Highlights of India Today issue dated November 25, 2013 The issue has a commemorative issue section on Sachin Tendulkar, who will retire from Test cricket after his 200th and final Test in Mumbai. The section has essays by Geoffrey Boycott, sports historian Boria Majumdar, Rahul Bhattacharya and Gideon Haigh among others. It is rounded up with graphics and fun facts about Sachin and the times he and his fans have been through from 1989 to now. The Arts section features leading artists who mark a decade without the colourful Baroda-based artist Bhupen Khakhar by celebrating his influence in a new exhibition. The Nation story profiles BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and how he tries to strike a fine balance between being the moderniser and the apostle of Hindutva. In the 'Battleground 2013' section, Mizoram CM and Congress leader Lal Thanhawla's poll preparations as he banks on a welfare scheme to return to power for the fifth time in Mizoram. The issue has three free magazines - Home, Simply Gujarati and Simply Mumbai - with it.
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