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India Today
A FLEET FIT FOR THE MAHARAJA
AIR INDIA’S JUMBO DEAL • In what is claimed to be the biggest aircraft purchase in aviation history, the carrier has announced two deals worth $70 billion to acquire 470 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus
COPY, AND BE JAILED
THE POLITICS OF THE BASTAR MURDERS
RESPONSIBLE TOURISM INITIATIVES • Jamil Nadu is answering the call of the future by taking a slew of steps towards promoting responsible tourism in the state
MAHA FIGHT IN CONGRESS
ADANI IN TRANSMISSION TANGLE
SANGMA VS SANGMA
DOUBLE STANDARD
LIMITED ENTRY
Potshot Politics
A New Icon
DRESSING DOWN
THE BADSHAH IS BACK • Pathaan comes as redemption not just for the actor himself but also for Bollywood and is a fitting retort to the hashtag boycott culture
THE TOP FIVE • Pathaan is already the biggest Hindi film to breach the Rs 400 cr mark in India, almost at par with southern blockbusters dubbed in Hindi
“The SRK I know at the current moment is at inner peace” • In her first interview since Pathaan became a box-office sensation, Deepika Padukone speaks about her bond with Shah Rukh Khan, the qualities they share and the reason for Pathaan’s success. Excerpts from an exclusive interview
GREATEST HITS • In a career spanning 31 years and with more than 80 films to his credit, here are the five films that have added to the Khan legend
DOLES AND TOLLS
FREEBIE SEASON
WELFARE MAGICIAN
BITTER MEDICINE
THE LONG ROAD TO REDEMPTION • Nitish Kumar’s statewide Samadhan Yatra was a rehearsal for the 2024 general election campaign even as ambitious ally RJD and an aggressive BJP wait in the wings
PLOTTING THE WAY AHEAD
IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE FROM THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE
WOMEN HOLD UP THE CENTRE
BEING THE CHANGE • A Yale graduate channels the power of youth to transform the lives of less privileged children and the needy via education and teaching them to pay it forward
THE MENACE OF MEOW MEOW • Gujarat is in the grip of a new drug threat. Not only is Mephedrone passing through the state, it is also being manufactured in its abandoned factories
ALL IN A YEAR
A WHITE STORM • As Gujarat battles a massive drug scourge, here are some key figures from last year
MD: A FACT SHEET
THE SPINNER OF YARNS • In his new novel Victory City, Salman Rushdie offers a crowd-pleasing variation on his greatest hits
PARADISE LOST • Tsering Yangzom Lama’s debut novel tells the story of Tibetans, whose nation survives in exile
THE MONK AHEAD OF HIS TIMES • A new biography sheds light on Swami Vivekananda’s life in India and the US, and the nonsectarian cosmopolitanism that made him an icon
A NOVELIST OF IDEAS • Vineet Gill’s book on Nirmal Verma focuses on the pioneering Hindi novelist’s essays, travelogues and diaries
Striking a Universal CHORD • AUTHOR-SINGER AMIT CHAUDHURI IS BACK WITH A NEW ALBUM AFTER 13 YEARS
Let the Music Play • Upcoming music festivals across India
Life At Sea...