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India Today, January, 1999
Jan 4, 1999


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Heroes, Villains and Zeros
of 1998

It was a year that threw up many heroes, some known but mostly everyday Indians going about their job. The villains too were not in short supply. INDIA TODAY chronicles the rollercoaster journey through the tumultous year that was.

HEROES
Amartya Sen: The Nobel Indian
Nuclear Tests: What a Blast
Digvijay Singh: Winner Takes it All
Gallantry: Knight Service
Neemuch eye donors: A People with Vision
N Chandrababu Naidu: Hard Drive
Tata Indica: Swadeshi on Wheels
Development: Independent Action
NRI Bonds: Unlikely Harvest
Avelin Mary: Mission Possible
Kuchh Kuchh Hota Hai: Picture Perfect
Sachin Tendulkar: Stroke of Genius
Asian Games: Runaway Winners
Daler Mehndi: Just Dalerious

Letter from the EditorEditorials
Eyecatchers
Voices
Books

Metro Today

VILLAINS
Bal Thackeray: No.1 Yet Again
Jayalalitha: Tantrum Amma
Romesh Sharma: Fixer's Fixer
Yashwant Sinha: Rolling Back
Romesh Bhandari: Teed Off
Onion: Pungent Reminder
Sports: Politics at Play
UTI: Unfaithfully Yours
Dropsy: Death by Default
Salman Khan: Misplaced Machismo
ZEROES
Jain Commission: Who Done It?
L K Advani: Me Two
Kushabhau Thakre: Who?

Sitaram Kesri: Creature the World Forgot
Talbott-Jaswant Talks: It's the Weather, Stupid
P V Narasimha Rao's The Insider: Pen-ful Debut
Indo-Pak Dialogue: Dumb Charade

Amitabh Bachchan's Major Saab: Sunshine Boulevard
Sushma Swaraj: Calamity Behen
Laloo-Mulayam Entente: Thud Front
Sharad Pawar: Zero Power
I K Gujral: Bus to Pakistan

SIGNPOSTS

Ajit (1922-1998)
Protima Bedi (1948-1998)
Om Prakash (1919-1998)
Pradeep (1915-1998)
P N Haksar (1913-1998)
E M S Namboodiripad (1909-1998)
Lalita Pawar (1916-1998)
Vinod Mishra (1947-1998)
Raman Lamba (1960-1998)
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)
Persis Khambatta (1948-1998)
Laxmikant Kudalkar (1937-1998)
Nation
Alone Together
The floor coordination in Parliament by the BJP and the Congress gave both parties time to rein in the opposition within and outside

columns
Race Course by Prabhu Chawla
Usual Suspects by Swapan Dasgupta
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh

Sports
Testing Conditions
Windy Wellington is better suited for the Indians to display their wares.

Diplomacy
Old Friends Calling
The visits by Russian PM Primakov and Sri Lankan President Kumaratunga reaffirm India's strategic alliances with the two countries.

 

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