THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY

As INDIA TODAY celebrates its 45th anniversary, a look back at its major milestones reveals the determination with which the publication has documented every major event in India’s public life, providing context, perspective and analyses to its readers across the nation and abroad. From its very first issue, published in December 1975, the magazine has gone from strength to strength, becoming one of India’s most-read publications. These excerpts from the letters from INDIA TODAY Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie to its readers give a glimpse of the hard work and passion that have gone into building the magazine into the institution it is today.

First issue, December 15, 1975

The purpose of INDIA TODAY is to fill the information gap that exists among persons residing abroad interested in India. The periodic crises and problems which developing countries like India face receive