In this issue

Highlights of India Today 22nd April 2024: 

With a grand ambition of winning 400-plus seats, the party goes on a war footing in the five southern states. But each state comes with its own challenge. Also in the issue are a wide ranging look at election news and vignettes, the transformation of actor Pratik Gandhi and a Q&A with Nora Fatehi.

AAMCHI ENGLISH

You'd think its history of language politics would have nixed such a possibility.

1 min

SULTANS OF AASMAN

It's harvest season for India's charter flight operators, as eager candidates hop on to rented choppers and small aircraft with sky-high ambitions.

1 min

Music to OUR EARS

After signing a record deal with Warner Music Group, Nora Fatehi sets her sights on being a global pop star

1 min

Rebel with a CAUSE

A retrospective of revolutionary artist Gobardhan Ash showcases four decades of his practice at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity

2 mins

HYBRID FORMS

Mythic Femininities at DAG Delhi brings together a well-chosen crosssection of the late GOGI SAROJ PAL'S large body of work

2 mins

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

JAI MEHTA makes his directorial debut with Disney+ Hotstar's web series Lootere

2 mins

MAN OF MANY PARTS

Pratik Gandhi's transition from theatre and Gujarati cinema to mainstream Bollywood is an inspirational tale

3 mins

THE DUNKI REPUBLIC

Rivers flowing down from the Himalayan massifs are known to have fickle habits-they curl about, meander and, if they stray far enough, get captured by bigger river systems.

1 min

A SENSE OF DEPRIVATION

As the Uddhav Sena gets a lion's share in the MVA seat-sharing deal, discontent brews within Congress ranks over the leadership conceding three key seats

2 mins

Kshatriyas Declare War on Rupala

The minister's appeasement of Dalits has upset the warrior class, who want his candidature withdrawn or they will stir trouble for the BJP in all 26 seats

3 mins

KURMIS TAKE A STAND

Unhappy with the state and Centre for not granting them ST status, the community will fight independently in several seats they helped the BJP win in 2019

2 mins

ADVANTAGE CONGRESS

AN INCREASINGLY INTENSE CONGRESS-BJP FIGHT IS PUSHING AN ALREADY BRUISED BRS TO THE SIDELINES

4 mins

ON A KNIFE-EDGE

YSRCP CHIEF JAGAN REDDY AND HIS TDP COUNTERPART CHANDRABABU NAIDU ARE LOCKED IN A KEEN CONTEST. THE LATTER'S NDA ALLIANCE ALSO STANDS IN THE WAY OF THE ANDHRA CM'S DREAMS OF A SECOND TERM IN POWER IN TWIN POLLS

5 mins

BATTLE OF THE GUARANTEES

A RESURGENT CONGRESS UNDER CM SIDDARAMAIAH IS RELYING ON ITS WELFARE GUARANTEES TO NEUTRALISE PM NARENDRA MODI'S CHARISMA AND THE IMPACT OF HIS FLAGSHIP SCHEMES

6 mins

THE RIFT OF THE GAB

AS SHASHI THAROOR LOOKS TO MAKE IT FOUR IN A ROW FOR THE CONGRESS IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, THE BJP'S RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR COULD WELL SPRING A SURPRISE

9 mins

REWRITING THE KERALA STORY

THE CONGRESS HOLDING ON TO ONE OF ITS LAST BASTIONS, THE LEFT LOOKING FOR RESURRECTION AND THE BJP SEARCHING FOR A BREACH IN THE WALLS. WHICH WAY WILL KERALA TURN?

6 mins

A SINGHAM IN SAFFRON

FORMER IPS OFFICER ANNAMALAI IS ON A MISSION TO MAKE THE BJP THE PRIME CHALLENGER IN TAMIL NADU. THE BATTLE FOR THE COIMBATORE LOK SABHA SEAT IS SETTING THE TEMPLATE

6 mins

A FORMIDABLE FRONT

THE DMK-LED ALLIANCE IS LOOKING TO REPEAT ITS 2019 LOK SABHA SWEEP IN TAMIL NADU. THE AIADMK AND BJP FIGHTING THE ELECTION SEPARATELY SHOULD AID ITS CAUSE, BUT THERE COULD BE SURPRISES IN STORE

7 mins

CAN BJP STORM THE SOUTH?

CRUCIAL TO ITS GRAND AMBITION OF 400-PLUS SEATS, THE PARTY GOES ON A WAR FOOTING IN THE FIVE SOUTHERN STATES. BUT WITH EACH STRONGHOLD POSING A SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGE, IT IS A TASK EASIER SET THAN DONE

8 mins

MAKING A PERFECT SCORE BETTER

WITH TWO PREVIOUS CLEAN SWEEPS, THE BJP SITS PRETTY IN UTTARAKHAND. THE CHALLENGE BEFORE IT IS TO WIN BY EVEN BIGGER MARGINS

3 mins

Can I.N.D.I.A.Topple Modi?

The Odds Seem Heavily Stacked Against Them, But A Concerted Strategy And Narrative Can Help The Opposition Limit The BJP's Outsized Ambitions

10+ mins

AND JUSTICE FOR ALL

The courtroom drama Patna Shuklla is actor Raveena Tandon's way of highlighting burning social issues

1 min

WALKS ON THE WILD SIDE

PART TRAVELOGUE AND PART INQUIRY, STEPHEN ALTER'S THE COBRA'S GAZE URGES INDIANS TO CONNECT DEEPER WITH NATURE AMIDST OUR ONGOING WAR AGAINST WILDLIFE

1 min

Nature Above All

The effortless grace with which Ganesh Haloi switched from masterly figurative studies dating back to the late 1960s to rendering mindscapes reflecting his communion with nature is vividly expressed in an eyeopening exhibition.

2 mins

BREAKING THE MOULD

ACTOR GULSHAN DEVAIAH IS LOOKING FORWARD TO LITTLE THOMAS, A SLICE-OF-LIFE FILM THAT TAKES HIM AWAY FROM THE DARK CHARACTERS HE HAS BEEN PLAYING

2 mins

A STEALTHY LETHAL FORCE

The Cabinet Committee on Security has flagged off the prototype development and testing stage of India's indigenous fifth generation stealth fighter jet, the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA). Slated to be in production from 2035, it would make the IAF battle-ready for the future

7 mins

NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT

Amidst furore over non-payment of NREGA funds to Bengal due to alleged corruption, central data purportedly shows almost all job cards in the state to be genuine

2 mins

GROUND FLEET

Jagan side-steps EC fiat against his 'army' of ward and village volunteers, gets them to disburse pensions

1 min

MOLLYWOOD GOES TO THE POLLS

Film stars are shining bright in Kerala's political firmament. The BJP is relying on one to make its LS wish come true

3 mins

BJP Vs BJP

The party faces dissent in at least six seats. Reasons range from nomination of outsiders to non-performance

2 mins

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