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.

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

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Abuse of Power

Politically Correct
by P. Chidambaram
Releasing the Genies

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Weariness of Ayodhya

Fast Food Chain

Call of the Party

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India Today Anniversary

VOICES

"Sharad Pawar's only ambition is to become prime minister. Had he been friendly with me, as he was earlier, I would have showed him the political directions to reach that destination."
Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena supremo, in Saamna, the party's paper

"Educated people should be encouraged to join the private sector rather than look up to the government to give them jobs."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, hinting at a ficci meeting that he was keen on downsizing the government

"I do not want to get into arguments with anyone. Rajkumar has been restored to us. Our next aim is to catch Veerappan."
S.M. Krishna, Karnataka chief minister, replying to aiadmk General Secretary J. Jayalalitha's demand for his resignation

VIS-A-VIS

"We joined the Rabri Devi Government in Bihar out of compulsion rather than ideological similarity."
Shakeel Ahmed, President, Bihar pcc

"The Congress leaders should maintain restraint as the danger of communal forces is still looming large."
Laloo Prasad Yadav, President, Rashtriya Janata Dal

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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.
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Looking Glass

Delhi: Art Show

Bangalore: Retreat

Bangalore: Restaurant

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

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.