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January 01, 2001
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Forget endology, writes INDIA TODAY Senior Editor S. Prasannarajan. Celebrate 2001, celebrate the future in
Locomotif.


 
Despatches


The 80th birthday do of a social reformer shows how the lives of entire communites in coastal Gujarat have changed for the better. INDIA TODAY Principal Correspondent Uday Mahurkar reports in Despatches.





Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 


 
COVER STORY: BOLLYWOOD-MAFIA NEXUS
Return Of The Dons

Faced with a shrinking empire, a desperate underworld targets the film industry again. This time round, it's not just extortion. The gangsters muscle their way to a larger share of the profits.
Full Story...


THE NATION: BOFORS SCANDAL
Closing In On Mr Q

The Bofors gun scam gets another twist with the arrest of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi. For the CBI struggling with investigations, the arrest is a feather in its cap.
Full Story...


THE NATION: AYODHYA
God's Advocates

With delay built into the court battles being fought over the ownership of Ayodhya's famous site, the VHP turns on the heat.
Full Story...

 
THE NATION: KASHMIR
In Second Gear
The Centre's policy works, even as the Hurriyat squabbles.
 

STATES: WEST BENGAL
Left Over Boss
With Jyoti Basu unwilling to go, the state has two CMs.


BUREAUCRACY:RECRUITMENT
The New Babu
A phase of transition for an elite core of administrators.

  BOOKS: MANIL SURI
God's Algebra
A mathematician's first novel sets new standards.

FIRST PERSON: INFOSYS CITY
Technopolis
An Indian IT company builds the largest software complex ever.

 

OFFTRACK: J & K
Alphabet Coup
A village sets its children onto a brighter future.


THE ARTS
An Epic Return
Celebrating the universal reach of the Ramayan.

 

MUSIC
Folk Score
Festive Buzz
Hot Track


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh
Abuse Of Power
Activists should target electricity boards.
  Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh
What Will Bush Push?
Bush will continue where Bill left, but there will be changes.
 

 
Politically Corrrect - P. Chidambaram
Releasing the Genies
The prime minister's comments opened a can of worms.
  Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta
Weariness Of Ayodhya
A B Vajpayee showed you can't fight the same battle all over again.
 
 
 
Bodyline by Ravi Shankar Centrestage by Ajit Ninan


VOICES
"If the Uttar Pradesh Government had banned beauty pageants a year ago, I would not have reached this place."
Priyanka Chopra, Miss World 2000, who began her quest for the crown by winning the Miss Bareilly title in 1999

More...

TREMORS
State of the Alliances


CAPLOOKS
Fast Food Chain
Chautala decides to host the mother of all Iftar parties.
  Call Of The Party
Muslims at the PM's party hailed from the Walled City.
House Secret
PM can announce extension of cease-fire only in session.
  Date Duel
Paswan's rationale: it takes one Dalit to take on another.
Confessional
Miss World 2000 may be from Uttar Pradesh, but Chief Minister RAJNATH SINGH bans beauty contests in his state.


Editorials

Reading Olive Branches
Pakistan's motivation isn't peace in Kashmir but pelf in America.

Seeds Of Change
The farm sector could do with a bout of decontrol.


Letter
From the
Editor in Chief

 

Eyecatchers
Somnath Sen and Kavita Munjal
; Amitabh Bachchan; Hrithik Roshan &
Raju the langur.


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MetroScape
Where Words Were King
Katha celebrated its 10th year with "Worlds into Words, Words into Worlds", an international interdisciplinary conference on the short story.
more...

Looking Glass

Delhi: Art Show

Bangalore: Retreat

Bangalore: Restaurant

 


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