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 ANNIVERSARY
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ECONOMY
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Market
Matters
From socialist highs to corporate
lows, from an IT boom to a stockmarket bust, from motorcycles
to mobile phones, the Indian economy has travelled three
decades, fast and furious.
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SPORTING
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Sporting
There were more than a few occasions
to hold our heads high. And a few to hang them in shame.
Being the good sports they are, our reporters documented
them with care and, of course, with the characteristic india
today flair.
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ANNIVERSARY
ISSUE:
BORN WINNERS
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30 on 30
When India Today was born in the
eventful 1975, it was a time of tumult and trauma. It was
also a time of hope, of old certainties giving way to new
aspirations. Nothing symbolises it better than a new generation
born with the magazine. Some of them have captured our imagination,
others have used their own to carve out a life synonymous
with ambition, achievement and acclaim.
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GUEST COLUMN: ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
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Getting
Ready for a Global Role
India has never been a threat to any
nation. At the same time, it cannot be threatened by any
nation.
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STORY
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GUEST COLUMN: BHIKHU PAREKH
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Cast in
a Divisive Mould
Economic growth is desirable, but India
desperately needs to tackle its deep social divisions.
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STORY
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GUEST COLUMN: KIRAN DESAI
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The True
Nature of the Beast
A tongue-in-cheek look at Indian-American
writers as well as their desi counterparts.
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STORY
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GUEST COLUMN: PATRICK FRENCH
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Another
Country, Another Era
Mahatma Gandhi's deification of poverty
has been abandoned. But what will it be replaced by?
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ANNIVERSARY
ISSUE:
AGELESS ICONS
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Living
Legends
Rule changers. Ground breakers.
The nation has grown up with them. They have changed the
contours of their arena, as much as they have altered the
way we live, think, dream, buy, even amuse ourselves. They
are our national treasures who have created records meant
to be broken and standards meant to be equalled.
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ANNIVERSARY
ISSUE:
SLUG TO LITERATURE
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Page-Turners
From Booker to Nobel, from fatwas
to phenomenal advances, from literary parvenus to peerless
wordsmiths, Indian writing has seen them all in the past
30 years. India Today examines the incredible evolution
of post-colonial Indian literature.
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ANNIVERSARY
ISSUE:
AWARDS
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Triple
Whammy
A little master with humungous
talent, a political leader who attained instant sainthood,
a policewoman with a penchant for pitched battles and a
steel king who found a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Dilip Bobb takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the people who
hogged the headlines.
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ANNIVERSARY
ISSUE:
IMAGES
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Images
The power of a photograph is the
power to create a myth, transcending a moment to make it
history. As a visual narrative of the extraordinary times
India Today has recorded in three amazing decades, these
pictures are representative both of the kaleidoscopic breadth
of events, sometimes tragic, often triumphant, as well as
the stupendous talent of the people behind the camera. Here
are 30 heart-stopping seconds in the nation's life. Frozen
in time, yet eloquent in their immediacy.
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GUEST COLUMN: VIJAY AMRITRAJ
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Not Second
Best, Not Best Either
Indian sport is on the right track,
but only focused training will help the players compete
globally.
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STORY
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GUEST COLUMN: GITA MEHTA
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From Monochrome
to Neon Lights
A somnolent Indian press was roused
after being robbed of its freedom during the Emergency.
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STORY
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GUEST COLUMN: NASREEN MUNNI KABIR
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Songs,
Dance, Spectacle
Bollywood's westward journey has mirrored
the rise of the Asian Diaspora. Does it need to go further?
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STORY
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GUEST COLUMN: RAGHURAM RAJAN AND ARVIND SUBRAMANI
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From Bharat
to India
Harmonisation of taxes, standards and
access is crucial to India's economic growth.
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STORY
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