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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

WHY THE MAYHEM IN MANIPUR

THE ETHNIC DIVIDE

STAYING PAWAR

GROWING NEW ROOTS

FOOLING THE POWERFUL

TO REVIVE A RIVER

A JUMBO-SIZED PROBLEM

FLIGHT OF THE FAITHFUL

DON’T COUNT ON CASTE

THE YOUNG LOOK

MINDING THE COPS

Missing in Action

SIDE EFFECTS

WHAT’S IN A COLOUR?

SOUTH ASIA’S NEW NUKE ASYMMETRY

GLORY OF 2 YEARS OF TAMIL NADU’S GROWTH REVERBERATES ALL AROUND • The Tamil Nadu Government’s focus on citizen-centric governance under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s visionary leadership has reaped rich dividends for its citizens.

HIGHER EDUCATION

SAME SEX, SAME RIGHTS • As homosexual couples seek legal sanction for their unions, they encounter socio-political opposition. The ball is now in the country’s apex court to find a balanced solution

‘THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN’T DO TOGETHER’

‘WE RE LEFT VULNERABLE’

VIEWPOINT

‘WE STILL CAN’T BE CALLED A FAMILY’

‘MY PARENTS WERE WORRIED’

‘URBAN ELITIST’ ISSUE?

QUESTION OF GENDER

CORE ELEMENTS OF MARRIAGE

THE COMMON LINK

‘WE’RE STRANGERS IN THE EYES OF LAW’

‘RURAL INDIA IS OFTEN MORE PRO GRESSIVE’

‘WE WISH TO HAVE CHILDREN’

‘SECTION 377 REPEAL GAVE ME STRENGTH’

CRISIS IN THE SKIES • THE TROUBLES AT GO FIRST BRING TO THE FORE THE VULNERABILITY OF THE INDIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY IN THE FACE OF INTENSE COMPETITION AND HIGH OPERATING COSTS. EXPERTS FEAR MORE CASUALTIES IN THE SECTOR

TURBULENT TIMES

TRANSFORMING DHARAVI • A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN OFFERS THE RESIDENTS OF ASIA’S LARGEST SLUM CLUSTER A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE. BUT WITH AN ADANI GROUP COMPANY INVOLVED, CAN CONTROVERSY BE FAR BEHIND?

THE CHAWL REIMAGINED • The redevelopment plan hopes to transform the sea of hutments into a swanky ‘city within a city’

‘REDEVELOPMENT MUST UPLIFT THE COMMUNITY’

‘OUR VANVAAS HAS DRAGGED ON ENDLESSLY’

THE ENGINEER OF GRAFT • A Rs 10,000 bribe has led to the unearthing of a money-laundering racket worth over Rs 100 crore and put a top engineer of Jharkhand in the Enforcement Directorate’s net

WHAT IS MONEY LAUNDERING?

SHIFTING IMAGES • A new book of essays on Ganesh Haloi interspersed with previously unpublished illustrated folios and sketches

A TALE OF TWO GALLERIES • Art House and Gallery XXL are welcome—and very different—additions to the art spaces of Mumbai

FOUND IN TRANSLATION • Meena Arora Nayak’s retelling of Vishnusharma’s Panchatantra seals her reputation as an inspired interpreter of classical Sanskrit tales

EXTRAORDINARY MOVIES ABOUT ORDINARY LIVES • This book by Anirudha Bhattacharjee celebrates the feelgood cinema of Basu Chatterji

THE RANI VANISHES • ITALIAN JOURNALIST LIVIA MANERA SAMBUY PIECES TOGETHER THE SCINTILLATING TALE OF AMRIT KAUR, THE KAPURTHALA PRINCESS WHO WAS IMPRISONED BY THE GESTAPO

AGRA STATE OF MIND • Kanu Behl’s second feature, Agra, which will debut at Cannes, explores the themes of insanity and male sexual desire

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