Highlights of India Today issue dated December 9, 2013 This weeks Cover story titled Disgrace is on how Tarun Tejpal, a fabled media star faces charges of sexual assault. In a shocking end to a murder mystery that has riveted the nation for over five years, the Talwars are held guilty of killing their daughter, highlights the Big story, Chronicle of a Murder Retold. The Nation story, Riots of Passage, analyses how the governments plan to enact a law against communal violence runs into trouble as political parties and civil society groups question its provisions and timing. Modi’s Muslim Messengers, another story in the Nation section, focuses on how the Gujarat Chief Minister enlists support of influential Muslims for his image makeover. The Society story, Maid to Order, throws light on how cruelty against domestic workers highlight the plight of people caught between dubious placement agencies and homeowners with a medieval mindset. Three decades of theatre have only fuelled director Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry’s creative urge. She explores newer frontiers with the debut of her opera Naciketa, says the story London Dreams. The issue has three free magazines – Aspire, Simply Bangalore and Simply Kolkata – with it.