India Today Magazine: Top News Magazine online, Edition, May 13, 2024 – India Today
The regional satraps of Maharashtra, Bengal and Bihar could stand between PM Modi and his place in history, but if they fail to defeat him, they might find themselves in its dustbin
With 130 constituencies between them, the swing states of Maharashtra, West Bengal and Bihar loom as the decisive frontier in a do-or-die war for political supremacy
In Maharashtra’s most complex political war ever, shifting alliances fuel a gripping saga of power struggles and betrayals in the pursuit of votes
Loyalties in the family bastion of Baramati are divided as the feud between Sharad Pawar and nephew Ajit sees Supriya Sule pitted against sister-in-law Sunetra
The West Bengal chief minister faces a BJP onslaught on issues like corruption and women's safety. Unwilling to yield an inch, the TMC is building a narrative that the saffron party is 'anti-Bengali'
The voluble Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury fights with his back to the wall in his bastion of Baharampur
In Bihar's fervid political atmosphere, The RJD chief's youth-centric message battles a BJP relying on PM Modi's appeal and a much diminished Nitish Kumar
BSP chief Mayawati’s allotment of seats keeping in mind sundry caste configurations could disrupt the plans of the NDA and INDIA alliances in Uttar Pradesh
After a defeat in the previous election, Jyotiraditya Scindia is determined to win back Guna, once his family pocket borough
Digvijaya Singh makes a comeback to the Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituency after 33 years as the Congress candidate, employing a grassroots-style campaign. The contest is expected to be fierce
Changing tack, the Assam CM is steering clear of religious rhetoric and reaching out to Muslim voters to take the BJP tally to a record high in the northeastern state
With PM Modi’s shining armour as their beacon, the BJP seems poised to sweep the state again. Inflation matters, voices asking for jobs are lost in the Opposition vacuum
Vignettes from the states going to the polls
An opulent, expensive passion project, or Sanjay Leela Bhansali's gift to the world? Viewers can't wait to find out as 'Heeramandi', his paean to six courtesans in the Lahore of pre-Independence days, drops on Netflix
The India Today Smart Money Financial Summit had top experts discussing how technology could be leveraged to widen the reach of personal finance tools
Salman Rushdie’s 'Knife' is an eloquent, first-person account of the horrific attack on him. It’s also a love story
T.C.A. Raghavan’s 'Circles of Freedom' follows three young Muslims drawn into the freedom struggle
With its excellent translations, 'Songs of Tagore' makes Rabindrasangit accessible to the non-Bengali reader
Kashmiri musician Faheem Abdullah’s debut album 'Lost; Found' is a collaborative effort
Artist and music composer Gingger Shankar’s latest single combines South Indian music with Inuit throat singing
A seminal exhibition of K.G. Subramanyan’s works in his birth centenary year at Emami Art, Kolkata takes an imaginative and immersive curatorial approach
Etchings by the colonial Flemish artist F. Baltazard Solvyns are getting a new lease of life in an exhibition at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai
Badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa, 34, is off to her third Olympics, this time with a new partner, Tanisha Crasto
Seventeen-year old D. Gukesh has become the youngest player to win the Candidates chess tournament
