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- Imran Khan's pre-emptive strike plunges Pakistan into political turmoil. Can his cocktail of charisma and demagoguery save him? An India Today cover story
PM Narendra Modi as headmaster
It’s unlikely the country has seen a prime minister who likes to engage directly—and visibly—with so many social groupingsNitish lowers the bar on prohibition
Fines, rather than prison time, will have a deterrent effect, while giving tipplers a second chanceIn graphics: AFSPA boots strapped
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958, was removed from several districts across Assam, Nagaland and Manipur from April 1, 2022Yadadri temple: The god of big things
Critics wonder if KCR is using the temple project to burnish his own image as one with a divine right to ruleKerala: Strike against strikes
There was widespread condemnation of the two-day strike called by 22 central trade unionsWest Bengal: Can Mohammed Salim save what's Left?
The new CPI(M) West Bengal state secretary plans to revive the Left’s social activismBJP still far from the mark in Rajasthan
To depose Gehlot, the BJP will have to do more than Hindutva. Settle on a leader, for one. Vasundhara Raje is en routeHere's this week's glasshouse
Parambrata Chatterjee: I’m very much a part of the Union of India with its many diverse languages, including Hindi
Even as actor Parambrata Chatterjee readies his Bengali directorial venture, Abhijaan, for its April 15 release, the Hindi entertainment industry can’t seem to get enough of himAmish Tripathi: Even the view that ‘history is fact and mythology is untrue’ is silly in itself
Streaming on discovery+, the docu-series The Legends of Ramayana sees Amish Tripathi make his digital debut as an anchor. The author says his tryst with the screen is just getting startedDaisy Rockwell: Meet the translator of the first Hindi novel to be nominated for the Booker Prize
Partition literature has been a recurring theme in Daisy Rockwell's translations. She has even written scholarly works on itHow ‘Gullak’ harks back to the ‘80s TV shows that won over audiences with their simplicity
Arguably India's most successful family dramedy, Gullak strikes a perfect balance between good writing and authentic actingHow reality shows are trying to find some unity in diversity
The "kone-kone se" rhetoric, of hooping in Indians from every corner, is not entirely of gloss value. It makes economic sense, too.Book Review | 'Mahabharata: The Epic and the Nation' by G.N. Devy
G.N. Devy shows us how the Mahabharata radicalises our notions of time while remaining timeless itself'Panchali': Retelling of the Mahabharata
A visually striking graphic retelling of the Mahabharata is undone by clumsy and clunky writing'Onam In A Nightie': Anjana Menon's pandemic experiences
None of Anjana Menon’s breezy observations quite captures the horror of our ongoing pandemic
Kerala's K-Rail: Pinarayi's silver bullet
The K-Rail SilverLine, a semi high-speed rail network that traverses the length of the state, is cm Pinarayi Vijayan’s most ambitious and controversial project. Will it cement his legacy or ruin it?
Erosion of Ganga: The river refugees
At least 700,000 people in Bengal have lost their homes in four decades due to unpredictable changes in the Ganga's course. The Centre and the state can't agree on who's to blame
From the Editor-in-Chief
India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie on the dramatic downfall of Pakistan's PM Imran Khan
Arms trafficking: Cops turn gunrunners
The arrests of paramilitary personnel blow the lid off a flourishing supply chain of arms and ammunition for Maoist insurgents
How Uday Kotak fixed IL&FS
Charged with resolving much of the broken lender’s debt of nearly Rs 1 lakh crore, the banker has nearly pulled it off
How Odisha’s Kalinga Institutes provide free education to tribal children in remote areas
The Kalinga institutes in Odisha impart education to around 30,000 tribal children, starting from kindergarten to post-graduation, free of costKey design tips to convert any home into a tranquil space
Principal architect with Design Consortium India, Nilanjan Bhowal tells us how to create spaces that exude a sense of calm