In this issue

Highlights of India Today 8th January 2024: Exclusive interview with the Prime Minister, and a look at the other newsmakers

Redefining Bharat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Has Been An Unstoppable Force In 2023, Leaving His Mark On Both The National And International Stage. Analysing The Many Avatars Modi Donned To Make It Possible

10+ mins

"I take all my decisions through the prism of Nation First"

Since NARENDRA MODI occupied the official residence of the prime minister of India at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg, it has undergone an impressive facelift. The colonnaded entrance leads to a long corridor with a maze of meeting rooms. In the prime minister's study, two paintings of peacocks and birds adorn the room. He has a large desk that is bereft of papers, and a computer console on a side table.

10+ mins

Defender of Rights

GUIDED BY THE TWIN IDEALS OF CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY AND PERSONAL LIBERTY, CHANDRACHUD OFTEN DIFFERED WITH THE SAFE MAJORITY VIEW, BUT AVOIDED OPEN CONFLICT

4 mins

Forever Yatri

RAHUL CONTINUES HIS SEARCH FOR AN ALTERNATE PARADIGM WITHIN HIMSELF. AFTER A DISQUALIFICATION BURNISHED HIS STREET CRED, HE WILL NOW GO EAST TO WEST ON INDIA’S MAP

4 mins

UNDER SIEGE

HAVING RISEN FROM AN ANTI-CORRUPTION CRUSADE, KEJRIWAL NOW FACES GRAFT CHARGES LEADING TO POLITICAL CHALLENGES

2 mins

Rule of Chaos

THE MANIPUR CM NAVIGATES ETHNIC HOSTILITIES, POLITICAL CHALLENGES, AND A FRACTURED LAW-AND-ORDER LANDSCAPE

3 mins

PLAYING THE CASTE CARD

THE CANNY BIHAR CM WAS THE SUTRADHAR WHO STITCHED UP THE INDIA ALLIANCE. HE ALSO PUT CASTE FRONT AND CENTRE OF THE DISCOURSE AGAINST HINDUTVA

2 mins

PRIME DEFECTOR

AJIT PAWAR SPLIT UNCLE SHARAD PAWAR’S NCP TO JOIN A BJP ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT. THE NEW YEAR, WITH TWO BIG ELECTIONS, WILL SHOW WHETHER HE CAN HOLD HIS OWN

2 mins

Cause Celebre

CORNERED AND EXPELLED FROM PARLIAMENT SHE MAY BE, BUT THE RELENTLESS CRITIC OF THE MODI REGIME IS BY NO MEANS DONE YET

2 mins

THE MOON WALKER

HE ASKED FOR THE MOON...AND GOT IT. NOW HIS TEAM IS AIMING FOR THE SUN, MARS, A MANNED FLIGHT AND INDIA’S OWN PIT-STOP IN SPACE

1 min

Himalayan Wonder

THEY CALLED THEM RAT-HOLE MINERS’. BUT WHAT THE 12 HEROES LEFT AT SILKYARA, WITH A DRAMATIC RESCUE THAT EVEN ADVANCED MACHINERY COULDN’T PULL OFF, WAS A HUMAN-SIZED IMPRESSION

3 mins

Pathaan of the Box Office

IN ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMEBACKS, SHAH RUKH KHAN RECLAIMED HIS THRONE AS THE UNDISPUTED BADSHAW’ OF BOLLYWOOD WITH TWO RECORD-BREAKING BLOCKBUSTERS IN 2023

3 mins

Smash Hits

OUR FINEST SHUTTLERS IN 2023, THEY WON THE ASIAN GAMES GOLD—-THE FIRST FOR INDIA IN BADMINTON— BESIDES FOUR OTHER TITLES, CLAIMING THE WORLD 1 RANK ON THE WAY

3 mins

The Century Man

IN 2023, VIRAT KOHLI RESUMED NORMAL SERVICE AS A GALE FORCE—-MONUMENTAL BATTING MILESTONES WERE CROSSED AND THE WORLD WAS DOMINATED AT THE HOME CUP

2 mins

FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES

NO SACRIFICE WAS TOO BIG FOR THE THREE STAR WRESTLERS, WHO LED AN ICONIC PROTEST AGAINST AN ALLEGED PREDATOR AND AN UNRESPONSIVE ESTABLISHMENT

2 mins

Shining Star

Twinkle Khanna is back with Welcome to Paradise, a collection of short stories laced with her trademark wry humour

4 mins

SOUND OF SILENCE

In Jhumpa Lahiri’s Roman Stories, the silences are as evocative as what is articulated

2 mins

Significant Voices

Most of novelist Anjum Hasan's reading in 2023 was Northeast-related

2 mins

State of the Nation

RAJ KAMAL JHA'S UNSETTLING NEW NOVEL SQUARELY ADDRESSES CONTEMPORARY INDIAN REALITIES

2 mins

HOW TO WRITE ABOUT THE BRITISH EMPIRE

...And how not to do it. Three very different books on a familiar subject

3 mins

Stranger Than Fiction

Writer and historian William Dalrymple found some priceless gems of history writing this year

1 min

Ways of Seeing

From a book on the Eternal Goddess to one on jali screens, 2023 was a sensorial feast for art historian and curator

2 mins

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