Highlights of India Today English issue dated September 28th, 2015. Smartphone Slaves, the Cover Story this week, deals with how more and more people are losing themselves to the virtual world, spending hours on social media and web chats. Experts say it is time to treat this addiction as a disorder. Bit player Samajwadi Party ditches Janata Parivar in a bid to retain political relevance. Advantage NDA, says the story which is on the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls. The Big Story this week, Muftis Struggle to Deliver, focuses on how six months into his job, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed is boxed in by the containment politics of his ally BJP as popular resentment grows at promises belied. From Maharashtra to Telangana, farmers bear the brunt as drought looms large, says the Nation story Falling Through the Cracks. The issue also has a special on Real Estate. As an ever-ever expanding middle class drives the demand for affordable housing across cities, private developers, on cue, offer more bang for the buck, says Homes You Can Actually Dream of. When statistics, annotations, archives, journalism and data start entering art works, its time to question art. But is it reflective of the age we live in, asks the story The Art of information. The issue also has 3 free magazines -- Home, Simply Mumbai and Simply Gujarati -- with it.