January 5, 1998

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Contents
People of 1997
From Sitaram Kesri's manipulative politics to the courage of ordinary fishermen who saved drowning schoolchildren, these people made a difference to the year that went by. A look at the best and the worst.

Year of Chaos
It was a year of turmoil. It was also a year of accidents and grief. Yet there were moments of hope. A selection of images.

Transition
A tribute to the premier newsmakers whom India lost in 1997.

Promises of 1998
What will change--and what should change.


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Editorial Reserving Judgement
The delay in naming the next chief justice is a situation India could have done without.
Editorial Mutiny and Bounty
The IAF has no place for trade unionism -- nor for populist defence ministers.

OPINION POLL
BJP's Early Surge
A pre-election poll indicates another hung Lok Sabha with BJP leading and the Congress gaining at the UF's expense.

Ominous Vacancy at Court No. 1
Chief Justice Verma retires on January 18 but is yet to name a successor creating a constitutional deadlock.

NEWSNOTES
Delhi: Mani Logic
Chandigarh: Election Homework
Patna: One-track Agenda
Bhubaneswar: Friend in Need
Hyderabad: Speech Slip

Eyecatchers
Shobha De plans to reveal all in her proposed autobigraphy, Anaida's new song sounds like Greek, Pooja Bhatt ventures onto the stage with her maiden production and Rahul Khanna might just give reigning sex-symbol and little brother Akhsaye Khanna a run for his money.

Columns
Give us Governance by Swapan Dasgupta
Mani Talk by Mani Shankar Aiyar
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh

C E N T R E S T A G E
By Ajit Ninan

Centrestage
Crumbling Edifice

Others

Inside Story
A pick of some of the more memorable experiences that INDIA TODAY's reporters had during 1997.

Who Thought of That?
Every year has its share of marketing disasters,quixotic government policies and plain nonsense. There was a particularly good crop of bad ideas in 1997.

Ninan's View


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