In this issue

Highlights of India Today 15th August 2016, issue:

The cover story this week 'Gujarat Model in Danger' is on Anandiben Patel and how her exit has highlighted the crisis within the BJP in Gujarat after the Patel and Dalit agitations.

The story 'Sharmila's Choice' looks at the Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila, and her decision to end her 16-year-long fast against AFSPA. The story also looks at how Sharmila's decision has unsettled many of her supporters.

The story ‘Bengali Nights’ looks at Kolkata's dance bars and how they thrive in a twilight world of obscure laws and political connections and how despite troubling allegations of trafficking, the nightspots continue to flourish.

This issue also carries the special India Today State of the States report. The report on Jharkhand analyses what it has done right and how it can do better.

In a no-holds-barred interview, SAD president and Punjab's Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal talks about the Aam Aadmi Party, Navjot Singh Sidhu and more and says if comedy is key, all jokers will be chief ministers.

Can Modi Save His Home State?

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel’s exit highlights the crisis within the BJP in Gujarat after the Patel and Dalit agitations alienate the votebanks.

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If comedy Is key, All Jokers will be CMs

Sukhbir Singh badal, 54, Punjab’s deputy chief minister and the youngestever president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), is unusually upbeat despite the steep political hike that confronts him in the countdown to the 2017 Punjab assembly elections. Apart from the burden of 10 years of incumbency, SAD faces some of its toughest challenges—dealing with an increasingly belligerent coalition partner in the Bharatiya Janata Party, the incredible traction that Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party, now likely to be joined by former cricketer Navjot Sidhu, seem to be getting in the state, the looming reality of a resurgent Congress led by former chief minister Amarinder Singh, and the perception that Punjab is on the decline and its youth are being wasted away by drugs. In an exclusive interview with , GROUP EDITORIAL DIRECTOR RAJ CHENGAPPA AND DEPUTY EDITOR ASIT JOLLY Badal, who created electoral history in Punjab by leading his party to a second consecutive term in 2012, says he is not worried, and looking to work his ‘magic’ a third time.

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16 Year Fast Comes To An End

Irom Sharmila’s morbidly inspiring 16-year-long fast comes to an end, unsettling many of her supporters. But while AFSPA endures, this is no surrender, more an affirmation of life—and love.

8 mins

Why The East Is Gold

While still keeping an eye on its medals tally, China is beginning to look at sports beyond chasing games glory.

6 mins

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