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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

India Today

THE REMAKING OF INDIA

NEW-GEN LEADER • The party chooses low-key, five-term Bihar MLA Nitin Nabin to lead it into the future. But Modi-Shah’s dominance in organisation affairs continues

THE MENTOR PRIME MINISTER

LEPROSY-FREE BY 2027 MAHARASHTRA FACES ITS FEARS

OUR METABOLIC MISMATCH

KEEPING BENGALI MIGRANTS AT BAY • A village burnt, traders arrested, labourers attacked—what began as anti-Bangladeshi vigilantism in Odisha ends up as a rising tide of anti-Bengali xenophobia

SIR Turns Into Battle Strategy for Stalin • DMK transforms voter verification into a mass mobilisation programme laden with high rhetoric

RUINED BY STATECRAFT • It’s a bleak Christmas as Trump’s tariffs take a toll on Kashmir’s handicrafts exports sector. Artisans see business plunging by two-thirds in peak season

Grim Reaper Stalks Gujarat • The rising graph of extreme weather events in Gujarat is matched by its mounting agrarian debt. Result: a string of farmer suicides in one month, after one spell of heavy unseasonal rain

ON A ROAR HOW TO SUSTAIN THE UPSURGE- • An 8.2 per cent growth in GDP in Q2 of FY26, along with benign inflation, has placed the Indian economy in a unique sweet spot. Can it put the country on a high-trajectory growth path, give the job market a much-needed boost?

THE ECONOMY IS SURGING…

…BUT CONCERNS REMAIN

BEYOND THE UPSWING • Is the current exuberance in the economy a momentary surge, or does it signal a structural reboot that could extend into the next few quarters? And what more needs to be done to keep the momentum going? Here’s what the Board of India Today Economists (BITE) think

‘HIGH GROWTH, LOW INFLATION, INDIA IS IN A SWEET SPOT’

INDIA TODAY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

THE SARKARI FOLLIES • Lavish buildings, empty museums, fire-prone hospitals reveal a governance model where political image-building trumps safety, basic service and accountability

AHMEDABAD’S QUEST FOR GLORY • AS THE CITY PREPARES TO HOST THE CENTENARY COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN 2030, IT TAKES A CRITICAL STEP TOWARD THE 2036 OLYMPIC AMBITIONS—AN OPPORTUNITY SHAPED AS MUCH BY RISK AS BY RESOLVE

GUJARAT’S ROAD TO THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES • Ahmedabad has already built a steady hosting record in the past few years and a heavy calendar lies ahead

A NEW ENEMY AT THE GATE • Pakistan-bashing has long been a favourite subject in Bollywood films. The industry is now mining the rich history of Indo-China conflict for inspiration

BOLLYWOOD’S CHINA FORAYS

The Weight of Loss • IN CALORIE, HIS 540TH FILM, ANUPAM KHER PLAYS MOHAN SINGH WHO NAVIGATES LOSS, SILENCE, MISUNDERSTANDING, AND BURIED HURT

DARK IS BEAUTIFUL • MADHURI DIXIT-NENE PUSHES HER ACTING BOUNDARIES WITH A SERIAL-KILLER TURN IN HOTSTAR SPECIAL MRS DESHPANDE

LAST SHOT AT GLORY • The much-anticipated fourth and final season of Four More Shots Please!, which kicked off a spate of womencentric shows, is here

THE LISTICLE • UPCOMING OTT AND THEATRICAL RELEASES TO LOOK OUT FOR

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