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Highlights of India Today 20th May 2024 issue:

A growing force, the woman elector in India is realising the power of her vote and using it to direct her own and the nation’s destiny. Also in the issue are a look at the electoral battle field in Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, election vignettes from across the country, and a Q&A with Shenaz Treasury.

The Forbidding Fruit

The disturbed snow cycle, the price of imported urea, cheaper imports from the South Asian neighbourhood-the whole world, it would appear, has been conspiring against the apple farmers of Himachal Pradesh.

1 min

CITY OF DREAMS

This anthology of stories about Mumbai is like the city itself-crowded and chaotic, but ultimately illuminating

2 mins

Diverse Vignettes

Edited by Arunava Sinha, The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories is a landmark new anthology which includes several previously untranslated works

2 mins

INDIA AT CANNES 2024

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival marks the first time in 30 years that India has a feature film in the Palme d'Or competition section. And there's lots more...

1 min

Cusp of Greatness

Shriya Pilgaonkar comes into her own as an intrepid reporter in Zee5's The Broken News

2 mins

A TOUGH FIGHT ON JAGAN'S HANDS

N. CHANDRABABU NAIDU'S TDP MATCHES Y.S. JAGAN MOHAN REDDY'S YSRCP IN VOTER OUTREACH FOR LOK SABHA AND ASSEMBLY POLLS. BUT HIS WELFARE SCHEMES MAY GIVE JAGAN AN EDGE

10+ mins

THE CHARM OFFENSIVE

THE UNION COMMERCE MINISTER STEPS INTO THE HURLY BURLY OF ELECTORAL POLITICS IN HIS MAIDEN ATTEMPT TO WIN A LOK SABHA SEAT

8 mins

THE SILENT REVOLUTION

A GROWING FORCE, THE WOMAN ELECTOR IN INDIA IS REALISING THE POWER OF HER VOTE AND USING IT TO ***DIRECT HER OWN AND THE NATION'S DESTINY

10+ mins

Boss In Da 'Hood

Crop rotation may be good for the farm, but not necessarily for politics.

1 min

NO RETURN GIFTS

From amanuensis to would-be nemesis: Dinesh Pratap Singh managed that role reversal against Sonia Gandhi, wangling 38 per cent votes against her from Rae Bareli in 2019.

1 min

A FRACTURED CONSTITUENCY

Statehood, and coverage under Sixth Schedule: two clear demands fog up the BJP's windscreen on its Ladakh drive

2 mins

RAHUL'S NEW GAMBIT

The Congress leader decides to renew his fight in UP, but this time from another Gandhi pocket borough, Rae Bareli. Can he overturn the 2019 disappointment?

3 mins

Who Will Win The Mahayuddh?

In Maharashtra's Most Complex Political War Ever, Shifting Alliances Fuel A Gripping Saga Of Power Struggles And Betrayals In The Pursuit Of Votes

10+ mins

PORTRAITS OF A PEOPLE

Etchings by the colonial Flemish artist F. Baltazard Solvyns are getting a new lease of life in an exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai

1 min

Centennial Man

A seminal exhibition of K.G. Subramanyan's works in his birth centenary year at Emami Art, Kolkata takes an imaginative and immersive curatorial approach

2 mins

Rhythms of Nature

ARTIST AND MUSIC COMPOSER GINGGER SHANKAR'S LATEST SINGLE COMBINES SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC WITH INUIT THROAT SINGING

1 min

Of Freedom and Friendship

T.C.A. RAGHAVAN'S CIRCLES OF FREEDOM FOLLOWS THREE YOUNG MUSLIMS DRAWN INTO THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE

2 mins

THE LAST-MILE PUSH

The India Today Smart Money Financial Summit had top experts discussing how technology could be leveraged to widen the reach of personal finance tools

3 mins

THE REAL PAWAR STRUGGLE

LOYALTIES IN THE FAMILY BASTION OF BARAMATI ARE DIVIDED AS THE FEUD BETWEEN SHARAD PAWAR AND NEPHEW AJIT SEES SUPRIYA SULE PITTED AGAINST SISTER-IN-LAW SUNETRA

9 mins

THE SAFFRON ONSLAUGHT

With PM Modi's shining armour as their beacon, the BJP seems poised to sweep the state again. Inflation matters, voices asking for jobs are lost in the Opposition vacuum

4 mins

The Ballad of Bhansali

An opulent, expensive passion project, or Sanjay Leela Bhansali's gift to the world? Viewers can't wait to find out as Heeramandi, his paean to six courtesans in the Lahore of pre-Independence days, drops on Netflix

6 mins

RECLAIMING THE CITADEL

After a defeat in the previous election, Jyotiraditya Scindia is determined to win back Guna, once his family pocket borough

4 mins

THE BIG BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL

THE REGIONAL SATRAPS OF MAHARASHTRA, BENGAL AND BIHAR COULD STAND BETWEEN PM MODI AND HIS PLACE IN HISTORY, BUT IF THEY FAIL TO DEFEAT HIM, THEY MIGHT FIND THEMSELVES IN ITS DUSTBIN

9 mins

Congress 'EQ' Vs BJP ‘IQ'

Team Modi Is Riding On Its Assembly Poll Momentum, But The Congress's Clever Candidate Mix May Prevent A Washout

5 mins

LIVING BY THE RULES

Chetan Bhagat returns to non-fiction with his new book-11 Rules for Life

1 min

The Mysterious City

Anuradha Kumar's The Kidnapping of Mark Twain paints an intriguing portrait of Bombay around the time of the American writer's visit

2 mins

WITH OUR OWN DESI SLEUTHS

Indian detective fiction gets its due in this massive, two-volume compilation from Hachette

2 mins

Indic Arts

An eye-catching repository of quintessentially Indian design elements

2 mins

KANGANA, NOT 'RUN OUT'

As very much the native girl who grew up in her family haveli in Bhambla town, Kangana Ranaut doesn't have to try hard to switch on the Mandiyali dialect.

1 min

Indian, by Design

“It took me five months to create this menu,” says J.P. Singh, executive chef of Sheraton Grand Bengaluru, where Zarf, a new fine dining Indian restaurant has just opened.

2 mins

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