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

CAPSULE CONTENT

• Copy of original Zoroastrian gathas (scriptures) and the Avesta (the Parsi Gita).

• Photos of Parsi saints.

• List of Agiaries and Atash Behrams (fire temples).

• Farmans (records) of land granted to Parsis by Emperor Akbar and Jehangir.

• Kor-ni-sari (sari), pheta (ceremonial hat), dugli (overcoat), sapats (leather mocassins), sadra (sacred vest worn by all Parsis) and priestly dresses.

• Copper scroll containing a list of all the above mentioned items.

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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Delhi: Music

Chennai: Store

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.