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PICTURE-PERFECT WEDDINGS

We sure love our big fat weddings. Here are India's best wedding destinations, with suggestions for where to stay and get the most stunning shots

NATURAL SELECTION

Modern biophilia blurs the boundaries between the inside and outside, bringing in wellness, beauty and clever spatial planning

"We don't take up work that doesn't excite us

From camaraderie and clever designs to smart aesthetics and stylish spaces, Delhi-based architects Rahul Bansal and Amit Aurora walk us through their journey

CHASING THE MONSOON

FROM MUNNAR TO KOCHI AND ONWARDS TO WAYANAD, MAKING THE MOST OF KERALA'S WET SEASON

The Homing Instinct

The avant-garde homes featured in this slickly produced volume showthat architectural practice is alive and well in India

SHOW VS STAFF KITCHENS

When the square footage is not an issue, one space to cook is not enough. Our expert decodes this growing need.

THE NEW DUNKI ROUTES

Despite the horror stories surrounding the 'dunki' or illegal migrant route to the West, the lure of a better life for young men in Gujarat, Punjab and other states has seen them pursue newer ways and routes to cross international borders. INDIA TODAY speaks to families in Gujarat to find out what fuels the growing human trafficking economy and who is behind it

A Reality Check for the MVA

THE SETBACK TO THE MVA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL POLLS SHOWS THE DISCORD WITHIN. CROSS-VOTING CONGRESS MLAs MAY DEFECT TOO

A HOUSE DIVIDED

Who was to blame for the BJP's loss of ground in UP? After a bruising round of self-interrogation, the party is roiled by a rift that puts even Yogi's future at stake

A VISUAL DELIGHT

Here's why this new home decor studio in Guwahati is your gateway to affordable opulence

SIDDARAMAIAH ON THE BACK FOOT

The new carved rosewood door at the west entrance to the Vidhana Soudha, which greeted members when the House convened for the first day of the monsoon session on July 15, could offer no protection against the storm that was brewing within.

MALADIES GALORE

A ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, which thrives in warm freshwater bodies, has claimed the lives of three children while infecting at least one more over the past two months in Kerala.

SUKHU COMES OUT STRONGER

In mountainous Himachal Pradesh, dark monsoon clouds may have resulted in torrential rains, but the political clouds surrounding the chair of Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu appear to have been dispelled for now.

UNABRIDGED DISASTERS

Politicians are always careful not to burn bridges with their electorate, but Bihar's collapsing bridges are making that unavoidable-one by one.

A PRE-POLL UNDERCUT

The Centre has widened the powers of the Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) in Jammu and Kashmir, empowering the incumbent in matters that earlier needed concurrence from the state finance department.

A Plan For Your Lifestyle

Change your mindset to fit your shifting financial needs, rather than trying to fit your lifestyle into rigid rules to realise your financial dreams

CONSCIENTIOUS ASSETS

Mixing social responsibility and investing is an ethical way of making investment choices and has takers among a niche in the investor community

HIGH JUMPERS

They had never seen the inside of even a state legislature. Now they have catapulted to the national one

FLOOR-CROSSERS

The turncoats who clinched electoral wins after jumping ship and pledging new loyalties

BRIDGING THE GAP

Esther Duflo's Poor Economics for Kids is an illustrated children's version of the seminal economics text she co-wrote with Abhijit V. Banerjee

FROM DESK TO DAIS

Sa far, familiar with implementing policy, these former bureaucrats will now have an inside view of the legislative process itself

GODMEN, SHAMANS & CLERICS

From novice imams to suave dynasts to voodoo shamans to self-styled mahants, the whole gamut is on show in the House

WHAT IS AN ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE?

An instruction recording the medical care preferences an adult individual wishes to opt for if they become incapacitated, it guides the family and healthcare providers

THE WRITE PLATFORM

Formerly members of the Fourth Estate, they will now occupy the seat of Indian democracy

A HARVEST OF AMBITIONS

Sons of the soil come in various packages, union men to strongmen to Left veterans. What they have in common is a deep connect with the land

ROOTED IN THE MASSES

From raising farmers’ issues to rural jobs creation and MSP, these sons of the soil are aiming for change in Parliament

MAKING IT CONSUMER FRIENDLY

The new master circular on health insurance by the regulator repeals past circulars and is a step towards making insurance transparent and consumer friendly

EXTREME WINNERS

In Punjab and J&K, embers from a turbulent past burn bright again at the hustings

UPHOLDERS TO MAKERS OF LAW

It should be a seamless transition for these new MPs from courtroom drama to parliamentary negotiation

AN ESTEEMED FACULTY

School teachers as well as professors of business, computer science and cultural studies, they got out of classrooms, stepped into the hurly burly of politics and have landed first-time Lok Sabha success