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India Today
UNHOLY DIP
THE LAST STRAW
FAMILY FEUD
The Turncoat Effect
CHANGING AVATARS
AGHAST AT THE GHATS
The Illusionist of Journeys • Brook gives us a magnificent theatre of contradictions: a renegade who was what he rebelled against
AAP IN TOWN
Taste of Telangana
DOTING DADDY
UNCANNY COINCIDENCE
Lauding Leaders
UNITED COLOURS OF BJP • THE BJP JUGGERNAUT ROLLS ON, AIDED, ABETTED AND ENRICHED BY A SEA OF FACES WHO WERE TILL RECENTLY IN THE OPPOSITE CAMP
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS • HOW THE BJP PLOTTED ITS MASSIVE EXPANSION IN THE PAST DECADE USING EVERY TACTIC AND METHOD
NORTHERN CONSOLIDATION
WINNING OVER THE WEST
CENTRAL
NEWBIES FROM THE EAST
NORTH-EAST
THE SOUTHERN EXPANSION
BELIEF IN THE EXTREME • THE NIA INVESTIGATION INTO THE BRUTAL UDAIPUR MURDER SUGGESTS THAT THE ACCUSED MAY HAVE BEEN RADICALISED AND RECRUITED BY ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS FROM ACROSS THE BORDER
BREAKING THE CLASS BARRIER • THE GOVERNMENT-RUN CM RISE SCHOOLS IN MADHYA PRADESH SEEK TO BRING QUALITY EDUCATION TO UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN. BUT SOME FEEL BY DOING SO THE PROJECT DISCRIMINATES AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS
FORESIGHT OF INDIAN STOCK MARKET • Indian economy is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world and is expected to touch a 5 trillion-dollar mark by 202S to become the third-largest economy in the world. India has a very young and aspiring population with rising average income and has shown an increase in its growth rates in every decade since independence. Developed countries like Japan or the USA, have an older population and most of the market is saturated and less scope for development.
THE DRONE ACHARYA • THE DRDO’S ADVANCED PROTOTYPE FOR AN INDIGENOUS COMBAT-READY STEALTH DRONE TAKES WING
SOUTHERN SEASON • Streaming platforms rush to include Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada content on their slates as audiences become language-agnostic in their quest for wholesome entertainment
COMING SOON…
GUSTS FROM THE EAST • GRAPPLING WITH THE STATE OF INDIAN POLITICS, GOVERNANCE AND MORE, PROMINENT PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE MADE THE INDIA TODAY CONCLAVE EAST 2022 A HIVE OF LIVELY DEBATE AND DISCUSSION
INTERVIEW
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A ROCK IN A HARD PLACE • A new retrospective puts on display Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam’s grit and iconoclasm
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM • The Vortex is a riveting retelling of the story of Bangladesh’s liberation
WHERE THE GODS DWELL • Having completed 75 years, Marg has released a special issue on temples that’s a feast for the senses
MAPPING THE SACRED • Books that explain the significance of the Hindu temple
The Mandir Goes Viral • The Mughal Era Mandir project, a social media initiative, hopes to conserve Delhi’s heritage and cosmopolitanism
GREAT DESIS OF THE GREAT WAR • Rather than join Indian units, Hardit Singh Malik and Nariman Karkaria both fought World War I alongside white soldiers. Two...