India Today 10th September 2018 | Page 4

UPFRONT
THE URBAN CRACKDOWN PG 3
POV : USHA RAMANATHAN PG 10

INSIDE

Q
LEISURE
THANK YOU , BICYCLE THIEF PG 55
& A : IMTIAZ ALI PG 64
KERALA FLOODS

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PICKING UP THE PIECES
As lakhs of Malayalis return to their destroyed homes , Kerala tries to steel itself for the real test that ’ s coming

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AN
COVER STORY
INCONVENIENT TRUTH
A 4,500-year-old skeleton in Rakhigarhi has a few problematic posers on India as an ancient civilisation
TAJ

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THE MADDING CROWD
INDO-US

30 TWO TO TANGO

India and the US embark on their first ‘ 2 + 2 ’ dialogue as they look at ways to raise the relationship from the depths it has sunk to
The rush of tourists the Taj gets each year is putting huge pressure on the tomb . How many visitors can the Taj handle ?
Cover photograph by BANDEEP SINGH
Photographed at National Museum , New Delhi
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