZ • This weekend NCPA’s Tata Theatre in Mumbai will come alive to the sounds of top-notch international jazz acts

Q+A Queen of Sass • Art curator, philanthropist and social media sensation Shalini Passi is enjoying her newfound fame after appearing in Netflix’s...