Highlights of India Today Malayalam magazine dated October 24, 2012. It looks at the strange ways with which Robert Vadra,so in law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the husband of Priyanka Gandhi acquired crores in dubious real estate deals with realtor DLF.The man who has started with small money on overdrafts strange transactions have become crorepathi .To add to it his comment on face book as mango in banana country has added fire to the fuel.After Bofors scandal this is the first time the Gandhi family is targeted in a corruption scandal. India goes deep into the issue and comments exhaustively in the issueThe scandal would have far greater political consequences as election may come any time as BSP`s Mayawathi declares.The issue has also a look at the new reformer finance minister Chidambaram who is trying to make India`s economy robust .The issue has a very picturesque curtain raiser on the Grand prix car race.The issue has also a very telling big story on Domestic violence in kerala.The data that Kerala state Social Welfare department released last week show that domestic violence in Kerala homes are growing at an unprecedented rate. 3288 domestic violence cases registered in the state during 2011-2012. Quoting experts and reals lifestories from different parts of Kerala its must read. The article in Kesari, RSS mouth piece in Kerala suggesting a CPM_BJP alliance in the future and its implications for the two front dominated Kerala is a pointer to the times.That Kerala which has been rain surplus for long is finally experiencing drought like conditions as the south west monsoon has not been kind to her. instead of the abundant rain for three to four months this time she received rains which is 30 percent less. That means severe drought in certain districts, which will directly affect agriculture and also a fall in the electricity generation as Kerala is mostly dependent on hydel power generation. The issue also has story on a life of goat written by Benyamin which has crossed 50000 copies mark,which is rare in Malayalam.The issue also features Annoop Menon,controversial scriptwriter of the film trivandrum lodge