Highlights of India Today English issue dated December 8th, 2014. The India Today cover story this week takes you inside the rising influence of RSS in the government. In his National Interest column, Obama at Rajpath: Not just another selfie moment, Shekhar Gupta says that Modis Republic Day invitation to the American president marks the fourth post-Cold War shift in our foreign policy. The Nation story - Badals monumental dreams – focus on the 23 memorials announced by the Punjab government. The Special report - The race against time - is about why Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has to balance the need for rapid modernisation with a massive indigenisation effort. The issue also has three supplements with it: Simply Bangalore, Simply Kolkata and Simply Punjabi.