India Today issue dated July 31, 2000

COLUMNS	NEWSNOTES
Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh Right to Change-To make our politicians alter their priorities, we must start by redefining our own. Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh Numbers of Poverty-Four new papers on the movement of the poverty ratio in the 1990s. Flipside: by Dilip Bobb Olympic Hopes Right Angle: by Swapan Dasgupta Musharraf's Cat's Paw-Pakistan doesn't merely covet Kashmir, it targets Indian unity.	Guess Who's Closer While Pramod Mahajan tried to keep Yashwant Sinha off the Dalal Street big bash guest-list, the Prime Minister persuaded Sinha to accompany him to the same. Shadowy Schemes Bhajan Lal's shadow cabinet left Haryanvi political circles agog as it turned out to be more than an alternative watchdog. Twice Born To make sure that people know of his Mithila Brahmin lineage and political legacy, Kirti Azad has prefixed his neutral surname with the family title of Jha. Call Me Freeble Ram Vilas Paswan hosted 50 MPs and their families officially wasting Rs.3 crore for a 3hr meeting to discuss wireless in local loop technology. Confessional Mirwaiz Omar Farooq of the Hurriyat Conference says the group will talk to the Centre under certain conditions.
REGULARS	WEB EXCLUSIVES
From the Editor in Chief Editorials Property is Theft-Want a house in Delhi? Steal public land. Talk Don't Run-Indian cricket's salvation doesn't lie in muzzling the captain. Eyecatchers Rishita Thakkar Bhatt with a handful of projects, PentaMedia Graphics, Hewlett Packard and 3dMaxMedia are resurrecting the late Raj Kapoor and MGR, Pooja Batra as a young, smart politician in Atlee Brar's Good Night, Princess, Nana Patekar and Ayesha Jhulka are teaming up for Purush. Voices Books Commercial Art Idle Worship The Nowherian Offtrack Tunes that Count-A schoolgirl assists ailing children by raising funds through her singing. Centre stage by Ajit Ninan Body Line by Ravi Shankar	Locomotif S Prasanarajan on ideas and attitudes that capture the zeitgeist. Day Dreams Swapan Dasgupta's fulminations against the mad,bad world. 21 Up Journey into the future with Raj Chengappa's take on foreign affairs, sci-tech, even nuclear bombs. Friday Fundas Musings on trends, shams and life by Ravi Shankar 24 Frames Per Second Sensuous and mesmerising account of the Tinsel town by Anupama Chopra Loose Change An incisive take on the business and economy by Sudeep Chakravarti Au ContrAiyar A contrarian take on stock markets, policy and practice by V Shankar Aiyar Dispatches Exclusive stories for the web Chat transcripts Interviews

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