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India Today is the leading news magazine and most widely read publication in India. The magazine’s leadership is unquestioned, so much so that India Today is what Indian journalism is judged by, for its integrity and ability to bring unbiased and incisive perspective to arguably the most dynamic, yet perplexing, region in the world. Breaking news and shaping opinion, it is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multidimensional media group. Additionally, the weekly brings with it a range supplements like Women, Home, Aspire, Spice and Simply which focus on style, health, education, fashion, etc. and Indian cities.

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India Today

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BRACING FOR THE THIRD WAVE

IN DEPTH KNOWLEDGE FROM THE MOST CREDIBLE SOURCE

BATTLE ZONE MUMBAI

FROM BAD TO WORSE

REVIVING BRAND BRAHMIN

THE ONES WHO FLEW AWAY • Prominent Brahmin leaders who left the BSP

GO FOR GORAKHPUR

The Umbrella Wars

SINECURES & LADDERS

Son, Son, Son…

BAGS OF CONFIDENCE

SPY VS SPY

THE BEGUMS OF BINGE • OTT PLATFORMS CHANGED THE INDIAN ENTERTAINMENT MATRIX FOR EVER DURING THE PANDEMIC AND DRIVING THEIR SUCCESS HAS BEEN A BUNCH OF PIONEERING WOMEN

THE STREAMING UNIVERSE • A LOOK AT SOME OF THE MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE INDIAN MARKET

COMING SOON • FILM STARS BITTEN BY THE STREAMING BUG

Higher Education for a New Age

A SEARCH FOR ALLIES • AS THE GOA ASSEMBLY ELECTION DRAWS NEAR, POLITICAL PARTIES ARE EXPLORING POTENTIAL ALLIANCES

THE LOCAL COLOUR • The BJP and Congress are eyeing alliances with smaller parties like the MGP and the GFP, respectively, since these parties could determine the poll outcome in several constituencies

THE RUSSIAN ARMS PIPELINE • A STRING OF NEW DEFENCE DEALS SETS THE STAGE FOR THE FORTHCOMING FACE-TO-FACE SUMMIT BETWEEN PRIME MINISTER MODI AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

ON THE SHOPPING LIST • India and Russia have multi-billion-dollar deals in the works

THE E-SCOOTY RIDES INTO TOWN • They are hot, good-looking and promise to be cheaper to maintain. The arrival of trendy two-wheeler EVs perks up the segment

TOP COLLEGES OF NORTH INDIA • ARTS, SCIENCE, COMMERCE, MEDICAL, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, LAW, BBA AND BCA

BEST COLLEGES OF NORTH INDIA

MUD FUTURES • July 2021-March 2022

BACK TO SCHOOL • PARENTS AND EDUCATORS FACE MYRIAD CHALLENGES AS SCHOOLS BEGIN TO REOPEN

IN SESSION • Many states have begun conducting in-person teaching for some of the senior classes

Bindu Balakrishnan, 42 • Content writer and homemaker, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

UNFINISHED BUSINESS • A NEW BOOK ON INDIA’S QUEST TO DOMINATE WORLD CRICKET SUGGESTS THAT COACH RAVI SHASTRI MAY BE THE X-FACTOR IN THE NATIONAL SIDE’S RECENT—AND FUTURE—SUCCESS. EXCERPTS

A NEW THINKING • At the India Today E-Mind Rocks 2021, held virtually for the second time, speakers and celebrities from all walks of life came together to reflect on the year gone by but also to discuss how to forge ahead in a new, post-pandemic India

EVERY WOMAN • THOUGH SHE WILL NEXT BE SEEN IN A THRILLER, THERE IS NO GENRE KONKONA SENSHARMA HASN’T MADE HER OWN

BOLLYWOOD, SHE WROTE • Anubha Yadav’s book shows how women screenwriters in Hindi cinema have been both invaluable and undervalued

Coming Up Short • There are many Netflix anthology films to choose from, but only a few one can get behind

DOING IT RIGHT • Three international anthology films to watch

A HERO’S JOURNEY • With its...