January 19, 1998

 

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Contents
Deals on Wheels
Cars to sell but there aren't too many buying them. Having discovered this last year, manufacturers are now offering never-before options as a whole new range of cars is set to hit the roads in weeks.
Related Stories Fast Action
The two-wheeler industry, with aggressive marketing and innovation, has managed to cut through consumer resistance.
New Wheels
Trendy new cars are slated to hit Indian roads.

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India's Alliance Arithmetic
For the first time, all parties including the Congress, are looking at alliances as the key to electoral success. The much-maligned khichri has become the staple of politics today.

Surviving Friends
The BJP learns some hard lessons about coalition politics as it grapples with the reality of leading a pack of diverse regional formations.

Poll Pourri
Former TISCO chairman Russi Mody is intent on contesting the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress hunts for couple of clean faces to boost it image, the fight is all within Laloo's family, the EC spikes Gujral's trip to Punjab...

Flexible Options
Disunity among non-BJP parties worries the community. Nevertheless, Muslims are keen to vote judiciously -- and not any self-proclaimed leadership's behest.

Beg, Borrow or ...
A bankrupt Congress now finds donors playing elusive.

Interview: Sitaram Kesri
"I only have a widow."

Editorials
Editorial Equality Before the Law
Must the CBI seek the governor's sanction before prosecuting a chief minister?
Editorial Yes Comrade Minister
The CPI(M) has finally learnt that it pays to be in government.

My Comrade, My Foe
Elections to the State Committee of the CPI(M) witness unprecedented factionalism that results in the decimation of the once-powerful CITU lobby.

Damaging Doles
On election-eve, governments concede employees' demands for more salary. But few have a clue to how the extra wage bill of
Rs 93,000 crore will be met.

NEWSNOTES
Delhi: Tying Political Knots || Roadways' Blues
Chandigarh: The Beekeeper
Calcutta: Crowd-puller
Mumbai: Poll Play-time
Lucknow: Brickbats & Bouquets ||
Teaching Trouble

Thiruvananthapuram: Reel-life Drama ||
MNC inroads

Eyecatchers
Blow off the dust off your 3-D glasses to see a sizzling Urmila Matondkar turn into a cat, chief minister Jyoti Basu daughter-in-law Dolly Basu exposes papa-in-law's battle onscreen, Manjit Bawa cooks a scrumptious Lohri feast and Shiv Keshavan will be the second Indian to participate in the Winter Olympics.

COLUMNS
Race Course Road by Prabhu Chawla
The Usual Suspects by Swapan Dasgupta
Mani Talk by Mani Shankar Aiyar
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Guest Column by Kaushik Basu
Flipside by Dilip Bobb

Punchhi at Last
The new helmsman of the apex court is non-doctrinaire.

Nuclear Tango
The US blocks foreign involvement in India's nuclear sector. Will a deal for two Russian reactors or an Indo-US bargain change things?

The Quest for Youth
As the yearning to look and feel forever young goes into overdrive, an array of age-defying creams and non-surgical treatments beckon.

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

Centrestage
Deadly Duo

Others

BUSINESS
Trapped in a Maze
Nearly six years after the scam surfaced, the IT Department is struggling to retrieve what it is owed by the brokers involved.

OFFTRACK
Open House
Huts in this Orissa village have no doors -- and almost no cases of theft.

CINEMA
Reality Bites
Shahji Karun's latest film, an Indo-French production, uses Kathakali as a backdrop to tell a tormented dancer's tale.

SPORTS
Making Wrong Moves
A fatal mistake in the end by Anand turns defeat into victory for Karpov.

BOOKS
Magical Mystery Tour
An eclectic mix  of essays, articles and  observations from a uniquely talented writer.
New Releases

Easy Bargain
A couple of stories make up for an otherwise dull anthology.
Authorspeak
Kaizad Gustad

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