India Today Magazine - May 13, 2019

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Highlights of India Today 13th May 2019, issue: The May 13, 2019 issue of India Today magazine delves into the country's political scenario with just days left for the Lok Sabha election results. In an exclusive interview, Rahul Gandhi talks about his sense of India’s mood and his blueprint for the country. In another interview, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah talks about the Modi factor and his party's agenda.

This week’s cover story, takes you into the mind of Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He reveals how he has matured since 2014 and he talks about his plan to revive the Congress. Gandhi also opens up on his views on life, philosophy and leadership.

This week's issue also has an interview with BJP chief Amit Shah, who talks about his combative electioneering and the challenges faced by the BJP in the ongoing election.

The Myth of a Monolith analyses how the projection and pursuit of Muslims as a ‘vote bank’ has abetted the communalisation of politics.

The issue also puts a spotlight on Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday suicide bombings on April 21, which killed over 200 people.

The issue also comes with one supplement: Spice

Could ISIS Attack India?

Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday suicide bombings, which killed over 200 people, were grisly enough for Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to surface with his first video in five years and claim credit. The island-nation is even now on alert, fearing a second wave of attacks.

2 mins

The Fine Art Of Forging A Friendship

That show of bonhomie wouldn’t have come easy for Nitish. Soliciting EBC votes for the BJP’s Giriraj Singh, known for his hardline Hindutva—was a political tradeoff he couldn’t avoid.

2 mins

In Scindia Bastion, The BJP Fields A Political Lightweight

The NYAY scheme, farm loan waivers and his royal lineage feature prominently in Scindia’s poll campaign

2 mins

Rahul Gandhi: 'I Will Not Allow Modi To Escape'

Five years after a chastening defeat in the 2014 election, Rahul Gandhi is a transformed man. He exudes the confidence of a leader who believes he has a winning battle plan

7 mins

Amit Shah: “There Is No Conflict Between National Security And Development”

In the past four and a half months, BJP president Amit Shah has followed a punishing campaign schedule, addressing rallies in over 250 Lok Sabha constituencies. Constantly on the move by chopper or plane, while campaigning in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar last week, the Chanakya of Indian politics spoke to Deputy Editor Uday Mahurkar on his combative electioneering and the challenges and prospects of the BJP in the ongoing election. Excerpts:

5 mins

‘I Resemble Everyone But Myself '

At 4 am on June 16, 1993, A.K. Ramanujan wrote an unpunctuated paragraph of what he called ‘free writing’: ‘Whatever comes to your mind consciousness epiphenomenon Bosnia Mogadishu children with problems Chinese immigrants . . . pain in the ankle arch instep acute as sting diffuse as a cloud of poison emitted by a savage squid cyclical is a phonograph stuck on a phrase’.

3 mins

Don't Make Devis Out Of Us

Hindi films paint the tawaif as pitiable, but history shows she was more radical and spirited

3 mins

“Scars Don't Bother Me”

Aishwarya Pissay, the first Indian woman to win five national bike titles, on the grit and gumption it takes to make a champion

2 mins

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