COVER
STORY
The New Boom Town
Fuelled by the economic boom of the '90s, India's capital city has emerged as
the country's favoured place for opportunity seekers. It is today the largest destination
for foreign investment, the biggest market for consumer products, the most active centre
for art and culture and offers a radically changed life-after-work.
NATION
Murli's Mission
As elementary education is poised
to get a major boost in the coming months, Murli Manohar Joshi may
be remembered for more things than a spate of controversial saffron
appointments.
Mix
'n' Match Governance
By expanding his cabinet, Vajpayee
may have attempted to induct fresh talent and contain dissidence
but all it has done is lead to mistrust among allies and rumblings
within the BJP.
STATES
Goan Again!
With
the same MLAs and ministers
changing roles and parties to bring down successive governments,
politicking takes precedence over governance.
Borrowed
Bubble
The coffers of the country's most industrialised province are empty thanks to populist
politics. Can the new Government clear the mess before it's too late.
Mascot
Stays
Basu wants to
retire. But the CPI(M) Politburo says no on grounds that the Left
Front can't do without him.
Nobody's
Child
The cyclone leaves
hundreds of children orphaned and homeless. With existing orphanges
full and adoption almost unheard of in the state, uncertainty stares
them in the face.
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