In this issue

Highlights of India Today 20th November 2023: In this week’s issue, we take a deep dive into the dangers of unhealthy food habits and offer the definitive guide on what’s good for your plate. Also, poll updates from the states, Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s struggle to come out on top, and much more

THE MARATHA MAZE

The popular mood for caste-based surveys seems to have infected Maharashtra too, but with a twist.

5 mins

A WRONG BOX GETS TICKED

In a 48-minute-long speech that he intended as momentous, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar took a 27-second wrong turn that had the Opposition crying \"crass\" and \"vulgar\" and asking for his resignation, the National Commission for Women weighing in too, and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav offering a qualified justification.

3 mins

THE PLAGUE OF FALLING BRIDGES

Celebration turned to tragedy this Dussehra in Palanpur town of Banaskantha district in north Gujarat.

3 mins

MAHOBA WAITS FOR WATER

At the beginning of November, the Jal Jeevan Mission dashboard indicated glad tidings for Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region.

3 mins

CULTIVATING THE FARMER

IT'S ELECTORAL HARVEST TIME, AND BOTH BJP AND CONGRESS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD WITH A BUSHEL OF PROMISES. WHY IS THE FARM VOTE THE KEY DETERMINANT IN THE FOUR BIG STATES VOTING THIS MONTH?

8 mins

"Our voters will see the difference we have made"

In an interview with Group Editorial Director Raj Chengappa and Deputy Editor Rohit Parihar, the incumbent chief minister Ashok Gehlot seems confident that there is no significant anti-incumbency against his government and that his bid to win the assembly polls is on track. In a companion interview, BJP leader and Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat expresses equal confidence that his party will form a majority government. Excerpts from the interviews:

4 mins

'WE'RE WAY AHEAD IN THE RACE'

UNION MINISTER GAJENDRA SHEKHAWAT GIVES THE OPPOSITION BJP'S TAKE IN WHAT IS PROVING TO BE A CLOSELY FOUGHT CAMPAIGN. EXCERPTS:

4 mins

FALLING OVER BACKWARDS

THE SAFFRON PARTY IS RELYING HEAVILY ON THE OBC VOTE AS A POTENTIAL GAME-CHANGER

4 mins

THE PATIENT CRUSADER

WILL FORTUNE FINALLY TURN FOR SURGUJA'S EX-MAHARAJA, T.S. SINGH DEO, WHO CONTINUES TO BE A CM HOPEFUL?

2 mins

So Who's Soorma Bhopali?

Vast, open prairies overrun by dacoits with bad teeth, a scriptwriter from Indore in Salim Khan, a teenager getting ajob in a bidi factory in Jabalpur.....though it was never mentioned explicitly, Madhya Pradesh is writ all over the 1975 blockbuster Sholay.

1 min

DIYAS FOR DIYA KUMARI

Diya Kumari has taken to Vidyadhar Nagar constituency in Jaipur like fish to water.

1 min

Azza Pads Up

Stance, style, flick...everything was intact when he won from UP's Moradabad in 2009 wearing Congress colours.

1 min

OMG!

It's an almighty coalition between spiritual and temporal. Yagnas, chanting purohits, mahants, fakirs, bhajan singers-like always in India, all the beadyeyed shades of the divine can be spotted in the electoral arena. The other day, Telangana CM K.

1 min

How To Eat Right

As awareness about the dangers of unhealthy food habits grows in India, here's the ultimate guide to what's good for you and what's not

10+ mins

CAUGHT IN A MUDDLE

Ajit Pawar is yet to find his feet after joining the BJP-led alliance government in Maharashtra. His NCP faction bagged crucial portfolios, but the deputy CM is still No. 3 in the pecking order

7 mins

SMALL SECTOR BLUES

The MSME sector contributes 30 per cent to India's GDP but delayed payments-courtesy public and private enterprises have been its bane, impeding efforts to raise capital and scale up

7 mins

Family Un-Ties

Vivek Shanbhag's latest novel, Sakina's Kiss, is a complex yet subtle critique of middleclass mores

3 mins

Stranger Than Truth

Manjula Padmanabhan's Stolen Hours and Other Curiosities brings all her science fiction stories together in one place

2 mins

An Insider's VIEW

Amrit Mathur illuminates key moments in Indian cricket in his unassuming and incisive memoir, Pitchside

2 mins

Playing by the Book

THERE'S A SLEW OF NEW BOOKS ON CRICKET

1 min

CELEBRATING COMMUNITY

The inaugural edition of the month-long Manam Theatre Festival in Hyderabad promises a window into a diversity of performing arts

2 mins

BOYISH MAN

Irish singer and former Boyzone vocalist Ronan Keating is on a whirlwind India tour this month

2 mins

Sculpting A Path

Over half a century of work will be on display at On the Open Road, sculptor K.S.Radhakrishnan's upcoming retrospective at Bikaner House in New Delhi

2 mins

ON HIGHER Ground

SKY ISLANDS, IAN LOCKWOOD'S EXHIBITION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WESTERN GHATS AT NCPA, MUMBAI, HIGHLIGHTS A BEAUTIFUL AND EMBATTLED LANDSCAPE

2 mins

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