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Highlights of India Today – 3rd September 2018 issue:

This September 3, 2018 issue of India Today examines the legacy of Atal Bihari Vajpayee as a poet, politician, reformer, and statesman.
The story – After the Flood – looks at how excess rainfall, dam mismanagement and ecological neglect resulted in Kerala’s worst flood in a hundred years. A heroic rescue effort notwithstanding, the state now faces the challenge of rebuilding itself on an unprecedented scale.
The Leisure section includes a candid interview with Devdutt Pattanaik who talks about his latest book, fans, critics and illustrating his works.
The Up Front story - Modi's New Man in the Valley - looks at how the Centre is preparing for a more direct political engagement in Jammu & Kashmir with the appointment of Satya Pal Malik as the state's new governor.
The anniversary special Smart Money section tells you how to plan your finances better and risk proof your future with equities.
The issue comes with a free magazine: Simply Bangalore

Modi's New Man In The Valley

That the Centre was preparing for a more direct political engagement in Jammu & Kashmir was evident from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address, in which he promised that the long overdue panchayat polls would be held before the end of the year. The appointment of Satya Pal Malik as the new governor of the state—the first career politician since 1967 to hold that office—is clearly a move in that direction.

3 mins

Kerala- After The Flood

Excess rainfall, dam mismanagement and ecological neglect result in Kerala’s worst flood in a hundred years. A heroic rescue effort notwithstanding, the state now faces the challenge of rebuilding on an unprecedented scale

10 mins

The Hawk

POKHARAN-II, 1998, was a shining moment in Vajpayee’s career. He showed exemplary foresight, clarity and conviction in carrying out the nuclear tests. It enabled India to enhance its atomic weapons capability and laid the foundation for the civil-nuclear deal with the US which put an end to India’s nuclear apartheid

7 mins

The Comrade

THE FIRST DUO of the BJP, Vajpayee and Advani did have their differences, but they stood with each other through the party’s worst trials. They disagreed on the BJP’s participation in the Ayodhya movement, and the period between 1998 and 2004 tested an otherwise enduring partnership. Despite disagreeing with Advani, Vajpayee relented on Modi after the 2002 Gujarat riots and on the fateful India Shining campaign that arguably cost the BJP the elections in 2004

8 mins

The Compromiser

RAJDHARMA was the sutra Vajpayee invoked for Modi to follow after the 2002 riots. It was widely read as a public rebuke of the Gujarat chief minister. Yet, just a week later, in a speech in Goa, he struck a very different note. Had he failed his own rajdharma?

4 mins

The Kargil War

THE KARGIL WAR effectively reversed all the gains from Vajpayee’s Lahore bus diplomacy. And committed though he was to the idea of an enduring peace with Pakistan, he did not baulk at the prospect of a war when Pakistan unpredictably revealed its aggressive intent to occupy Indian territory

3 mins

The Pragmatist

His FOREIGN POLICY is perhaps Vajpayee’s most enduring legacy. A natural strategist, his pragmatic approach and personal initiatives to improve relations with China, Pakistan and other nations compelled neighbours to respond to his sincerity.

3 mins

The Chief Executive

AN EASYGOING BOSS, Vajpayee never needed to assert his authority. But behind the quiet, often sleepy, demeanour was the organised brain of a meticulous person who was democratic in his approach yet firm in his beliefs

2 mins

Risk-Proof Your Future With Equities

Given the diminishing returns on risk-free investments, even cautious investors need to look beyond them—at equity, for example

4 mins

Get That Financial Plan, Now

Doing so helps you clearly identify goals and work to a plan of getting there in your earning years

5 mins

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