Green Berets
A few single-minded crusaders fight for India's wildlife-or what's left of it environment.

Perform Or Perish
Rich states protest against the precedence to poverty over performance in allocation of funds.

Whimsical Goodbye
Uma Bharati's reckless streak shows up again, this time making her quit the Lok Sabha.

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Rewarding The Brats

Kautilya
by Jairam Ramesh
Naidu's Wrong

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Shoring Up Our Nerves

Politically Correct
by P. Chidambaram
Let The Market Decide

Language Barrier
These are nightmarish days for officials and other staff at Parivahan Bhavan...

Yielding Place To New
The day the Jharkhand is officially created, Raj Bhawan in Patna will have a new occupant...

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TREMORS
PCC CHIEFS AND THEIR FORTUNES

Govindrao Adik: The party chief in Maharashtra is a high command favourite, personally chosen by Sonia Gandhi to take on both Sharad Pawar and Bal Thackeray.

Girija Vyas: There's a lot that the Rajasthan party chief would like to do, considering her proximity to 10 Janpath, but Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is also a Sonia favourite.

Pranab Mukherjee: No 2 to successive Congress presidents since Indira Gandhi, his appointment as West Bengal party chief is a certain demotion.

Salman Khurshid: Good start but the infighting in the Uttar Pradesh Congress saw his powers being curtailed. A team of feuding leaders now coordinates all activities.

Taste Buddies
Some Googlies at a food quiz for Taj Bengal hotel's Ladies Club...
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Looking Glass
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The stock markets are humming, and it's feel-good time once again, writes INDIA TODAY Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in Au Contraiyar.

Her Majesty's tongue is becoming a rage in Maharashtra schools, despite Thackeray's edict against it. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Farah Baria captures the trend in Despatches.