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November 27, 2000
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The Indian industry has increased its decibel level of whining. Instead, it should get the government to deliver, says INDIA TODAY Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in Au ContrAiyar.

 
Despatches


A TV channel turns good Samaritan and helps trace missing NRIs in the Gulf. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent M.G. Radhakrishnan reports on its six-month successful run in
Despatches.





Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 

Fight the Drought

 


 
COVER STORY: HEALTH
The New Threat

Breast cancer is rapidly emerging as the most common form of cancer among urban Indian women. Among the suspects is a range of lifestyle changes including late marriages and increased alcohol consumption. Fortunately, new treatments bring hope in an area of despair.
Full Story..


THE NATION: CONGRESS
VICTOR'S CROSS

Re-election as party president was the least of Sonia's problems. Besides balancing coteries, she will also have to make uncomfortable choices.
Full Story...


THE NATION: RAJKUMAR'S RELEASE
"It's Like a Rebirth"

Rajkumar is free. His fans are ecstatic, but, in the melee, the issue of Veerappan is forgotten.
Full Story...

BUSINESS: PRIVATISATION
Two Airlines and Six Suitors
The privatisation of IA and AI finally takes off.
 

STATES : JHARKHAND
Power Surge
Every politician wants a piece of the ministerial pie.


STATES: PUNJAB
Tightening Noose

The SGPC chief is in trouble — and so is mentor P. S. Badal.

 

DEFENCE: HELICOPTERS
Loosing Might
The chopper fleet of the IAF is its soft underbelly.


SPORTS: TELECAST DEALS
Rights and Wrongs
The CBI steps up its drive against corruption in cricket.

 

SCIENCE: ETHICS
Venomous Nightmare
Horses producing antivenom for snake bites are ill-treated.


DIPLOMACY: MEKONG-GANGA
River Sutra
India's engage-the-East diplomacy takes a new turn.
  CRIME: LOTTERY SCAM
Dream Fixers
Results are rigged, reducing the business to a sham.

ENTERTAINMENT: CINEMA
Equilateral?
Sooraj Bhartiya signs on Abhi-shek, Hrithik and Kareena. More
  ARTS: KHOJ WORKSHOP
Wide Canvas
Installation art comes alive as artists meet, experiment.

PSUs: TEMPLES OF DOOM
Malarial Malady
Swadeshi Soap-Bubble
  CYBERWATCH
Rates Of Interest
Q & A: Sridhar Mitta

OFFTRACK: MYSORE
Auto Driven
Two brothers park rare cars on the first floor of their house

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh
Comic Relief
The RSS is now trying to propagate fossilised ideas.
  Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh
High-Yielding Politician
A tribute to the spearhead of India's Green Revolution.
 

 
Flip Side - Dilip Bobb
The Coterie Watch
The most coveted job in journalism
  Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta
Restoring the Balance
Be generous at Oxford—but it pays to remember the past.
 

 
Politically Correct - P. Chidambaram
Private Notes
Economic growth is possible only if the Government is able to attract private investors.
 

 
 
 
Bodyline by Ravi Shankar Centrestage by Ajit Ninan


VOICES

"As a lawyer, one had to fight against one's conscience so many times. So I gave it up and switched to politics."
P.A. Sangma, former Lok Sabha Speaker and Nationalist Congress Party leader, at a seminar in Pune

More...

TREMORS
Pace of Reforms in Infrastructure.


CAPLOOKS
Verse and Worse
The Mamata-Sikdar rivalry is beyond one-upmanship.
  Friends Forever
Once bitten, the Congress is now twice shy.
Idle Boast
Joshi leaves little work for his deputy.
  Tour de Farce
The government's plan to promote state tourism fails.
Confessional
Harin Pathak resigned from the Vajpayee Ministry last week after he was chargesheeted in a 15-year-old case.


Editorials

It's Stumps Gentlemen
After players, tainted officials should also be asked to go.

The American Rhapsody
When the nail-biting pursuit of democracy gives no pleasure.


Books
Himalayan Blunders
Travels through kingdoms India cannot afford to ignore.
New Releases
Zoya Hasan, O.P. Sabharwal, Sulakshan Mohan and more.
Women of a Lesser World
Widow's lot: a social status steeped in myth and despair.
Mother Courage
A requiem for caged birds
..
City Slicker
Authorspeak — Ramesh Kumar Biswas.


Letter
From the
Editor in Chief

  Eyecatchers
Maharaja Sawai Mansingh; Rani Mukherjee and Priety Zinta; Yukta Mukhi and Aditi Govitrikar &
Tiger Shroff

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MetroScape

The House of Roshan
After the Kapoors and the Khans, the Roshans are the latest contenders as Bollywood's first family.
more...

Looking Glass

Mumbai: Music

Delhi: Art

Pune: Cafe

more...



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