India Today

India Today is the leading news magazine and most widely read publication in India. The magazine’s leadership is unquestioned, so much so that India Today is what Indian journalism is judged by, for its integrity and ability to bring unbiased and incisive perspective to arguably the most dynamic, yet perplexing, region in the world. Breaking news and shaping opinion, it is now a household name and the flagship brand of India’s leading multidimensional media group. Additionally, the weekly brings with it a range supplements like Women, Home, Aspire, Spice and Simply which focus on style, health, education, fashion, etc. and Indian cities.

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India Today

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BACKWARDS TO THE FORE

TELANGANA CASTE COUNT FINDINGS

THE TURF WAR

SHIFTING EZHAVA GOALS

A BIG BODY BLOW

A TRAGEDY FORETOLD

GLASSHOUSE

A JOB WELL DONE • The middle class gets massive tax cuts, the economy a consumption boost and the promise of reforms, whose execution will put India on the path to higher growth

CONSUMPTION BONANZA

KEEPING UP THE TEMPO

Big Push for Pulses

Putting AI on the Syllabus

EQUIPPING FOR NEXT-GEN WARFARE

REVIVING SMALL BIZ

IN NUCLEAR SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL

KICKSTARTING PRIVATE R&D

TRANSFORMING 50 HOLIDAY HOT SPOTS

FREEING UP INSURANCE

India’s Trade Turbocharged

Attacking Cancer

MARITIME MAKEOVER

NOW PUSH THE PEDAL HARD • Budget 2025 sets the direction on crucial aspects of the economy. But now it needs to speed up implementation, further ease regulatory clamps and introduce tax, farm and labour reform to get India truly going

WANTED: A GOOD AND SIMPLE TAX

UNTYING THE AGRI KNOTS

EXCISING REGULATORY CHOLESTEROL

Sell Loss Making PSUs, Earn Fiscal Space

REFORM. INNOVATE. ACCELERATE

TAKE THE DEEP TECH LEAP

STOP LABOURING OVER REFORM

Be Smart with Resources

BREAKING THE BARRIERS

Put an End To Piecemeal Growth

BIG BOOST FOR CONSUMPTION WITH PRUDENCE • The Board of India Today Experts (BITE) gives a thumbs up to Budget 2025 for striking a fine balance between economic growth and fiscal prudence but cautions that it rides on fulfilling commitments, including reducing regulatory hurdles and implementing next-gen reforms

THE BUMRAH SUPREMACY • ICC Cricketer of the Year Jasprit Bumrah broke more records than you can count in 2024. India’s prayers for a genuine quickie have been answered, and he’s gone one better—become the most feared pacer in the game

THE VIRAL AND THE VENERABLE • The burning light of Upanishadic wisdom is not for everyone, they say. That’s because it’s not an attainment of the intellect alone. Rather, an extreme practice of the body—a performing—is what takes you there. But they too come to bathe at the Sangam, those who have thus passed through the mirror. This is where the two meet. India’s benighted millions on one side, still immersed in the everyday, bodies so densely packed that you can die from too many people. And those who have already extinguished their old selves—the enigmatic sadhus, a blur of ash-grey and saffron. Inside makeshift tents they sit, ascetics of every kind, rapt in repose or animated discourse, oscillating between the beyond and the bizarre. The scent of fresh roti mixes with incense and chillum smoke in these quarters of the elect. Each one owns a persona non pareil. That has a new cachet, for the ascetic of 2025 has found fame on social media; venerability rides with virality. Mere exotica? Only for those who would voyeurise. These are humans who have found a path to transcend the body, through the body. Each one is a story.

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