Fifth Column by Tavleen Singh
Tabs on the Taxman-That's what is required to prevent our tax
officials from turning into bounty hunters.Kautilya by Jairam Ramesh
The Centre Must Hold-Defending New Delhi in the debate on greater
fiscal autonomy to states.
Flipside: by Dilip Bobb
Prime Times
Right Angle: by Swapan Dasgupta
By Means Foul And Fair-Arresting Thackeray didn't show our liberals in
the flattering light.
Politically
correct: by P.Chidambaram
Full-Time Freeload-Term limits and asset disclosure are needed to make
our politicians behave.
Economic
Grafitti: by Kaushik Basu
A sameness pervades India despite huge distances and the poverty of
its people.
Cyber
Chatter: by Samar Halarnkar
Down Gurgaon Way
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What
the Deuce!
Finance Minister Yashwant
Sinha should get the post of president of the AITA. He will take over
chartered accountant R.K. Khanna. On the Write Track
Inspite of his penchant for snubbing journalists, Haryana Chief
minister Om Prakash Chautala knows the way to media's heart.
Family
Quarrel
Infighting in the Congress
continues as the George-Sharma feud has cast its shadow on Sonia's
secretariat as well.
Baby Bloomer
The absence of mother-of-nine
Chief Minister was was notable as she didn't appear for the meeting of
the National Commission on Population Control.
Confessional
His four earlier terms totalled
just seven months. Finally Om Prakash Chautala completes a year as
Haryana CM.
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From the
Editor in Chief Editorials
Glimmer in the Valley-Talk to
Hizbul-but keep your powder dry.
Future Shock-Starry-eyed UGC and the prospect of an MSc (Astrology)
Eyecatchers
Shyamal Kanti Chakraborty,
Abhinav Bindra, Aruna Roy and Jockin Arputham, Rajat Sharma, Rajiv
Shukla, Saeed Naqvi.
Voices
Books
The Plot Stiffens
Witch Stunt
Paradise Lost
Offtrack
Work is Worship-Construction
activity in a temple here has never ceased-and never will.
Centre
stage
by Ajit Ninan
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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
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