India Today Malayalam Magazine - December 25, 2013

In this issue

Highlights of India Today Malayalam issue dated December 25th, 2013. The issue featured a cover story on the changing trends in Malayalam cinema where big stars descend and bold themes rule over. The story examined the hits and misses of the year, and how the much-hyped Mohanlal and Mammootty films failed to impress while young stars like Prithwiraj Sukumaran, Fahadh Fazil, Asif Ali and Dulqar Salman made it big. The anniversary women\'s special examined how the Indian woman is becoming more assertive of her rights and how social media has become a catalyst of this change. A story on J, the woman who was brutally gang-raped in a bus in Delhi and how her parents cope up with the tragedy was also featured. Another attraction was a bunch of fantacy pages, in which India expressed the best of its dreams through \"The Wishful Times\". Writers like Shashi Tharoor, P I Rajeev, Bibek Debroy, Sandeep Unnithan and Manishanker Iyer shared their dreams about India in an engaging fantacy tone. Some of the ideas included India being the bigges economy, political parties revealing their assets and capturing Dawood Ibrahim. The poll special features explored the advent of BJP in the majority of states where the assembly election was held and the power of AAP and Aravind Kejrival, the black horses of Delhi politics. An obituary of legendary Nelson Mandela was another important article. The issue also featured faces like Thanisha, Vedika, Tapsee, Haripriya, Mammootty, Amala Paul, Gowthami, Mandy Thaker and also Sreesanth, who tied the knot with Bhuvaneswari aka Nayan, a member of Jaipur royal family.