Table of contents

For my magazine, as I want to talk about a country, I want it to cover all the aspects of an country such as the history, important events, culture, food, traditions, tourist locations, music, fashion, art, famous personalities and their contribution to the country, films, etc. Even though all of them are interconnected it would be better and easier to understand them if they were divided into different sections.

For the magazine to be felt more curated, professional and readable, it would be good if it was not too long or too short. It would be long enough for the readers to get hooked on to but not that long that they would get bored. After giving it a bit of a thought and researching into lifestyle magazines I saw that they ideally consisted 125 plus pages and finalised on my magazine around 140-150 pages.

Contents

Theme: Beyond Borders and Stereotypes

• Front
  • 1 : Cover
  • 2 : Editors Letter
  • 3 : Contributors and Credits
  • 4-5 : Table of contents
  • 6-7 : India at glance – map and statistics
  • 8-11 : Visual timeline – changes through time
• Section 1 – History and Foundation
  • 12 : Section Opener
  • 13-16 : Indus Valley Civilization
  • 17-20 : Vedic Age and Early Kingdoms
  • 21-24 : Morya and Gupta Empires (future feature 1)
  • 25-28 : Medieval India (future feature 1)
  • 29-32 : Mughal Empire (future feature 1)
  • 33-36 : Colonial Rule (future feature 2)
  • 37-40 : Freedom Struggle (future feature 2)
  • 41-44: Independence and Partition (future feature 2)
• Section 2 – Land, People and Tourism
  • 45-48 : Geography and Climate
  • 49-52 : Language and Diversity
  • 53-56 : Cities and Urban Life (future feature 1)
  • 57-60 : Rural India (future feature 1)
  • 61-64 : Tourist Destinations and Heritage sites (future feature 2)
• Section 3 – Culture, Traditions
  • 65-68 : Religions of India
  • 69-72 : Festivals and Celebrations
  • 73-76 : Family, Society and Customs (future feature 1)
  • 77-80 : Life Events and Rituals (future feature 2)
  • 81-84 : Traditional Clothing and Symbols (future feature 2)
• Section 4 – Food and Culinary Culture
  • 85-88 : Philosophy of India Food
  • 89-92 : Regional Cuisines
  • 93-96 : Street Food Culture (future feature 1)
  • 97-100 : Spices, Trade and Global Influence (future feature 2)
• Section 5 – Music, Dance and Art
  • 101-104 : Classical Music and dance
  • 105-108 : Folk Music and Dance
  • 109-112 : Visual Arts and Architecture (future feature 1)
  • 113-116 : Contemporary and Fusion Art (future feature 2)
• Section 6 – Fashion, Textiles and Designs
  • 117-120 : Traditional Attire
  • 121 – 124 : Textiles and Craft (future feature 1)
  • 125-128 : Fashion Designer and Youth Style (future feature 2)
• Section 7 – Cinema and Pop Culture
  • 129-132 : History of Indian Cinema
  • 133-136 : Bollywood and Regional Films (future feature 1)
  • 137-140 : Modern Media and Iconic Films (future feature 2)
• Back
  • 141-142 : Glossary
  • 143-144 : Acknowledgements and Wachlist

After creating the table, I realised that I need to have some future features and so I divided it into 3 features, for very 4 months. And now my spring feature magazine consists of 60 pages including the front and back page.