India Today Magazine - June 03, 2024

In this issue

Highlights of India Today 3rd June 2024 issue: 

In this issue, an in-depth look at how caste and quotas could impact the Lok Sabha election, analyses of how parties are courting voting blocs like farmers and tribals, a report on the impasse over the Indian Army's Gorkha soldiers, the rise of the sport of pickleball and more.

"RESPONSE FOR THE MAHAYUTI IS PALPABLE"

With the five-phase election for the 48 LS seats in his state now over, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is confident that his and the Modi government's performance will give the ruling Mahayuti an edge. Edited excerpts from an interview with Sr Associate Editor Dhaval S. Kulkarni

4 mins

Star Wars in the Poll Firmament

Locket and Rachana in Hooghly, Hiran and Dev in Ghatal-two pairs of actor-turned-politicians slug it out in the polls

2 mins

AAP'S SORDID SAGA

A week is a long time in politics, especially in election season. On May 10, the BJP was in shock after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Aam Aadmi Party national convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case (the BJP top leadership even called the SC order “extraordinary”).

4 mins

What's Cooking?

When is too maachh (fish) too much? Never enough in poll season, one can safely presume.

1 min

FOLK LURE

Katni singers in Bihar, Aalha-Udal folk songs in Bundelkhand, Mandyali-Chambyali ones in Himachal… political parties are relying on some local spice to add tadka to their political campaign.

1 min

SITA AUR GEETA (2024)

With former chief minister Hemant Soren denied bail, it has fallen upon Kalpana Soren to fight her husband's battles.

1 min

A NEUTRAL TURN

He was supposed to be a source of the BJP’s strength in Uttar Pradesh. Instead, bahubali Raja Bhaiya’s change of heart is giving the saffron side some last-minute palpitations.

1 min

The Politics Of Reservation

Caste Quotas Have Become The Most Fractious And Polarising Issue In Election 2024, With The Potential To Influence The Final Outcome

10+ mins

"Congress is pushing Muslim League agenda and Left propaganda"

BJP national president JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA is confident his party and its allies are on track to breach the 400-mark. In an exclusive interview with Group Editorial Director RAJ CHENGAPPA and Deputy Editor ANILESH S. MAHAJAN, he says the BJP had been preparing for the polls two years in advance, while the opponents have come underprepared and are not even showing the resolve to fight. Edited excerpts

7 mins

RACE TO HARVEST THE FARM VOTE

AMID AGRARIAN ANGST IN THE NORTHERN STATES, THE BJP HAS DEPLOYED A PRAGMATIC APPROACH IN ITS OUTREACH TO FARMERS EVEN AS THE OPPOSITION TRIES TO WOO THIS LARGEST VOTING BLOC OF INDIA

9 mins

NITISH PLAYS THE END GAME

AMID FREQUENT ALLIANCE SHIFTS, AN UNDERCURRENT OF ANTI-INCUMBENCY AND RISING OPPOSITION, CHIEF MINISTER NITISH KUMAR FIGHTS TO PROTECT HIS LEGACY OF GOVERNANCE AS WELL AS HIS OWN FUTURE

7 mins

WHY THE TRIBAL VOTE IS CRUCIAL

THE 47 MPS FROM THE TRIBAL RESERVED SEATS ACROSS INDIA FORM A CRUCIAL CHUNK OF PM MODI'S '400 PAAR' CAMPAIGN. WINNING THEIR VOTE MAY NOT BE AS EASY AS IT WAS IN 2019

9 mins

SUKHU LEADS A DESPERATE FIGHTBACK

RIDING ON TWO CONSECUTIVE CLEAN SWEEPS, THE BJP RELIES ON MODI MAGIC IN HIMACHAL. A FRACTIOUS CONGRESS, LED BY ITS BELEAGURED CM, TAKES HEART FROM ITS 2022 ASSEMBLY POLLS WIN

5 mins

INDIAN ARMY FACES THE GORKHA QUESTION

THE PANDEMIC AND NEPAL'S OPPOSITION TO THE AGNIPATH SCHEME HAVE STALLED GORKHA RECRUITMENT IN THE INDIAN ARMY. THEIR FALLING NUMBERS ARE A STRATEGIC CONCERN FOR INDIA, PARTICULARLY AMIDST RISING SPECULATION ABOUT CHINESE PLANS TO INDUCT THE LEGENDARY SOLDIERS

7 mins

TROPICAL TROPES

Tropical Modernism, an exhibition at the V&A, London, looks at the adoption of this architectural style in post-independence India and Ghana

3 mins

VISUAL CONSTRUCTS

CLASSICS OF MODERN SOUTH ASIAN ARCHITECTURE ARE PORTRAYED IN THESE VOLUMES

2 mins

The Great Indian Village

Everyone's favourite OTT show, Panchayat, is back for a third season on Amazon Prime Video. Expect a lot of laughs

2 mins

LOVE CONQUERS

IKKA's third album Only Love Gets Reply brings together bigwigs like Diljit Dosanjh, Badshah and Karan Aujla, among others

1 min

THE HINDU NATIONALIST

Janaki Bakhle's Savarkar and the Making of Hindutva is a deep dive into the creation of the ideologue

2 mins

Man of Many Ideas

Vanya Vaidehi Bhargav questions simplistic notions of Lala Lajpat Rai's politics in this well-researched book

2 mins

THE POWER OF PATIENCE

A steady approach has helped badminton player Lakshya Sen secure a spot in the upcoming Paris Olympics

2 mins

Great Balls of Fire

The sport of PICKLEBALL is set to get a boost in India with the launch of the World Pickleball League here

2 mins

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