December 11, 2000 Issue





COVER
  Invasion From the East
The sudden deluge of consumer products from China, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia has opened up new shopping options for consumers.


 
THE NATION
 

Ministers Of Idle State
Appointed by the NDA Government with a view to appease groupings in a mammoth coalition, junior Ministers are only proving a financial drain.


 
THE NATION
 

Just Year Say
Ram Jethmalani finds few takers for his allegations that Chief Justice Anand is functioning beyond retirement age.

 
Columns
 

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Poverty Politics

 
    Kautilya
by Jairam Ramesh
Great Mall Of China


 
    Politically Correct
by P. Chidambaram
Make The Buck Stop


 
    Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
At Peace With Angrezi
 
    FlipSide
by Dilip Bobb
Mixed Doubles
 
Other stories
  Indian Divorces Act  
  Kashmir Cease-Fire  
  Neighbours  
  Heritage  
  Cyberspace  
  Cricket  
  Music  
  Cinema  
  Economy  
NewsNotes
 

Dying Tone

 
 

Hedging His Bets
More...

 
 



 
  Home  
 

VOICES

"It is not a matter of life and death if the growth rate goes a few points on the negative or positive side."
Yashwant Sinha, Union finance minister, suggesting that a less than budgeted growth rate should not be a cause for worry

"We are proud of our language, but we want to show the world that we are at home in English. Learning English is not anti-swadeshi."
Keshubhai Patel, Gujarat chief minister, on declaring English a compulsory language from Class V in all schools

"He was looking at me with his light-blue eyes, wearing a light-blue suit, but actually he was looking deep inside himself."
Ajit Panja, minister of state for external affairs, on his recent meeting with the Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in The Indian Express

"When I get bored, I go out and buy a new car or a new watch or acquire a new tattoo."
David Beckham, England footballer, who is among the highest paid professionals in the game, after he got his wife Victoria's name tattooed on his arm in the Devanagari script

VIS-A-VIS

"There is more corruption in the Central Bureau of Investigation than in cricket."
Kamal Morarka, Vice-President, BCCI

"The Board of Control for Cricket in India does not agree with the views of its vice-president."
A.C. Muthiah, President, BCCI

Top

 
 
 
     METRO TODAY
  MetroScape  
   


MetroScape
Signor Style
At a Benetton store in Delhi's Greater Kailash I market, the billionnaire Italian sportingly donned a bandhini turban for the benefit of the non-stop flashbulbs.
more...

Looking Glass

Delhi: Restaurants

Mumbai: Cafe

 
    Web Exclusives
COLUMNS  


Enron symbolises everything that's wrong with the way reforms were handled by M/s Rao & Manmohan, says INDIA TODAY Associate Editor
V. Shankar Aiyar in

Au ContrAiyar.

 
DESPATCHES  


That's what the Archeological Survey of India believes the hike in entry fee at key heritage sites will achieve. But the tourism industry is sceptical, writes INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Farah Baria in
Despatches.

 
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