Operation Jungle Storm
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu make a renewed bid to catch the outlaw. But unless the Centre helps, it won't be easy.

The Big Foul-up
Violent protests against a bid to shift polluting units leaves the Government groping for an alternative.

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Rape of the Law

Power Pull

Small Mercies
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Hope for Orrisa

GLOWING FACTS

• The fairness product market grew from Rs 384 crore in 1997-98 to Rs 558 crore in 1999-2000.

• At least 12 new brands have been launched since 1998.

• Popular brands have 4-6 fake copies, implying that the market is bigger than figures suggest.

• It's no more just creams. Soaps and talcs are also in the market.

• Most fairness products are first test marketed in the south.
  

MetroScape
Material Women
When seven designers experiment with Raymond fabrics, gentlemanly dons clearly eclipse women's outfits.
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Looking Glass

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Orthodoxy in economic thought is as odious as obscurantism in the socio-religious context. INDIA TODAY Associate Editor, V Shankar Aiyar, offers a contrarian take on the stock markets and the cause and the impact of policy and practice. Au ContrAiyar.

A study reveals that the use of fertilisers on the west coast of India and their runoff in the Arabian Sea are producing dangerous levels of nitrous oxide or laughing gas. And rising temperature is just one of the effects, warns INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Subhadra Menon in Despatches.