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India Today
November 2, 1998

Savage Harvest
A new breed of city-slick and trigger-happy hunters comprising rich farmers, businessmen, bureaucrats and politicians is ravaging the forests, killing wildlife at will. Driven by a strange mix of status and a machismo, they carry on unfazed, aided by an ineffective patrolling system.

Exclusive Interview: A B Vajpayee
"In Coalitions compromises
are a must"
The Government's image has in recent times plummeted but the prime minister deflects charges of inertia and defends his policies vehemently.

Failing the Test
Joshi's Hindutva agenda on education backfires on the Government. In the process, serious measures to reform the sector also fall by the wayside.

Planning in the Dark
In the changing economic scenario, the Planning Commission desperately looks for a new role.

Courting Trouble
Learning no lessons from the past, the party begins seat-sharing talks with the BSP for the November polls. Though willing, Kanshi Ram is already dictating terms.

Sudden Bravado
In a departure from his conciliatory ways, Kalyan gets tough with errant colleagues.

Rapistan!!!
There is a rape every six hours in the state. Dominant castes are using it as a tool to establish supremacy.

Egg On the Face
The Government's latest decision to dump 2.8 lakh 'rotten' eggs has left it open to ridicule.

Embattled Force
The state police is under fire from all sides: charges of atrocities, a damning crime graph and divisions within.

Now, A Green Scam
A slow-moving administration and a toothless SEBI have failed to check fraudulent plantation companies.

Unfair Hike
The national carrier passes on the burden of its operational costs to the traveller.

Race Course by Prabhu Chawla
Usual Suspects by Swapan Dasgupta
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
Cyber Chatter by Arun Katiyar
Flip Side by Dilip Bobb

Ugly Turn
A controversy over Harbhajan Singh's bowling action puts his career in jeopardy. Was the crisis avoidable?

Handle with Care
It makes military sense to disperse India's nuclear arsenal across the country. But the authorities must ensure that the weapons remain safe in storage and transit.

The Lion King
From Teja, the chilling don of 70s Zanjeer to Raabert and Mona Darling: the Ajit persona dominated the Bollywood scene like none else. An obituary.

True to Form
Ex-CMs' Club
Calling Clout
Evicted at Last

Terms of Engagement
Pakistan is crumbling as a nation-state but its nuclear weapons capability and animosity towards India demand a carefully crafted strategy on negotiations.

Idyll Recreated
The artist reworks the classical tradition with a contemporary sensibility, transcending the folk- classical divide. The raw energy of rural Rajasthan is transformed into stylised images of mythic beauty.

Frontman in the Net
With the arrest of the Dawood associate, the police hope to check the don's expansion plans.

New Look
With glitzy offices and art galleries the seedy Mumbai suburb us the hottest address for the corporate world.

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