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The Nation
Moving and telling images that define India--and that defines us. INDIA
State of the Nation
50 years of existence as an independent nation has produced convictions, attitudes and fears which are real, tangible and, more important, identifiable. An exhaustive India Today-ORG-Marg Independence poll (covering a sample of 12,651 respondents) sought to track and interpret some of these. The outcome was both disturbing and reassuring.
| India Today commissioned ORG-MARG to conduct an exhaustive state-of-the-nation-poll. This was conducted country-wide, for a month from May 25, in which 12,651 adult respondents were polled. The poll universe cuts across age, income, education, caste, religion, rural-urban barriers to reflect real-time concerns. Ann Mathew and Jaya Deshmukh of ORG-MARG analysed the poll findings. | Bridging a Great Divide
These are true-life tales of families separated during Partition, building their separate lives across the India-Pakistan border, and then finding each other through determination and luck. Journeys in Time
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi loved to walk. Ever since he stepped off a steam ship from South Africa in 1915, the time he didn't spend in British jails, he spent on the road. India 2047
India Today invited the Centre for Policy Research, a premier New Delhi-based think-tank, to conduct an exclusive exercise at crystal ball-gazing, to map an India of the future. And what is projected here is plausible and is certainly within the realm of possibility. The Centre for Policy Research team
Isher J. Ahluwalia: Prominent economist. She is an active participant in policy debates.
Pran Chopra: Columnist and broadcast commentator; former editor, The Statesman.
P.V. Indiresan: President, Indian National Academy of Engineering; past-president, Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers; former director, IIT, Chennai.
Subhash Kashyap: Former secretary-general, Lok Sabha.
Ved Marwah: Former police commissioner, Delhi; former director-general, National Security Guard; former security adviser, Jammu & Kashmir.
V.A. Pai Panandiker: Founder director, CPR, since 1973; formerly with Administrative Reforms Commission; a specialist in population & banking; adviser, Ministry of Finance; trustee, Population Foundation of India.
B.G. Verghese: Former editor, The Hindustan Times, former editor, The Indian Express; information adviser to prime minister.
Charan Wadhwa: Works on international trade and regional co-operation; former professor, IIM, Ahmedabad. | Related Story
Shape of Things to Come
Ideas and technologies that will shape India's future. What it means to be an Indian
After 50 years of Independence, this is the voice of India, a reflection of who we are. It shows how far we have come. And how far we need to go. ESSAYS
A Fantasy called India by Salman Rushdie
The Other Perspective by Shahid Amin
Rambling at Fifty by Upamanyu Chatterjee 
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