Highlights of India Today issue dated October 14th, 2013 The Cover story 'Rahul Rising' analyses if Rahul Gandhi is the boss of Congress party and if he can win India. The Nation story, 'The Man Modi Trusts the Most' talks about Amit Shah who is undergoing a personal makeover to win Uttar Pradesh for BJP. 'Built to Kill', another story in the Nation section, digs deep into how corrupt officials and a construction mafia continue to build multi-storeyed death traps in Mumbai. The article 'Sun Sets on Lalu Era' analyses if it is the end of the road for Lalu Prasad as the jail term has come at a time when the RJD supremo has been working hard for a comeback. Under the section Trends, the story 'Footloose in Cyberia' provides an interesting insight into how Gen Y uses acronyms and code words, alien to their parents' generation, to put intimate details of their lives online and how it comes with the risk of cyber snooping and online bullying. The special report 'In the Line of Fire' focuses on the life and times of the Indian soldiers along the Line of Control and how they are on a permament vigil on a forbidding terrain, pitted against an aggressive enemy. To watch Editor Kaveree Bamzai speak about the issue this week, click here (bitly to be put). The issue also has free magazines Aspire, Simply Bangalore, Simply Kolkata with it.
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