Highlights of India Today Malayalam issue dated 21st August, 2013. The issue is a historic one on a historic occasion-Indias independence day special- as it is created by the worlds most responsive team of online watchers face book users, twittertties and bloggers who decided the contents. They have looked at politics, sports, travel, economics ,cinema and food and and all under the sky .The issue has thus posts by Advani, Narendra Modi,Sashi Tharoor,Amitabh Bachan, Kris Gopala Krishnan,Sania Mirza ,Gagan Narang ,Chethan Bhagath Ajay Maken ,Mohith Balachandran,Miss Malini,Payal and Priyanka,Sachin Rao,Rishi Jaitley Abhijith Banerjea with nice cute quotes from face book users on various subjects. It is really a marriage between social media and the print media. The issue also looks at the strong and daredevil IAS officer Durga Nagpal who fought against the illegal sand mafia in Noida and now fighting the UP government under Akhilesh Yadav There is also a companion story on what happened to other IAS officers who stood up against the ruling men. The issue also looks at the disaster preparedness of Kerala against the backdrop of the 36 day long rain which has almost filled Idukki reservoir and the Mullaperiyar dam .Keral got 36 percent more rain than average rainfall but it has compounded the matters too .Landslips, road accidents fear of dam induced activities have ruined the days and nights of average Malayalees . So the story Then there is the column on smart driving it also features Isha Talwar,Sunny Leone ,Shriya Sharan,Madhavan and Mahima Choudhary.