India Today Malayalam Magazine - June 5 2013

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Highlights of India Today Malayalam issue dated June 5th, 2013. The issue looks at the murky world of IPL which could be really called India`s gambling league where even the investigations leads you to the door steps of the BCCI chief. His son la Gurunathan Meiyaapan,who is the grandson of AVM Meiyappan Chettair )f AVM films was arrested by the Mumbai police in match fixing showing the role of people connected with the league

The issue is also a clincher as it looks at the life and times of Ramesh Chennithala who is the KPCC president longing for a cabinet berth. How power and pelf affecting the highest and the issue of political equations in the party . A serious analysis of the party ,the UDf and options before Chennithala There is also an exclusive interview with V T Balram on the eve of the youth congress elections where in he balms the chief minister Oomen Chandy squarely putting a mockery of the elections. he declares that he is not ready to become one like Vishnunath the older president. The issue also has a very personal and intimate account of what is happening in Attapady where 30000 tribals people belonging to tribals are facing extinction like Somalia in Africa. That it is happening in educated Kerala is a bit of shame. A silent genocide is happening here, says dr Iqbal who has led fact finding team there. there is also a bigger story on the water scarcity in Kerala which receives the higher water fall every year during the south west monsoons there is also the curious case of Karunapauram village where tube wells out number the families living there Then Sanju V Samson the spirited youngster from the IPL is profiled here .There is also the results of the survey of the best universities in India though Kerala doesn\'t figure in the first 10/Calicut university, Kerala university ,Cochin university of science and arts find a place there Then there is the inspirational story of Arunima sinha who has climbed mount Everest with an artificial leg at young in the debate over mango and banana Indi a today is with the poor cousin banana which is rich in protein and other ringrdients.Smart drive profiles new cars and Shaji Jjacob reviews the new Malayalam songs >Poet shylan is reviewed by Dr Santhosh kumar. Sanjitha shetty, Swathi, Divya Spandana, Nithya Menon, Sriya Saran are also featured here So is Prithiwi Raj, the Rajapappn who is making waves in Bolly wood. Priyanka Chopra, Vijay Sethupati ,Poornima Jayaram and Maithili are also being featured here.