Peace Offensive
The Centre's strategy is to portray the Hurriyat Conference and Pakistan as hurdles in its quest for a political solution.

Black Out
Yet another major grid failure serves as a reminder of how deep-rooted the rot in India's power sector is.

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Museworthy

Right Angle
by Swapan Dasgupta
Clarifying Clarification

Politically Correct
by P. Chidambaram
And Justice in Time

Flip Side
by Dilip Bobb
The PM's Lament

Wile Praise

Farm Resolve

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MAHA LOGISTICS

A sadhu places his trishul in front of his tent

• Camp sites for 1,040 organisations spread over 1,200 hectares in Allahabad.

• 140 km of makeshift metal plate and kutcha roads constructed.

• 15,000 streetlights powered by 35 specially erected electric sub-stations supplied by the northern grid.

• Provision for 20,000 people to bathe at the same time.

• Elaborate security drills, including sniffer dogs, chopper surveillance and regular checks for mines and arms.
  

MetroScape
Writer's Residence
Mirza Asadullah Beg Khan, aka Mirza Ghalib lived here. The 250 sq yard in Ballimaran, an architecturally mutating cluster, has the facade of an upstart townhouse with spindly, post-1980s balusters and neo-Moorish brickwork from a prosperous factory in Haryana.
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Looking Glass

Delhi: Festival

Chennai: Entertainment

Pune: Night Club

As the Government brings in more people and mops more money in taxes, it must be seen to be rewarding those who come forth and pay up, writes India Today Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar in Au ContrAiyar.

The BJP in Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh is in the throes of a trying leadership crisis, giving the largely unchallenged ruling Congress more reasons to be smug. INDIA TODAY Special Correspondent Neeraj Mishra takes a look in Despatches.