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October 30, 2000
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Column
 
CII’s conference on Friday on corporate governance is called Independent Directors: Why, How and Who. Why Not, How Not and Who Not, would have been better, says INDIA TODAY Associate Editor, V Shankar Aiyar
Au ContrAiyar.

 
Despatches


While the focus of the rest of the world is shifting from relief work to long-term preparedness, disaster management in India is still a good intention. Why? Some answers by INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Subhadra Menon in Despatches.





Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 


 
COVER STORY : RSS
Out of Date

On its 75th anniversary, the organisation unleashed its Vision Hindutva. Combining rural utopianism, economic isolation and aggressive Hindu evangelism, its retrogressive stand will embarrass te BJP, disorient the Government and bewilder the world about India. Full Story...



THE NATION: CONGRESS
Royal Challenge

Dissident leader Jitendra Prasada seems to be weighing all options before throwing his hat in the ring for the party president's post.
Full Story...


DEVELOPMENT: NARMADA DAM
Damning Verdict

The high profile people's agitation suffers a body blow as the Supreme Court clears the controversial dam
Full Story...

THE NATION : RENTAL DUES
Grim Storeys
NDMC to get tough with those who owe more than 160 cr.
 

STATES : UTTARANCHAL
Orchards of Greed
Farmers lured by big money let their holdings be misused


BUSINESS : AUTOMOBILES
Easy Riders
MUVs: the hottest thing on Indian roads with new launches

 

SPORTS: CRICKET
Young Turks

An entire generation of players is hungry and ready


ENVIRONMENT: ADI GANGA
Muck Battle
Calcuttans refuse to immerse idols and demand a clean-up

 

HEALTH
Ayur Viva
Firms cash in on the return of an old system of medicine



HERITAGE: NEEMRANA FORT
Laying Siege
A hotel caught in a storm, as politicians try to gain mileage
  OFFTRACK: BAGADIHA
Rise and Shrine
A deity leaps from obscurity to fame. So does her town


CYBERCHATTER
The Law in These Parts
Hot Off the Web
 

ENTERTAINMENT: CINEMA
Karishma Kapoor, Raj Kumar Kohli, and Diwali



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh
The Road Not Taken
Years may show expressways are what we need
  Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh
A New Round of Controversy
Rural poverty is down, perhaps due to a change in calculation
 

 
Politically Correct -P. Chidambaram
Drifting Truths
As RSS readies itself for battle, should Vajpayee demit office
  Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta
Flip Side of Nationalism
Minority rights must blend with a cohesive national identity.
 

 

Flip Side - Dilip Bobb
Coming to Terms
Those who don't learn from the past spend time regretting

   
 
 
Bodyline by Ravi Shankar Centrestage by Ajit Ninan


VOICES

"I am a cartoonist and know how to read into news. After hearing Bangaru Laxman, I think I should go back to school."
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief, reacting to Laxman's remark that he read the headline and not the speech of the latter's plea to Muslims to join the BJP.

More...

TREMORS
How fighting fit are our fighter jets


CAPLOOKS
Friend in Deed
Knowing Rao was alone, some MPs have pressing demands
  Signal Service
Sonia invites Kamal Nath to a seat at a function, not Digvijay
Talk Show Host
Advani talks of Jaswant Singh: Negative and Positive

  The Queen and I
The Queen is more important for S. M. Krishna


Editorials

Auction For Air India
An open bid approach to kick-start privatisation

Despite the Dam Buster
The Supreme Court's verdict should put the seal on the Narmada Debate


Books
Big Foot Pursuit
One legend goes after another in the snowy expanse of the Himalayas
The Silk Route
Where art and ideas merge
New Releases
Surviving Singh
More women from the Khushwant industry
AuthorSpeak—
KEKI N. DARUWALLA—Home and Away


From the
Editor in Chief

 

Eyecatchers
Akbar Khan and Aishwarya Rai; I.M. Vijayan ; Kamalika Basak ;Pooja Batra and Raveena Tandon


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MetroScape

Eye On Fashion
It was like fashion week again with a string of shows in Delhi and Mumbai.
more...

Looking Glass

Mumbai: Store


Bangalore: Cyber Cafe

Bangalore: Education

Chennai: Exhibition

Delhi: Conference


SBI

Valuecom

 
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