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	In the early years, cartoonist [[Mario Miranda]] designed many covers for ''The Week''. He also had a regular pocket cartoon in the magazine.		In the early years, cartoonist [[Mario Miranda]] designed many covers for ''The Week''. He also had a regular pocket cartoon in the magazine.

	''The Week'' does not have published stylebook, but generally follows the down style for capitalisation.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnhkJ_CjTQIC&q=down+style+capitalization&pg=PA151 \|title=The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing And Corporate ... - Amy Einsohn - Google Books \|date= 7 December 2005\|access-date=2012-11-23\|isbn=9780520932562 \|last1=Einsohn \|first1=Amy }}</ref> Its dateline carries the [[pull date]], not the date of issue.		''The Week'' does not have published stylebook, but generally follows the down style for capitalisation.<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnhkJ_CjTQIC&q=down+style+capitalization&pg=PA151 \|title=The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing And Corporate ... - Amy Einsohn - Google Books \|date= 7 December 2005\|access-date=2012-11-23\|isbn=9780520932562 \|last1=Einsohn \|first1=Amy \|publisher=University of California Press }}</ref> Its dateline carries the [[pull date]], not the date of issue.

	== Columnists ==		== Columnists ==
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	* DeTour by [[Shobhaa De]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theweek.in/authors.html\|title=Authors\|website=The Week\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>		* DeTour by [[Shobhaa De]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theweek.in/authors.html\|title=Authors\|website=The Week\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>
	* Forthwrite by [[Meenakshi Lekhi]].		* Forthwrite by [[Meenakshi Lekhi]].
	* Bitter Chocolate by [[Swara Bhaskar\|Swara Bhasker]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/swara-bhasker.html\|title=Swara Bhasker\|website=The Week\|language=en\|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>
	*Mani-festo by [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]		*Mani-festo by [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]
	* Last Word by [[Shashi Tharoor]], [[Barkha Dutt]], [[Navtej Sarna]] and [[Bibek Debroy]]		* Last Word by [[Shashi Tharoor]], [[Barkha Dutt]], [[Navtej Sarna]] and [[Bibek Debroy]]
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	=== Former columnists ===		=== Former columnists ===
	Former columnists of the magazine include [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Khushwant Singh]], [[Saurav Ganguly]], [[Bikram Singh (general)\|General Bikram Singh (retd)]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theweek.in/authors.html?author=Gen-Bikram-Singh\|title = Authors}}</ref> [[P. C. Alexander]], [[Binayak Sen]], [[Sania Mirza]], [[Saina Nehwal]], [[Sanjay Manjrekar]], [[R. N. Malhotra]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]], [[A. P. Venkateswaran]], [[Harsha Bhogle]], [[Sreenivasan Jain]], [[Mallika Sarabhai]], [[Nandita Das]], [[Manjula Padmanabhan]], [[Amjad Ali Khan]], Santosh Desai<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://santoshdesai.com/about/ \|title=About \|publisher=Santosh Desai \|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> and [[Antara Dev Sen]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.littlemag.com/about/about.html \|title=The Little Magazine - About TLM \|publisher=Littlemag.com \|date=2001-07-01 \|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> among others.		Former columnists of the magazine include [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Khushwant Singh]], [[Saurav Ganguly]], [[Bikram Singh (general, born 1952)\|General Bikram Singh (retd)]],<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.theweek.in/authors.html?author=Gen-Bikram-Singh\|title = Authors\| website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)\|The Week]] }}</ref> [[P. C. Alexander]], [[Binayak Sen]], [[Sania Mirza]], [[Saina Nehwal]], [[Swara Bhasker]], [[Sanjay Manjrekar]], [[R. N. Malhotra]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]], [[A. P. Venkateswaran]], [[Harsha Bhogle]], [[Sreenivasan Jain]], [[Mallika Sarabhai]], [[Nandita Das]], [[Manjula Padmanabhan]], [[Amjad Ali Khan]], Santosh Desai<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://santoshdesai.com/about/ \|title=About \|publisher=Santosh Desai \|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> and [[Antara Dev Sen]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.littlemag.com/about/about.html \|title=The Little Magazine - About TLM \|publisher=Littlemag.com \|date=2001-07-01 \|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> among others.

