Highlights of India Today issue dated April 29, 2013. The cover story, titled 'High and Mighty', is about the 50 most powerful people in India now. The eleventh edition of India Today Power List is dominated by the masters of the marketplace in spite of a political class that is hardly growth-friendly analyses a story titled 'The Super Structure'. 'The Pecking Order' story highlights that in the run-up to election year, political analysts are trying to work out equations as to who will call the shots. The functioning of the country's establishment of the most powerful officials could yet determine UPA's fate at the next General Elections, analyses a story titled 'Powers Behind the Throne'. 'Clueless in a Lawless Land', a story in the Nation section shows how a ruthless Chief Minister's politics of vengeance adds to the violence spreading across the state. 'How do you get Indians to the hall?, a story in the Roundtable section analyses how four hotshot directors collaborate on a movie celebrating 100 years of cinema. Narendra Modi's pride of young woman guards is working wonders in the Asiatic lion's last abode, analyses a story in the society section titled, 'The Cat Women of Gir Forest'. The issue also has video content of directors Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan Johar, the four torchbearers of Hindi cinema, talking about their passion for cinema. The edition has 3 free magazines – Woman, Simply Kolkata and Simply Gujarati – with it.
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