February 16 ,2026

Open the magazine emagazine - February 16 ,2026 Issue

The Performance State-Haseeb Drabu and Anil Padmanabhan;The Long-Term Moderniser-Swapan Dasgupta;How To Take It Forward-Harsh V Pant and Vivek Mishra;A Winning Deal With Trump-Rajeev Deshpande;The Call of Kartavya-Rajeev Deshpande;Prudence In the Time of Populism-Dhiraj Nayyar;Monetising the Indian Imagination-Madhavankutty Pillai;Ahead of the Game-Lhendup G Bhutia;The Power of Partnership-R Mukundan;Doctrine of Discipline-Lekha Chakraborty;Data is Destiny-Ullekh NP;A Fine Balance-Pravin Krishna;Siddharth Singh-It’S the Stability, Stupid!;Cry, the Beloved City-Suhel Seth;Open Diary-Swapan Dasgupta;The Insider-Rajeev Deshpande;The Globetrotter-Sudeep Paul;The Great Indian Art Rush-Sohini Dey;Seeing the Light-Myna Mukherjee;Exit Author-Sudeep Paul;The Architecture of Belonging-Suvir Saran;Tech Talk-Madhavankutty Pillai;Streaming smart-Kaveree Bamzai;Stargazer-Kaveree Bamzai;

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