	== Supplements and stand-alones ==		== Supplements and stand-alones ==
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	\| 2010 \|\| Syed Nazakat \|\| Finalist for [[Daniel Pearl]] International Award \|\| Daniel Pearl Foundation<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.danielpearl.org/ \|title=Daniel Pearl Foundation \|publisher=Danielpearl.org \|date=2002-10-10 \|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> (Switzerland) \|\| Multiple investigative stories		\| 2010 \|\| Syed Nazakat \|\| Finalist for [[Daniel Pearl]] International Award \|\| Daniel Pearl Foundation<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.danielpearl.org/ \|title=Daniel Pearl Foundation \|publisher=Danielpearl.org \|date=2002-10-10 \|access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> (Switzerland) \|\| Multiple investigative stories
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	\| 2010 \|\| ''The Week'' \|\| Gold (Magazine cover design) \|\| [[World Association of Newspapers\|WAN]]-[[IFRA (publishing)\|IFRA]]<ref>http://www.wan-ifra.org/</ref> (Malaysia) \|\| Cover for Health		\| 2010 \|\| ''The Week'' \|\| Gold (Magazine cover design) \|\| [[World Association of Newspapers\|WAN]]-[[IFRA (publishing)\|IFRA]]<ref>{{cite web\| url=http://www.wan-ifra.org/ \| access-date=2023-11-02 \| title=WAN-IFRA - World Association of News Publishers}}</ref> (Malaysia) \|\| Cover for Health
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	\| 2010 \|\| ''The Week'' \|\| Gold (Special issue) \|\| WAN-IFRA (Malaysia) \|\| On 25 years after Indira Gandhi		\| 2010 \|\| ''The Week'' \|\| Gold (Special issue) \|\| WAN-IFRA (Malaysia) \|\| On 25 years after Indira Gandhi
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	*2020 – [[Sonu Sood]], for his humanitarian efforts during the pandemic		*2020 – [[Sonu Sood]], for his humanitarian efforts during the pandemic
	*2021 – [[Balram Bhargava]], [[Indian Council of Medical Research\|ICMR]] Director-General		*2021 – [[Balram Bhargava]], [[Indian Council of Medical Research\|ICMR]] Director-General
			*2022 – [[Neeraj Chopra]], Olympics athlete, Javelin thrower
			*2023 – [[S. Somanath]], Chairman ISRO
			*2025 – [[Shubhanshu Shukla]], Member of [[Axiom Mission 4]]

	== Couple of the Year ==		== Couple of the Year ==
	* 2017 – Ramesh Awasthi and Manisha Gupte<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/a-gentle-transition.html \|title=A Gentle Transition \|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref>		* 2017 – Ramesh Awasthi and Manisha Gupte<ref>{{cite web \|url= http://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/a-gentle-transition.html \|title=A Gentle Transition \|website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)\|The Week]] \|access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref>

	== Controversies ==		== Controversies ==
	The magazine was mired in controversy for an article on [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]]. In response to a defamation suit filed by Ranjit Savarkar, the magazine publicly ~~apologized~~ for the publication of the article.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Engage on democratic terms\|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/letter-to-editor/2021/05/14/engage-on-democratic-terms.html\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=The Week\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=David\|first=Supriti\|title=The Week says it holds Savarkar in 'high esteem', apologises for a 2016 article\|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/14/the-week-says-it-holds-savarkar-in-high-esteem-apologises-for-a-2016-article\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=Newslaundry}}</ref>		The magazine was mired in controversy for an article on [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]]. In response to a defamation suit filed by Ranjit Savarkar, the magazine publicly apologised for the publication of the article.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Engage on democratic terms\|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/letter-to-editor/2021/05/14/engage-on-democratic-terms.html\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=The Week\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=David\|first=Supriti\|title=The Week says it holds Savarkar in 'high esteem', apologises for a 2016 article\|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/14/the-week-says-it-holds-savarkar-in-high-esteem-apologises-for-a-2016-article\|access-date=2021-05-17\|website=Newslaundry}}</ref>

