India Today - May 20, 2024

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Highlights of India Today 20th May 2024 issue:

A growing force, the woman elector in India is realising the power of her vote and using it to direct her own and the nation’s destiny. Also in the issue are a look at the electoral battle field in Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, election vignettes from across the country, and a Q&A with Shenaz Treasury.

RAHUL'S NEW GAMBIT

The Congress leader decides to renew his fight in UP, but this time from another Gandhi pocket borough, Rae Bareli. Can he overturn the 2019 disappointment?

3 mins

DELAYING THE CAA EMBRACE

Mindful of the TMC's unrelenting attacks on the CAA and the inflexible, must-have domicile proof requires by its rules, the Matua leadership decide on a watchful wait

3 mins

A FRACTURED CONSTITUENCY

Statehood, and coverage under Sixth Schedule: two clear demands fog up the BJP's windscreen on its Ladakh drive

2 mins

INDEPENDENT ATTACK

The new Nayab Saini regime is in crisis, but the BJP's immediate concern is the LS vote

2 mins

POLI PAHILWANS

Maharashtra loves its wrestlers. And why not? Many villages in western Maharashtra have an akhada and a fair share of grapplers, and cities like Kolhapur, Pune and Sangli are known for their talims (wrestling schools).

1 min

A Li'l Shindig

He’s incisored right between a giant Modi and a smaller Devendra  Fadnavis, with a diminutive Ajit Pawar on the far left, quite the smallest matryoshka doll.

1 min

NO RETURN GIFTS

From amanuensis to would-be nemesis: Dinesh Pratap Singh managed that role reversal against Sonia Gandhi, wangling 38 per cent votes against her from Rae Bareli in 2019.

1 min

The Forbidding Fruit

The disturbed snow cycle, the price of imported urea, cheaper imports from the South Asian neighbourhood-the whole world, it would appear, has been conspiring against the apple farmers of Himachal Pradesh.

1 min

Boss In Da 'Hood

Crop rotation may be good for the farm, but not necessarily for politics.

1 min

THE SILENT REVOLUTION

A GROWING FORCE, THE WOMAN ELECTOR IN INDIA IS REALISING THE POWER OF HER VOTE AND USING IT TO DIRECT HER OWN AND THE NATION'S DESTINY

10+ mins

WHAT WOMEN WANT

While political parties give them schemes and promises based on their gendered roles, women across the country tell INDIA TODAY what they really expect-jobs, education, development-the same things that men desire

10+ mins

THE CHARM OFFENSIVE

THE UNION COMMERCE MINISTER STEPS INTO THE HURLY BURLY OF ELECTORAL POLITICS IN HIS MAIDEN ATTEMPT TO WIN A LOK SABHA SEAT

8 mins

GUARDING ITS BASTION

AFTER AN EMPHATIC WIN IN THE STATE ELECTION, THE BJP LOOKS SECURE IN ITS CENTRAL INDIA FORTRESS. FOR A BATTERED CONGRESS, THE ONLY HOPE LIES IN EXPLOITING ANY CHINK IN THE SAFFRON ARMOUR

6 mins

IN A STATE OF FLUX

DEFECTIONS AND INTERNAL SQUABBLES BECOME A NORM AS PUNJAB GEARS UP FOR A QUADRANGULAR CONTEST UNDER THE SHADOW OF UNRESOLVED LEGACY ISSUES

7 mins

A TOUGH FIGHT ON JAGAN'S HANDS

N. CHANDRABABU NAIDU'S TDP MATCHES Y.S. JAGAN MOHAN REDDY'S YSRCP IN VOTER OUTREACH FOR LOK SABHA AND ASSEMBLY POLLS. BUT HIS WELFARE SCHEMES MAY GIVE JAGAN AN EDGE

10+ mins

Back to Roots

Known for his lavish musicals, theatre director Feroz Abbas Khan returns to classic theatre with his latest, Letters of Suresh

3 mins

THE GREAT DISRUPTOR

Rapper SlowCheeta is trying to shake things up with his EP, Scene Mein Bawaal

2 mins

Cusp of Greatness

Shriya Pilgaonkar comes into her own as an intrepid reporter in Zee5's The Broken News

2 mins

INDIA AT CANNES 2024

The 2024 Cannes Film Festival marks the first time in 30 years that India has a feature film in the Palme d'Or competition section. And there's lots more...

1 min

Time Travel

An exhibition in Bengaluru is showcasing an unseen artwork by legendary artist Raja Ravi Varma

2 mins

A BREATH OF FRESH PERSPECTIVE

Ganesh V. Shivaswamy brings a sharp and balanced approach to his three volumes on Raja Ravi Varma

2 mins

Diverse Vignettes

Edited by Arunava Sinha, The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories is a landmark new anthology which includes several previously untranslated works

2 mins

CITY OF DREAMS

This anthology of stories about Mumbai is like the city itself-crowded and chaotic, but ultimately illuminating

2 mins

Chicken Soup for the Heart

Former veejay, actor and now travel influencer, Shenaz Treasury is out with a book based on past romances-All He Left Me Was a Recipe

1 min

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