Let's look back at the past week

The steel road that will rip out Bengaluru's heart – and set a dangerous urban precedent

Deploying the murky decision-making that swept it from power, the Congress' last major government pushes through a project that will destroy the city's soul. Read more here.

These fauji wives are building careers despite the uncertainties of their lives

Constant transfers, long periods of living alone, managing social events – these women are turning lemons into lemonade. Read more here.

Would going to Mount Kailash be worth the journey? Here’s what I found

‘No pilgrim, no aesthete – no one, I decide – could ask for more,’ writes poet Arundhathi Subramaniam. Read more here.

I used to love him but it's all over now: Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan on Bob Dylan's Nobel

'Politically I do not know where he stands today.' Read more here.

How Chinese money is going to transform Pakistan into a major logistical hub

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could create an economic windfall for Islamabad. Read more here.