India Today Magazine - December 01, 2014

In this issue

Highlights of India Today English issue dated December 1st, 2014.
The cover story this week takes you inside the Modi Government’s smart city plan and gives a comprehensive overview of the various debates surrounding this new buzzword in urban planning.

In his National Interest column, Ushering India back to a Vedic future, Shekhar Gupta writes that PM Narendra Modi cannot be a moderniser as long as he and his govt propagate back-to-the-scriptures science.

The Nation story, the Switch Bharat Mission, talks about how the HRD ministry’s move to teach Sanskrit instead of German in Kendriya Vidyalayas has stung their management, left students in the lurch and hurt the Germans.

The Smart money package gives away investment tips to augment your quantum of solace.

The Special book extracts has exclusive excerpts and never-seen-before photographs of the rescue of civilians from the Taj Mahal Palace from Deputy Editor Sandeep Unnithan’s book on the 26/11 attack.

The Special report is on Jammu and Kashmir polls.The story, Get Out the Vote, says that amid boycott threats and the cry for ‘azadi’, the PDP and BJP are going all out to win what is being seen as a game-changing election.
The issue also has two supplements with it: Spice and Simply Hyderabad.