September 25 Issue





Column


If the markets don’t recover in the next 48 hours expect the worst, says V Shankar Aiyar in Au Contraiyar.

 





Despatches


Targeting offensive and misleading commercials, vigilant viewers are now setting ethical bounds for the ad industry. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Farah Baria looks at the new set of dos and don'ts in Despatches.





Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY : DOCTOR VS PATIENT
Growing Distrust

A surge in negligence suits and lax regulations undermine the medical profession's credibility. Can the sacred bond between the patient and the doctor be restored? Plus what went wrong in the Kumaramangalam case. Full Story...


THE NATION: BJP
Swadeshi Time Bomb

The Vajpayee Government's pro-market thrust is alienating the party's traditional support base, causing disquiet in the ranks
Full Story...


ECONOMY: OIL PRICES
On Fire Again

A hike in diesel, LPG and kerosene rates is imminent. And you will be paying more than rising global prices warrant. Why?
Full Story...

THE NATION: RELIGION
At Cross Purposes
Some Christians participate in a US panel hearing, creating a stir
 

GOVERNMENT: PM IN US
Saffron Sam
A peek behind the headlines by our Editor Prabhu Chawla



BUSINESS: TELECOM
Enter Babu-Tel
Government monopoly gets corporatised next month but ...

  STATES: MAHARASHTRA
Survival Instinct
Fear of saffron turns old rivals into brothers in arms


CINEMA: VILLAINS
New Age Baddies
The comic book psycho turns casually evil and true to life

 

ARTS: GERMANY CALLING
Enriching Ensemble
The German festival in India is more than just a fancy fare




SPORTS: OLYMPICS SPECIAL
Open Sesame
The Games begin with a bang--and a hint of controversy
  SPORTS: CRICKET
The End Game
Kapil puts cricket behind him but perhaps not his troubles


MUSIC: MUSINGS
Screen Surf
Reverberations
Hot Track
New Releases

 

HEALTH
Degrees Of Inaccuracy
Your thermometer isn't as reliable as you would believe



OFFTRACK: INDORE, MP
A Hand and an Eye
That's what this Writers' Bank gives the visually impaired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh
Terrorised State
It's a shame--governments grovelling before murderers

  Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta
They also Serve India
Vajpayee shows he has a mind independent of minders
 

Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh
Forty and Going Strong
It's a historic anniversary but India and Pakistan still fight
  Flipside - Dilip Bobb
Sights Unseen
There are some situations all Indians want to see happen

Economic Graffiti - Kaushik Basu
Nietzsche Century
A death anniversary tribute to
a troubled philosopher

   
Bodyline by Ravi Shankar Centrestage by Ajit Ninan


VOICES
"I have always considered myself a swayamsevak (volunteer) of India and her people and shall remain so for ever."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, clarifying that there had been "unwarranted interpretation" of his speech in New York
More...

TREMORS
Women's bills and their status


CAPLOOKS
Dot and Dotcom
For most ministers, it's "Sabeer who"
  Breaking Barriers
A class war is on in the BJP headquarters
Forked Tongue
Buddhdeb Bhattacharya's tete-a-tete with S.S. Ray
  Pulse Impulse
C.P. Thakur plays doctor in Cheerapunji

Confessional
He is BJP vice-president, but Gopinath Munde's priority remains Maharashtra

 

 


Editorials

Obsessively Yours
Vajpayee should not have let Pakistan colonise his official US speeches
Marxist Mother Tongue
Basu takes political expression to the cattle


Books
Royal Romp
Laughter and boredom in Rajputana
Her Majesty's Voice
A valuable introduction to India's women musicians
Butch Comedy and the Boom Boom Kid
It's all phutt-phutt as an Indian goes wild in America
Author Speak- T.K. OOMMEN: Missionary Position
New Releases

From the
Editor in Chief

 

Eyecatchers
Purva Bedi,
Rinkie Khanna, Cattle Battle and Hrishikesh Mukherjee.



   
 
 
     METRO TODAY
   
   


MetroScape

Lord Of Colour
61 artists had an exhibition of Ganesha paintings, sculptures and metal relief works at the Vinyasa Art Gallery in Chennai.

more...

Looking Glass
Delhi: Hotel

Bangalore: Clothes

Chennai: Airlines

 


SBI: With you all the way

Saregama

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