January 15, 2001 Issue




COVER
  NDA Loses Majority
To gauge the mood of the nation at the dawn of the third millennium, India Today commissioned ORG-MARG to conduct an opinion poll, and forecast the possible composition of the House.


 
THE NATION
 

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

 
THE NATION
 

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

 
Columns
 

Fifth Column
by Tavleen Singh
Museworthy

 
  Kautilya
by Jairam Ramesh
Contagian Time Again


 
 

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

 
Other stories
  The Nation  
  Defence  
  States  
  Religion  
  Sports  
  Cyberchatter  
  Music  
  Health  
  Psus  
  The Arts  
NewsNotes
 

Wile Praise

 
 

Farm Resolve

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VOICES

"The wrongs of the medieval past cannot be righted by similar wrongs in modern times."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, prime minister, vowing to maintain the status quo at Kashi, Mathura and other disputed places of worship, in an article penned during his holiday in Kerala

"Which prime minister are we supposed to believe? The one who made the statement in Parliament or the one outside?"
Giriraj Kishore, vice-president, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, rejecting Vajpayee's call to maintain status quo in Ayodhya

"It is fashionable for condom manufacturers to say population growth is alarming, but industry should view this positively and look at the huge numbers as a marketplace."
Lord Swraj Paul, UK Labour MP, to industrialists in Chennai

VIS-A-VIS

"There has been a systematic distortion of history to further the sectarian interests of some political outfits."
Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate

"Sen has every right to comment but his remarks need not be taken seriously since he is not a historian."
B.R. Grover, Chairman, ICHR

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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

 
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COLUMNS  



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.


 
DESPATCHES  



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.

 

 

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