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'''''The Week''''' is an Indian [[news magazine]] founded in the year 1982 and published by [[Malayala Manorama|The Malayala Manorama Co. Pvt. Ltd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.g2mi.com/company_description.php?id=490&name=Malayala-Manorama |title=Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd - Company Profile and Analysis |publisher=G2Mi |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> The magazine is published from [[Kochi]] and is currently printed in [[Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]] and [[Kottayam]]. According to the [[Audit Bureau of Circulations (India)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]], it is the largest circulated English news magazine in [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.auditbureau.org/ |title=Audit Bureau of Circulations |publisher=Auditbureau.org |date=2011-09-26 |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref>

The magazine covers politics, entertainment, social issues, trends, technology and lifestyle.<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE WEEK Magazine - Get your Digital Subscription.|url=https://www.magzter.com/share/mag/3180|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Magzter|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==

=== Chief editors ===
''The Week'' was launched by The Malayala Manorama Co. Ltd in December, 1982, and has had two chief editors, before the designation was discontinued.
* [[K. M. Mathew]] ([[Padma Bhushan]], 1998),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmabhushan_awards_list1.php?start=380 |title=Padma Bhushan Awardees - Padma Awards - My India, My Pride - Know India: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> the founder chief editor, remained in office until 25 December 1988. Popularly known as Mathukuttychayan, he was chairman of the Press Trust of India, president of the Indian Newspaper Society and chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. He died on 1 August 2010. The obit which appeared in ''[[The Times of India]]'' said, "The highly acclaimed English news magazine-The Week-was his brainchild."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-01/india/28282220_1_k-m-mathew-puthenpally-malayala-manorama | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617191626/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-01/india/28282220_1_k-m-mathew-puthenpally-malayala-manorama | url-status=dead | archive-date=17 June 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Media mogul K M Mathew dies, thousands pay respects | date=1 August 2010}}</ref>
* K. M. Mathew's eldest son, [[Mammen Mathew]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Mammen Mathew |url=http://thomsonreuters.com/about/trust_principles/trustee_directors/mammen_mathew/ |website=thomsonreuters.com |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |access-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406052945/http://thomsonreuters.com/about/trust_principles/trustee_directors/mammen_mathew/ |archive-date=April 6, 2012 |language=en}}</ref> ([[Padma Shri]], 2005),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php?start=470 |title=Padma Shri Awardees - Padma Awards - My India, My Pride - Know India: National Portal of India |publisher=India.gov.in |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> took over on 1 January 1989, and continued until 9 December 2007. He is currently chief editor of the ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'' daily, the group's flagship publication.
Currently, ''The Week'' does not have a chief editor. K. M. Mathew's second son, Philip Mathew, managing editor since 1 January 1989, is the highest-ranked editor.

=== Publishers ===
* Philip Mathew, the first publisher of the magazine, held the post until December 1988.
* Jacob Mathew: 1 January 1989 till date. K.M. Mathew's third son, he is currently president of WAN-IFRA. He is the second Asian and the first Indian to hold the post.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/10/stories/2011041055231300.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416075005/http://www.hindu.com/2011/04/10/stories/2011041055231300.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=16 April 2011 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Jacob Mathew elected WAN-IFRA president | date=10 April 2011}}</ref>

=== Editors ===
The magazine has had two editors, after which the designation was discontinued.
* [[V. K. Bhargavan Nair|V. K. B. Nair]]: 26 December 1982 to 3 June 1984.
* [[T. V. R. Shenoy]] ([[Padma Bhushan]], 2003):<ref>{{cite news| url=http://hindu.com/2003/01/26/stories/2003012605060100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120104115019/http://hindu.com/2003/01/26/stories/2003012605060100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 January 2012 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Dorji, Sonal Mansingh, Parasaran among Padma awardees | date=26 January 2003}}</ref> 10 June 1984 to 11 December 1988.

=== Editor-in-charge ===
Currently, the editor-in-charge is responsible for selection of news under The Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867. The present editor-in-charge, V.S. Jayaschandran, took over on 1 April 2017.

