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November 13, 2000
Issue

Column

How can Non-Performing Assets of companies be cleared? By recovering what you can, writes INDIA TODAY Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in AuContrAiyar.

Despatches

The Bangalore Development Authority becomes the first civic body in the country to issue a showcause notice to a sitting High Court judge for land violations. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Stephen David reports on a determined demolition drive in Despatches.

Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century

Lest We Forget

COVER STORY : CRICKET

All Out

With Azharuddin confessing to the CBI, the lid is off on cricket's biggest scandal. As the net widens, can the game's credibility be restored?
Full Story...

STATES : CHHATTISGARH

Burden of Hope

Ajit Jogi takes over a state rich in resources, but he can expect teething troubles from expectant allies and disappointed rivals vying for the top post
Full Story...

STATES : WEST BENGAL

Wasteland

Basu leaves behind a state that is politically marginalised and economically denuded. His legacy: masterful non-performance.
Full Story...

THE NATION : CONGRESS
Gain Plan
Prasada's only aim is to show Sonia up as a factional leader

THE NATION : TV CHANNELS
The Home Run
The DTH revolution may take time as investments are huge

INVESTIGATION: KANISHKA
Grounded At Last
Three Canadian Sikhs arrested 15 years after the air bombing

GENDER : VIOLENCE BILL
The Battered Half
Women abused at home finally see hope

THE ARTS : GERMAN FESTIVAL
Crafting A Nation
Grand exhibits on medieval art at the German National Museum

LIVING: INTERIORS
A Fashion for Designs
From tiles to teaspoons, nothing's plain utilitarian now

ENTERTAINMENT: CINEMA Q&A: Priyadarshan Stormy Truth		CYBERCHATTER E-zines Off the Rack Hot Off The Web

PSUS: TEMPLES OF DOOM Window Dressing While the PSU is up for sale, SIL has cost the taxpayer a king's ransom to be sale-worthy		OFFTRACK: MUMBAI The Books Got Her Captivated by old volumes a city girl gave up her job—and found a new career


Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh True Lies Forever The ruling class perpetuates the belief that the rich are exploiting the poor		Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh Banking on Dilution Reducing government share-holding in public-sector banks is inevitable

Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta Intrigues at the Very Top What the mess in UP tells us about the Delhi durbar		Flip Side - Dilip Bobb Book Fare Now it's fashionable to have a season for book launches...

Politically Correct - P. Chidambaram Freedom Of Reach It doesn't behove the print media to oppose foreign investment

Bodyline by Ravi Shankar	Centrestage by Ajit Ninan

VOICES "I don't know on what basis my name is being bandied about ... If service to the nation is a crime, I plead guilty." Manoj Prabhakar, former cricket player, reacting to reports that his name figured in the CBI report on match-fixing More... TREMORS Probable New States CAPLOOKS
Self-Service Media Ananth Kumar brings out a Kannada tabloid-bulletin...		Twin-Pronged Strategy Why did Akalis retreat after threatening to pull out of NDA?
Royal Meltdown Uma Bharati attends Rajnath's swearing-in		Verse Battles Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi seek poetic justice
Confessional Punjab Chief Minister P.S. BADAL had to cancel a Canada trip following the arrest of the Kanishka bombers.

Editorials
It's the Seniority Stupid
Why the best officers are often left behind

Share the Blues
A depressed market holds cheery prospects for the long term

Books
For God's Sake
Novel's worst moment: comic-strip nirvana in Hindu India
New Releases
Sruti Mahapatra, Jason Elliot, Meera Sayal...
Heart of Lightness
A diasporic novel comes to terms with duality and ancestry
Native Ground
New idioms of Indian drama
Modern Times
Authorspeak — DIPANKAR GUPTA