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India Today, April 5, 1999
April 5, 1999


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New Kicks on the Block
They're costly, sharp and trendy. Occasion drugs like cocaine and ecstasy have seduced an urban generation that is young, rich, successful and out to have a good time. What is more, the users are no longer ashamed to let others know that they do drugs -- and that is what is so disturbing.

The Nation
Sonia, So Far
The Congress makes a half-hearted attempt at unseating Vajpayee. Its real aim seems to be to paint the BJP regime as perennially unstable.

States
Inside the Bloodland
Politics, casteism and deprivation have made Jehanabad fertile armies of the landed and the landless.The result: 80 killed in 10 weeks this year. An India Today team's report .

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Fight to the Finish
A tough and trigger-happy woman takes the law into her own hands in a bloody feud over land in Ujjain.

Making of a Myth
Dara Singh led the mob that killed Staines and his sons and is now on the run. But to the tribals he is more than a mere fugitive.

Lady Reckoner
Her proximity to Kalyan and the clout she wields makes Kusum Rai an unusual power centre.

Columns
Race Course by Prabhu Chawla
Usual Suspects by Swapan Dasgupta
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
On the Ball by Kapil Dev
Viewpoint by Anshuman Gaekwad
Cyber Chatter by Arun Katiyar
Flip Side by Dilip Bobb

Economy
When Love Kills
The Romesh Sharma case gets a new twist with his girlfriend's murder.

Newsnotes
Sour Relations
Friendly Monitor
Turning Green
Image in Ruins
Blast from the Past

Diplomacy
Freedom at Last
One of the outcomes of the bus diplomacy is that Indians and Pakistanis serving time in each other's jails will be released according to international norms.

The Arts
Confide In Me
Simi Garewal has the gift of getting her celebrity guests to open up and reveal, making her syrupy interviews one of the most popular shows on television.

 

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