UPFRONT
OIL PRICES : A BURNING ISSUE PG 3
AAP : GOVT SERVICES COME HOME PG 6
INSIDE
Q
LEISURE
RUE BRITANNIA PG 52
& A : VICKY KAUSHAL PG 62
AIR ASIA
48
TURBULENCE AHEAD
Controversies over a domestic tie-up with Air Asia threaten to crash the Tata Group ’ s dream of a comeback in the aviation sector
18
COVER STORY
FREEDOM AT LAST
The decriminalisation of Section 377 of the IPC was a legal reform waiting to happen . But plenty of unanswered questions remain
THE LANDSCAPE OF DESIRE by Madhavi Menon LOVE AFTER THE TIME OF 377 by Siddharth Narrain DRESS LIKE A QUEEN by Chinki Sinha
Cover photograph by BANDEEP SINGH
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The Telangana CM advances assembly polls by eight months , catching rivals unawares
GSPC
44
KCR
FIRST MOVER ADVANTAGE
SELLING A PIPE DREAM
With debts of Rs 13,000 crore , the Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation is in dire need of a bailout
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2 INDIA TODAY SEPTEMBER 24 , 2018
UPFRONT
OIL PRICES: A BURNING
ISSUE PG 3
AAP: GOVT SERVICES
COME HOME PG 6
INSIDE
LEISURE
RUE BRITANNIA
PG 52
Q&A: VICKY KAUSHAL
PG 62
AIR ASIA
48
TURBULENCE
AHEAD
Controversies over a domestic tie-up
with Air Asia threaten to crash the Tata
Group’s dream of a comeback in the
aviation sector
40
18 FREEDOM AT LAST
C OV E R S T O RY
The decriminalisation of Section 377
of the IPC was a legal reform waiting
to happen. But plenty of unanswered
questions remain
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