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October 09 2000
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In India, youth is marked by impetuosity and prevented from getting ahead. Elsewhere, of course, the young rule the world, says INDIA TODAY Deputy Editor Swapan Dasgupta in Day Dreams.

Despatches

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.

Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century

COVER STORY : INDO RUSSIAN RELATIONS

More Than A Bear Hug

In a new game of diplomacy, Russia moves to sign a strategic declaration with India that primarily aims to counter the blossoming Indo-US relations

Full Story...

SPECIAL FEATURE: THE OTHER INDIA

Mission Possible

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.
Full Story...

BUSINESS: DOTCOMS

Net Losers

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

THE NATION: BJP-SENA
Sparring Partners
Allies turn rivals as the Sena cashes in on disquiet in the BJP

THE NATION: TV RULES
Turning The Cables
The blackout marks the start of a war by cable operators

STATES: ORISSA
The Bonds That Heal
Survivors of last year's cyclone take comfort in matrimony

STATES: RAJASTHAN
Not Committed
What is the fate of the many commissions in the state?

CRIME: CHOTTA RAJAN
Bangkok's Dirty Secret
Are Rajan and Dawood rivals in an international arms racket?

HEALTHWATCH
Mother of all Pills
A new drug allows termination of early pregnancies but...

NEIGHBOURS: CHINA Trade Against Terror A first-person account on the free market China is sold on		SPORTS: OLYMPICS All Over Again Indian athletes flirt with glory but can't rewrite history

MUSIC: MUSINGS Reverberations Screen Surf Hot Track		OFFTRACK: WANKANER Royal Recollections An old Maharaja reminisces about Gandhiji and cricketers


Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh The Battle Isn't Lost Corruption can be countered. Begin by sacking venal officials		Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta Fiza's Tandav for Jehad When embracing terrorism becomes a glamour statement

Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh
Why OPEC Has Risen
The '80s, '90s began with an oil bang. This decade too is similar.

Flipside - Dilip Bobb
Olympian Goals
Pinning down lax Indian officials is as impossible as...

Bodyline by Ravi Shankar	Centrestage by Ajit Ninan

VOICES
"You don't have to run for office but you need to be a force here. If you don't spend money, you don't get heard."
Vinod Gupta, a US-based Indian entrepreneur who raised over $500,000 for Al Gore, the Democrat presidential candidate
More...

TREMORS
India's Bilateral Relations

CAPLOOKS

Action Station
The PMO is all set to "shift" from South Block to Mumbai ...

Out-Sourced Secrets
S.M. Krishna hires PR men to prepare infotech presentations

Mad Scramble
Her prolonged sulk seems to be doing Uma Bharati no good

Speech Impediment
Badal blames the Congress for his persistent cough

Editorials
Why Oil's not Well
Forget austerity drives-get specific on downsizing government

Sydney harbours Hope
Focusing on Indian Sport's Core Competencies

Books
Perilous Precision
A thriller crafted by a newsperson's clinical mind
Kastur Kapadis Unveiled
A Grandson's Memoirs of the Woman behind the Mahatma
Sad Max
The tacky absurdity of everyday life
New Releases
Top 10 Bestsellers


From the Editor in Chief		Eyecatchers Malaika Arora, Mark Waugh, Riya Sen and Nina Menon

METRO TODAY

MetroScape
Sets Apart
31-year-old juggling with set design,instalation art and acting.
more...

Looking Glass
Mumbai: Exhibition

Bangalore: Food Guide

Bangalore: Restaurant

Delhi: Restaurant

Delhi: Film Festival

Chennai: Showroom

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