India Today Magazine - August 12 2013

In this issue

Highlights of India Today issue dated August, 12th 2013

The Cover Story, \'His Last Chance\', throws light on how a record 116 Bills are still pending in Parliament. Can Prime Minister Manmohan Singh save the UPA?

The Big Story, \'Telangana at the Cost of India\' highlights how the UPA\'s decision to divide Andhra Pradesh is based on narrow political calculations ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and risks unrest in other states.

\'A Day in the Life of India\'s Poorest\' focuses on how, in Murshidabad, India\'s poorest district, survival is a daily burden and hope is a luxury afforded only by faith.

They may not have the reputation of their state-run peers but private universities make up for it with good infrastructure and expansive facilities, highlights \'Doorway to Diversity\'.

\'Will to Inherit\', the story in the Controversy section, dwells on how an ageing princess contested the will of her father, the late ruler of Faridkot, and won a 21-year-long battle to lay claim to her sprawling inheritance.

From workshops for corporates to adapting Quentin Tarantino\'s work for stage, young theatre enthusiasts are finding new ways to keep drama alive, highlights the story \'Act with an Attitude\'.

The issue has three free magazines — Aspire, Simply Bangalore and Simply Kolkata — with it.