INSIDE
INTERVIEW
SUKHBIR SINGH BADAL
COVER STORY
GUJARAT
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Resigned
to Her Fate
Her inability to handle first the
Patel agitation and now the Dalit
crisis made it untenable for the
BJP to keep Anandiben on as the
chief minister of Gujarat
NATION
24
‘All jokers are
going to AAP’
SAD president and Punjab’s deputy CM
in a freewheeling conversation with
INDIA TODAY on AAP, Sidhu and more
IROM SHARMILA
6
GLASS HOUSE
46
9
NEWSFLICKS SPARK
18
GST
54
EDUCATION
68
GLOSSARY
70
EYECATCHERS
Fast
Disappearing
Irom Sharmila’s decision to end her
16-year-long fast against AFSPA
unsettles supporters. But this is not a
surrender, merely an affirmation of life
Cover by NILANJAN DAS
STATE OF THE STATE
JHARKHAND REPORT
SOCIETY
DANCE BARS
64
Bengali
Nights
Kolkata’s dance bars thrive in a
twilight world of obscure laws and
political connections
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INDIA TODAY u AUGUST 15, 2016
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A State of
Reckoning
A critical evaluation of the state and
the curious paradox it presents, rich
in resources, yet poor in development indices. An india today survey
provides a roadmap for a turnaround