== Design and style ==
The magazine was initially designed in-house, and was periodically redesigned. A major content overhaul was led by Peter Lim, author and former editor-in-chief of ''[[The Straits Times]]''/[[Singapore Press Holdings]]. He authored the book ''Chronicle of Singapore: Fifty Years of Headline News''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kinokuniya.com.sg/whatson_events_chronicleofsg.html |title=Books Kinokuniya Singapore |publisher=Kinokuniya.com.sg |date=2010-01-09 |access-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130418153845/http://www.kinokuniya.com.sg/whatson_events_chronicleofsg.html |archive-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>

The two major redesigns were led by:
* Peter Ong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trends-in-newsrooms.org/articles.php?id=34 |title=WAN-IFRA - Trends in Newsrooms 2012 |publisher=Trends-in-newsrooms.org |date=2012-08-30 |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> on 8 November 1998.
* Dr [[Mario García (designer)|Mario Garcia]]<ref name="garciamedia1">{{cite web |url=http://garciamedia.com/about/bio/dr_mario_r_garcia |title=García Media | Bios |publisher=Garciamedia.com |access-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812080842/http://garciamedia.com/about/bio/dr_mario_r_garcia |archive-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> on 20 February 2005.

Based in Sydney, Australia, Ong<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifra.com/WebSite/IFRAEvent.nsf/wuis/D45987F2BAFDF38E482570B60012CF39?OpenDocument&CS& |title=www.ifra.com |publisher=ifra.com |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://peterong.com/blog/ |title=peterong.com |publisher=peterong.com |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> was formerly Picture & Graphics Editor of ''[[The Straits Times]]''. He is principal consultant at Checkout Australia, and was regional director for the Society of News Design. Garcia owns the premier newspaper design firm, Garcia Media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://garciamedia.com/ |title=Newspaper Design, Newspaper Redesign, Web Design & iPad App Design |publisher=Garciamedia.com |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> Both of them also helped redesign the'' [[Malayala Manorama]]''.

In the early years, cartoonist [[Mario Miranda]] designed many covers for ''The Week''. He also had a regular pocket cartoon in the magazine.

''The Week'' does not have published stylebook, but generally follows the down style for capitalisation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnhkJ_CjTQIC&q=down+style+capitalization&pg=PA151 |title=The Copyeditor's Handbook: A Guide for Book Publishing And Corporate ... - Amy Einsohn - Google Books |date= 7 December 2005|access-date=2012-11-23|isbn=9780520932562 |last1=Einsohn |first1=Amy }}</ref> Its dateline carries the [[pull date]], not the date of issue.

== Columnists ==
''The Week'' has these regular guest columns:
* Ivory Tour by [[Sanjaya Baru]]
* DeTour by [[Shobhaa De]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/authors.html|title=Authors|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>
* Forthwrite by [[Meenakshi Lekhi]].
* Bitter Chocolate by [[Swara Bhaskar|Swara Bhasker]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/columns/swara-bhasker.html|title=Swara Bhasker|website=The Week|language=en|access-date=2019-11-22}}</ref>
*Mani-festo by [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]
* Last Word by [[Shashi Tharoor]], [[Barkha Dutt]], [[Navtej Sarna]] and [[Bibek Debroy]]
* Schizo-Nation by [[Anuja Chauhan]].
* Sound Bite by [[Anita Pratap]].

In addition to the guests, there are two staff columns.
* Power Point by K. S. Sachidananda Murthy,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressclubmumbai.com/index.php?id=100&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=5&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=71&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=159&cHash=9d351f21f8 |title=The Press Club Mumbai |publisher=The Press Club Mumbai |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> resident editor in New Delhi.
* PMO Beat by R. Prasannan, chief of bureau, New Delhi.

=== Former columnists ===
Former columnists of the magazine include [[Priyanka Chopra]], [[Khushwant Singh]], [[Saurav Ganguly]], [[Bikram Singh (general)|General Bikram Singh (retd)]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theweek.in/authors.html?author=Gen-Bikram-Singh|title = Authors}}</ref> [[P. C. Alexander]], [[Binayak Sen]], [[Sania Mirza]], [[Saina Nehwal]], [[Sanjay Manjrekar]], [[R. N. Malhotra]], [[Sanjana Kapoor]], [[A. P. Venkateswaran]], [[Harsha Bhogle]], [[Sreenivasan Jain]], [[Mallika Sarabhai]], [[Nandita Das]], [[Manjula Padmanabhan]], [[Amjad Ali Khan]], Santosh Desai<ref>{{cite web|url=http://santoshdesai.com/about/ |title=About |publisher=Santosh Desai |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> and [[Antara Dev Sen]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.littlemag.com/about/about.html |title=The Little Magazine - About TLM |publisher=Littlemag.com |date=2001-07-01 |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> among others.

