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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
India Today
PICKING UP THE PIECES
FEVER PITCH
DRIVEN TO DESPAIR
THE SLATE IS CLEAN
A MINISTER REBELS
HUMANS OF BANDHAVGARH
RESERVING JUDGEMENT
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE
NEIGHBOURS-WHY INDIA SHOULD WORRY • SURROUNDED BY TURMOIL, INDIA NEEDS TO REINVENT ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST POLICY, LEST CHINA TAKES ADVANTAGE AND EXTENDS ITS INFLUENCE
THE RING OF FIRE • NOT JUST TURMOIL IN BANGLADESH, INSTABILITY IN PAKISTAN OR HOSTILITY FROM CHINA, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN OTHER PROXIMATE COUNTRIES HAVE ALSO GIVEN INDIA CAUSE FOR CONCERN
AS THE FIRE WAS LIT IN BANGLADESH
PANACEA OR PANDORA’S BOX? • THE SUPREME COURT’S RECENT VERDICT ALLOWING SUBCLASSIFICATION WITHIN SCs/STs HAS SET OFF A DEBATE ON WHETHER RESERVATIONS LEAD TO TRUE SOCIAL EQUITY OR GET REDUCED TO A TOOL IN THE HANDS OF POLITICAL PARTIES SEEKING TO PROFIT FROM VOTE BANK POLITICS
TACKLING TEETHING TROUBLES • A NOBODY PITCHFORKED INTO THE HOT SEAT AS CM, BHAJAN LAL SHARMA HAS BORNE THE BAPTISM BY FIRE WITH NO RANCOUR. NOW, HE’S SLOWLY EVOLVING HIS POLICY SIGNATURE: SENSIBLE, BALANCED AND NOT WITHOUT THE BIG IDEA
“Politics and ideology is one thing, I like restraint in language”
Your Career Goldmine
REIMAGINING EDU CATION • The India Today Education Conclave 2024 saw educators debate on making India a global leader, ready for the 21st century
WHY ARE INDIANS SLEEPING LESS?
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTING • In between directing and teaching in film schools, Anurag Kashyap is doing a lot of acting this year
Shunning Stereotypes • Writer-producer Kanika Dhillon returns with Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba, whose divisive lead character Rani makes unapologetic choices and is anything but docile
Finding the Sweet Spot • Four promising new EP releases by independent artists show that relationships remain an endless source of inspiration
Symphony of Success • The Musical Maverick is a detailed account of Shankar Mahadevan’s career as a musician and singer
EYE ON INDIA • DESTINATION INDIA AT DAG, DELHI, SHOWS HOW PERCEPTIONS AND TREATMENTS EVOLVED AMONG FOREIGN ARTISTS IN THE PRE-INDEPENDENCE ERA
Like Father, (Un)like Daughter • An exhibition at Mumbai’s Chatterjee & Lal compares and contrasts the works of an influential fatherdaughter artist duo
Not All Fun And Games • In Boundary Lab, Nandan Kamath examines the phenomenon of sports, “the world’s largest social experiment”
CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN • Everest, Inc. is about the aura of the world’s tallest mountain and the commercial climbing industry it has spawned
Age No Bar • Keep Moving, Milind Soman’s latest book, co-written with his wife and mother, shows that you can be fit at any age