Left with no Choice
In a belated recognition of sweeping developments both at home and abroad, the CPI(M) grudgingly admits changes in its programme and distances itself from past ideological tenets

Killing The Goose
A strike at India's biggest carmaker punctures its plans to retain primacy and retrieve the ground lost to competitors in recent times

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Ghosts of Perception

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Trident of Belligerence

On Cloud Nine

Angling for Power

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Going Steady: Lest We Forget

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Students' Britannica India Vol. I-VII
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Tilonia, Where Tradition and Vision Meet
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Insights into a rural community.

"I Dare!" Kiran Bedi, A Biography
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Story of the policewoman and Magsaysay Award winner's life.

Perspectives on Indian Economy
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Essays on the economy by the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.

Captors of Time
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A study of 34 "monu-ments of the millennium" across six continents.

Baba Amte's Flames and Flowers
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A look at the social worker's personal and professional mission.

Encyclopaedia of Sikhism
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Over 1,000 terms and facts on Sikhism.

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Paintings for Perspiration
"Affordable art — Celebration of Life" was a unique showcasing of art goading fitness junkies.
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Looking Glass

Calcutta: Music

Delhi: Restaurant

Delhi: Play

INDIA TODAY Deputy Editor Swapan Dasgupta voices the despair of a community that Jyoti Basu forcibly converted into a diaspora in his 23 years of zero-contribution rule. Day Dreams.

With the NBA waging an out-of-court battle, the real test for the Gujarat Government lies in completing the task of rehabilitating all those displaced. It's daunting but not insurmountable, writes INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Uday Mahurkar in Despatches.