India Today - February 9, 2015

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Highlights of the issue:-This week's cover story, 'Friends in Deed', discusses how the 'bromance' between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama has scripted a dramatic turnaround in ties between the world’s oldest and largest democracies.

In Writings on the Wall, Shekhar Gupta takes a close look at the mood ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections as Delhiites get to decide who they love more - Kiran Bedi or Arvind Kejriwal.
The Special Report, Arabian Nightmare, looks at how a Kalyan engineering student Areeb Majeed became an ISIS fighter before returning home and fell into the hands of Indian police.



Shekhar Gupta, in his column National Interest, talks about Modi's extravagant style statement and the elitist hypocrisy about it.
The Big Story focuses on how the Saradha scam taint threatens to wash up at Mamata Banerjee's door.



The piece on Jaipur Literature Festival discusses how it has helped create a literary middlebrow in India, as its many imitators are now proving.

'Fear and loathing in tiger land' examines the problem of tigers spilling out of overcrowded reserves into human habitats, leading to a man and beast face-off.



The issue also has three supplements: Spice, Simply Kolkata and Simply Bangalore.