Victor's Cross
Re-election as party president was the least of Sonia's problems. She will have to balance coteries, and make difficult choices.

"It's like a re-birth"
Rajkumar is free, his fans are ecstatic but in the melee, the issue of Veerappan is forgotten.

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Comic Relief

Verse and Worse

Friends Forever

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Fight the Draught

C-ECONOMICS

• Established C-grade heroines get rs 5,000-10,000 a day. Freshers have to make do with Rs 500 a day.

• Dhaemendra is the big star. He commands Rs 1 lakh a day for a nine-hour shift.

• These lowbrow block-busters cost Rs 10-30 lakh to produce.

• At Rs 5-10 lakh a territory, the films make fair profits.

MetroScape
Home Run
Stage specialists The Company Theatre has been making life a lot easier for sluggish Mumbaikars by bringing plays right to their sofa sides.
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Looking Glass

Mumbai: Music

Delhi: Art

Pune: Cafe

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The Indian industry has increased its decibel level of whining. Instead, it should get the government to deliver, says INDIA TODAY Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in Au ContrAiyar.

A TV channel turns good Samaritan and helps trace missing NRIs in the Gulf. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent M.G. Radhakrishnan reports on its six-month successful run in Despatches.