== Supplements and stand-alones ==
Two supplements go free with ''The Week'':
* Health, a fortnightly on health and fitness.
* The Wallet, a monthly guide to personal finance and investment.

The standalone magazines are:
* ''The Man'':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://etheman.manoramaonline.com/eMagazine/EpaperClient/EpaperClient.aspx |title=E The Man | Manorama Online |publisher=Etheman.manoramaonline.com |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> The Man, a monthly lifestyle magazine for men
* ''WatchTime India'': A quarterly magazine on luxury watches
* Smartlife: A monthly magazine on wellness and lifestyle
* Livingetc: A monthly magazine on home and interiors

== ''The Week'' Hay Festival ==
[[File:MarcusDuSautoy.jpg|thumb|Oxford mathematician [[Marcus du Sautoy]] (in purple shirt) at ''The Week'' Hay Festival 2010]]

=== Hay Kerala 2010 ===
''The Week'' was the title sponsor,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hayfestival.com/kerala/en-index.aspx?skinid=20&currencysetting=GBP&localesetting=en-GB&resetfilters=true |title=Hay Festival Kerala |publisher=Hayfestival.com |date=2011-10-25 |access-date=2012-11-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127151314/http://www.hayfestival.com/kerala/en-index.aspx?skinid=20&currencysetting=GBP&localesetting=en-GB&resetfilters=true |archive-date=27 November 2012 }}</ref> of the inaugural Hay Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hayfestival.com/portal/index.aspx?skinid=1&localesetting=en-GB |title=Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts |publisher=Hayfestival.com |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> in India. Held in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], from 12 to 14 November 2010, the festival was held at Kanakakunnu Palace, the former summer retreat of the Travancore royal family.

Writers and speakers for the event included [[Mani Shankar Aiyar]], [[Rosie Boycott]], [[Gillian Clarke]], [[William Dalrymple (historian)|William Dalrymple]], [[Tishani Doshi]], [[Sonia Faleiro]], [[Sebastian Faulks]], [[Nik Gowing]], Manu Joseph, [[N. S. Madhavan]], [[Jaishree Misra]], Vivek Narayanan, [[Michelle Paver]], [[Basharat Peer]], Hannah Rothschild, K. Satchidanandan, [[Marcus du Sautoy]], [[Simon Schama]], [[Vikram Seth]], [[C. P. Surendran]], [[Miguel Syjuco]], [[Shashi Tharoor]], Amrita Tripathi, Pavan Varma and [[Paul Zacharia]].

The event closed with a concert by [[Bob Geldof]], where [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] made a surprise appearance.

