Mission Impossible
Hundreds of individuals are silently galvanising local communities into improving their lives. This is their story, the story of another India within the India as we know it.

Net Losers
As the much-feared shakeout begins, many companies look for an exit while others change strategies hoping to emerge as eventual winners

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
The Battle Isn't Lost

Kautilya
by Jairam Ramesh
Why Opec Has Risen

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Fiza's Tandav For Jehad

Action Station

Out-sourced Secrets

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The Changes

»Brick and mortar companies will expand into the Net, driving some dotcoms under.

»More dotcoms will be shut down, rather than be merged or acquired.

»There will be partnerships between dotcom and non-dotcom businesses.

The Enablers

»Net businesses will be viable only when the number of users crosses 20 million.

»Services-medical, educational, consultancy-will enter the Net in a big way.

»Foreign competition for dotcoms will be greater than non-dotcom businesses.

Sets Apart
31-year-old juggling with set design,instalation art and acting.
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Looking Glass
Mumbai: Exhibition

Bangalore: Food Guide

Bangalore: Restaurant

Delhi: Restaurant
Delhi: Film Festival

Chennai: Showroom

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In an increasingly crime-ridden society, schools in Mumbai wake up to the need for value education. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Farah Baria assesses the new trend in Despatches.