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India Today Malayalam dated April 24,2013 looks at the Malayalees craze for luxury goods even though recessionary tendencies are around the corner. It finds new outlets with the launch of super bikes and biggest super mall in the state. While high end cars like Audi and others have a 10 percent share of sales in Kerala Kerala has a higher sales of super bikes 2000cc, cruise bikes and high cost bicycles compared with other states. To top it all Asias biggest Mall is also being opened in Kochi making it the shopping destination. The most sold bikes are of companies like Honda, Suzuki and Kwasazki and are in the price range of 5 lakhs to 50 lakhs. Coupled with the story India today Malyalam brings out the story of Tommy Joseph who has circumnavigated the world using a sail boat alone in 150 days. The travelogue from the deep ocean is rich in life and experience .The issue also looks at the mind of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and how he has fared in his speech to CII meeting and who were his targets and who were advising him . Then there is the reference to Rajiv Gandhi in the wikileaks cables based on US diplomatic cables which accuse him of being a middleman for fighter plane deals. From Kerala there is an exclusive piece on Antonys speech in 1976 Gauhati AICC. Following the wikleaks lead India today recreates the speech and the world of 1976 moment interviewing the left leaning leader of the present ,Cherian Philiph who was there as a delegate. There is also an interview with Shobha Surendran who was the first lady from Kerala to be inducted into BJP national executive. Then there is an interesting piece on Feku and Pappu the twitter representations of Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for the affection of twitterati . The issue also looks at the drought scene in Kerala where the heat is rising up every day. The issue also looks at the return of the Shiva cult in india where Shiva is everything There is also an interesting piece on the side effects of the emergency pill i pill which would guard women from unwanted pregnancy The issue reviews Thodam written by Ramesh M R. It also features Thamnnah, Genelia, Thapassi,Swathi, Anjali,Unni Mukundan,Ramya Nambeeshan,Kajal Agarwal and Vidya Balan, Mera Jasmine There is the poet Sreelesh VK and Ambika who is turnig to direction and MF Xavier,the coach