Welcome to India Today, December 7, 1998

India Today, December 7, 1998
Dec 7, 1998

Lord of the Runs
When he goes out to bat, people switch on their television sets and switch off their lives. What makes Sachin Tendulkar the icon of New Age India? How does he prepare, what does he think and what drives him? The story about a winner's mind and how it works.

ISI Spreads its Net
Combating the growing Pakistani threat has cost the Indian Government Rs 64,500 crore in the past 10 years.

Information on Demand
A new bill is on the anvil, redefining official secrets and bringing most government data into the public domain.

Nightmare on the Tracks
Another accident, another inquiry on what caused it. The only certainty: the huge toll of human lives.

In Hot Pursuit
Sexual indiscretions deal a blow to the Tamil Nadu police force's image.

Discordant Notes
The move to make the recitation of Vande Mataram and the Saraswati Vandana in Uttar Pradesh schools causes strife.

Show and Showdown
Power games controversy mar the beginning of the tercentenary celebrations of the Khalsa Panth.

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

Web Junkies
They speak a different lingo, have no social life, families find them strange and friends feel they're distant. They belong to the cult of mouse-happy Indians which lives for the Internet.

Walking the Razor's Edge
By bringing Sindh under emergency, Nawaz Sharif has taken a political gamble that may backfire.

Kuch Kuch Kyon Hota Hai
Riding the '90s wave of trendy movies with a traditional core, the year's biggest blockbuster wows audiences at home and abroad.

Splendid Saga
China Gate, a slick action film, rides on the shoulders of 10 veterans.

Thin Following
Ignored Forces
Prison Craft
Caged Tiger
PMO's Choice

Rockbottom!
With the slump in global demand forcing small and medium players to downsize operations, export growth slides into the negative.

Insuring Improvement!
The government opens the insurance sector to private participation to the delight of corporates and foreign investors. But the real gainer will be the consumer.

Casino Capitalists
The new entrants to the NSE's computerised trading ring are housewives and retirees who are making deals with their pocket money--and gambling spirit.

Old Body, New Name
Lacking innovation, the National Security Council is unlikely to make a mark.

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