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Awardee !! Award !! Agency !! Story
|-
| 2000 || Jayant Mammen Mathew & Maria Abraham || SAJA Journalism Award || [[South Asian Journalists Association]] (U.S.) || Rural reporting
|-
| 2002 || [[Deepak Tiwari]] || The Sarojini Naidu Prize || [[The Hunger Project]] (India) || Women in panchayati raj
|-
| 2007 || ''The Week'' || Media Excellence Award || Amity (India) || Business reporting
|-
| 2007 || Dnyanesh V. Jathar || Excellence in Journalism Award|| [[Ramnath Goenka]] Foundation (India) || Life of AIDS orphans
|-
| 2008 || Bidisha Ghosal || The Statesman Award for Rural Reporting || ''[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]'' Ltd (India) || Sexual exploitation of widows in [[Vidarbha]]
|-
| 2009 || Bidisha Ghosal || IPI-India Award (Shared)|| [[International Press Institute]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemedia.at/ |title=IPI International Press Institute: The Global Network for a free media |publisher=Freemedia.at |date=2012-11-19 |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> India Chapter (India) || Sexual exploitation of widows in Vidarbha
|-
| 2009 || Kavitha Muralidharan || PII-[[ICRC]] Award || Press Institute of India & [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] (India) || Abduction of Tamil rebels by the Sri Lankan Army
|-
| 2010 || Mathew T. George || Excellence in Journalism (International) || Union Catholique Internationale de la Presse<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ucip.ch/ |title=icom |publisher=Ucip.ch |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> ([[Burkina Faso]]) || [[Robertsonian translocation]] among [[Bhopal disaster|Bhopal gas tragedy]] victims
|-
| 2010 || Syed Nazakat || Finalist for [[Daniel Pearl]] International Award || Daniel Pearl Foundation<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.danielpearl.org/ |title=Daniel Pearl Foundation |publisher=Danielpearl.org |date=2002-10-10 |access-date=2012-11-23}}</ref> (Switzerland) || Multiple investigative stories
|-
| 2010 || ''The Week'' || Gold (Magazine cover design) || [[World Association of Newspapers|WAN]]-[[IFRA (publishing)|IFRA]]<ref>http://www.wan-ifra.org/</ref> (Malaysia) || Cover for Health
|-
| 2010 || ''The Week'' || Gold (Special issue) || WAN-IFRA (Malaysia) || On 25 years after Indira Gandhi
|-
| 2011 || Bhanu Prakash Chandra || Gold (Feature photography) || WAN-IFRA (Thailand) || Biking through the Himalayas
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| 2011 || ''The Week''|| IPI India award for excellence in journalism (shared)||International Press Institute (India)|| Fake medical and dental colleges
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|2021
|Bhanu Prakash Chandra, Lakshmi Subramanian
|IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism-2021 (shared)
|International Press Institute<ref name="ZN1">{{cite news|date=28 November 2021|title=IPI India journalism award to Tehelka, The Week|newspaper=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ipi-honours-for-ndtv-the-week-teams/article37731476.ece|access-date=15 January 2022}}</ref> (India)
|Refugee camps in Syria, Iraq
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In 2001, Special Cover Designer Ajay Pingle entered the Limca Book of Records for designing the most number of covers for an Indian newsmagazine.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

== Man of the Year ==
* 2009 – Brother Christudas, for Little Flower Leprosy Welfare Association<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Ashok-Chavan-felicitates-Brother-Christudas-with-The-Week-Man-of-the-Year-Award/4844355516 |title=Ashok Chavan felicitates Brother Christudas with The Week Man of the Year Award |work=indiainfoline.com |access-date=12 December 2011}}</ref>
* 2010 – Satinath Sarangi, for voicing [[Bhopal disaster]] victims<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@&contentType=EDITORIAL&sectionName=TheWeek%20Lifestyle&programId=1073755413&contentId=9050675 |title=The Week | The man, the moment |work=manoramaonline.com |access-date=12 December 2011}}</ref>
* 2011 – Ajeet Singh, for Guria<ref>{{cite web |url= http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentId=10596717&programId=1073755753&tabId=13&BV_ID=@@@&categoryId=-168582 |title=The Week | Hope in the holy city |work=week.manoramaonline.com |access-date=12 December 2011}}</ref>
* 2018 – Nilesh Desai, Lighting up the Darkness<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.theweek.in/home.htmlcontentId=10596717&programId=1073755753&tabId=13&BV_ID=@@@&categoryId=-168582 |title=The Week | Lighting up the Darkness |work=www.theweek.in/theweek/specials/2018/12/14/lighting-up-the-darkness.html |access-date=15 December 2018}}</ref>
*2019 – [[Madhav Gadgil]], for his work in ecology
*2020 – [[Sonu Sood]], for his humanitarian efforts during the pandemic
*2021 – [[Balram Bhargava]], [[Indian Council of Medical Research|ICMR]] Director-General

== Couple of the Year ==
* 2017 – Ramesh Awasthi and Manisha Gupte<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/a-gentle-transition.html |title=A Gentle Transition |access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
The magazine was mired in controversy for an article on [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]]. In response to a defamation suit filed by Ranjit Savarkar, the magazine publicly apologized for the publication of the article.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Engage on democratic terms|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/letter-to-editor/2021/05/14/engage-on-democratic-terms.html|access-date=2021-05-17|website=The Week|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=David|first=Supriti|title=The Week says it holds Savarkar in 'high esteem', apologises for a 2016 article|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/05/14/the-week-says-it-holds-savarkar-in-high-esteem-apologises-for-a-2016-article|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Newslaundry}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://www.theweek.in}}

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