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Reproduction in any manner is prohibited. l l Sub scriptions: Printed and published by Manoj Sharma on behalf of Living Media India Limited. Printed at Thomson Press India Limited, 18-35 Milestone, Delhi Mathura Road, Faridabad-121007, (Haryana) and at A-9, In dustrial Complex, Maraimalai Nagar, District Kancheepuram-603209, (Tamil Nadu). Published at K-9, Connaught Circus, New Delhi-110001. Editor: Aroon Purie. l in dia today does not take the re sponsibility for returning unsolicited publication material. All disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of competent courts and forums in Delhi/New Delhi only A the complete story of post-Indepen dence pracharak who became one of India but they tell a substantial slice. The India’s most inclusive prime first special issue in our 70 Years series rec- ministers, running a successful ognised the contribution of 70 institutions coalition. Another pracharak who came to responsible for building India. This special power in a historic election which rede- issue tells the story of men and women who fined campaigning. A visionary prime have had great opportunities, faced enor- minister whose daughter, also a prime mous challenges and overcame impossible minister, changed the way politics was adversities. Any selection of changemakers conduc ted. A musician who took the sitar to the world, a yogi who made transcenden- and rule-breakers from the pantheon of In- dia’s icons is what historian Sunil Khilnani tal meditation a global brand, a Carnatic calls “an exercise designed to provoke”. But musician—daughter of a devadasi—whose india today has assemb led an array of fine bhajan moved Mahatma Gandhi to tears. writers to assess, explain and amplify the A princess who founded institutions dedicated to healthcare, sport and women’s essence of these 70 men and women. The writers vary from those who have worked rights. An entrepreneur who taught India closely with their subjects to those who that creating wealth was most egalitarian; have studied them at length. a batsman who convinced a The profiles are accompanied nation it could win in cricket; by marvellous illustrations and an actor whose fear of which bring out their personal- failure makes his work ethic i ties. The result: sometimes inspirational and renders him int imate, always informative relevant in every era. pen portraits of 70 remarkable India’s history is made of lives in a collector’s issue. these iconic men and women. For 70 years, India has Their struggles have under- been witness to traumas, lined the national narrative, triumphs and tragedies. It is a redefined its history. They are FIFTY-FIFTY Our August 18, 1997, million mutinies now, but it is movers and shakers because special issue also a million possibilities. Its they transformed the status story can never fully be told. quo. They were and are change It is a nation in conversation with itself, as agents who altered the world, nation, it sizes up its pantheon of icons every few society, the arts, the game. So the Father of years. Sometimes it shrinks them, at other the Nation gave the world a new mantra of times it rediscovers them. The greatness non-violence for freedom and gave India of its soul lies in its constant search and its its Independence. A dynamic engineer eternal journey. Where even death is not metamorphosed a struggling cooperative into a thriving national enterprise and cre- the end. Nayantara Sahgal writes of what poet Sarojini Naidu said when she saw a ated a White Revolution in the country. A man weeping upon hearing that Gandhi humble yarn agent created a new share- had died: “Would you rather he died old holding class in the country and changed and decrepit in his bed? This was the only the stock markets. A quiet, social activist death good enough for him.” A blinding gave women a sense of dignity by empow- insight and many more in this issue. It ering them to recognise the worth of their makes me proud that India was shaped by work. A bureaucrat effortlessly changed such inspirational personalities. I am sure metropolitan transport by building you will feel the same. underground trains in cities. There are, of course, many more—politicians, econo- mists, scientists, artists, sportstars—who have come to define India as we know it . india today’s 70 Movers and Shakers, the second in our series celebrating 70 years (Aroon Purie) of India’s Independence, may not be telling SE P T E M BE R 2 5, 2 017 INDIA TODAY 1