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India Today

NOT A SILVER BULLET

MAKE PEACE, NOT WAR FILM

PUNJAB UPS THE ANTE

A LEGAL QUAGMIRE

THREE MORE YEARS

The New Lay of the Land in Kashmir

WHAT IS THE ROSHNI ACT?

UNEASY TRIUMPH • It’s not the jubilant return six-time CM Nitish Kumar might have hoped for. Big brother BJP is likely to be the real power behind the throne

WHY THE BIT PLAYERS MATTER • The NDA government depends on eight MLAs from the VIP and HAM(S) parties. How the small parties have come good this election

PHASING OUT RJD • While the RJD opened strongly in the first phase of the polls, the BJP and JD(U) caught up quickly, making significant gains in the second and third phases

THE MODI SHOW • The BJP’s victories will boost its bargaining power with allies and energise the cadre for crucial assembly polls in 2021

ABSENTEE LEADER • The leadership crisis in the Congress has manifested as election losses across the country. To survive, it must solve this problem

RUNNING OUT OF PACE • A DEFIANT OPPOSITION ALLIANCE HAS TAKEN ON THE IMRAN KHAN GOVERNMENT AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, EVEN THE PAKISTAN ARMY. WHERE WILL IT ALL END?

A DIPLOMATIC NADIR • Indo-Pak relations under the Modi government, which began on a promising note, have nosedived since then following a series of terrorist attacks out of Pakistan and are now at their lowest point in nearly two decades

MAN IN POLL POSITION • THE BJP HAS THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF MANAGING HIMANTA BISWA SARMA’S AMBITION AND KEEPING HIM ON ITS SIDE TO RETAIN A PRESENCE IN THE NORTHEAST

A NEW BINARY • The BJP-led Assam government’s recent decisions—perceived to be anti-Muslim—are aimed at giving a religious twist to Assam’s fight against illegal infiltration

ELECTION ENGINEER • Why Himanta Biswa Sarma’s role may decide the outcome of 2021 Assam assembly election

THE GREAT HINDU VOTE TRICK • THEY COMPRISE 70 PER CENT OF THE POPULATION OF THE STATE, AND ARE BEING PROPITIATED BY BOTH THE BJP AND MAMATA BANERJEE’S TMC. BUT WILL THE BENGALI HINDUS VOTE EN BLOC?

A NEW ERA IN EDUCATION • Experts and entrepreneurs came together for the India Today Education Summit to discuss NEP 2020 and the role of technology in institutional learning

SUCH A LONG JOURNEY • Not afraid of being political, Deepa Mehta in her latest film, Funny Boy, explores a Tamil-Sinhalese gay love story

She’s Got the Moves • Norah Fatehi aims to be more than a dancer in Bollywood

FANCY FOOTWORK

BOLD AND BRASSY • DEVAKI JAIN IS VIGILANT ABOUT SHOWING HOW FREEDOM IS FOUGHT FOR CONSTANTLY BUT IS ALSO CONTINGENT ON PRIVILEGE

Memoirs of an Early Feminist • Translated into English by her granddaughter, Saeeda Bano’s memoir retains the flavour of its Urdu original

A MAN AND HIS ART • Manoj Bajpayee on his approach to acting in a comedy film and on giving his voice to the tragedy of labourers during the nationwide lockdown

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A FEAST FOR ALL YOUR SENSES • Flowers,...