January 22, 2001
Issue




Column
 


While FIIs have been rushing to buy Indian tech stocks like Infosys, Zee and or NIIT, why have our desi brethren been rushing to sell? India Today Associate Editor V. Shankar Aiyar provides answers in
Au ContrAiyar
.

 
Despatches


Diverting a sizeable chunk of the police force for the personal security of VIPs is bad enough. In Uttar Pradesh they double up as domestic help as well. India Today Special Correspondent Subhash Mishra takes a look in
Despatches.






Interview


This is just the beginning, V.K. Aatre, who is at the core of the LCA action, tells India Today Principal Correspondent Stephen David in an exclusive

Interview.

Specials

100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 


 
COVER STORY: CRIME
The Plot Thickens

The arrest of film financier and diamond merchant Bharat Shah for aiding and abetting the activities of underworld don Chhota Shakeel shakes not just filmdom but the stock markets and the diamond trade as well. Full Story...


THE NATION: BJP
Ram's Laxman

Vajpayee's every pronouncement is becoming a new theme song of the BJP. Quite a change for the party that once claimed that personality cult was the prerogative of the Congress.
Full Story...


BUSINESS: DABHOL POWER CORPORATION
It's On, It's On, It's Enron

Enron's Dabhol Power Corporation continues to generate more controversy than electricity.
Full Story...


 
DIPLOMACY: PM'S TOUR
Oriental Overture

Vietnam & Indonesia roll out the red carpet for Vajpayee.
 

DIPLOMACY: SINO TIES
On The Mend

Indo-Sino ties are on a pre-Pokhran footing.


RELIGION: KUMBHA MELA
Kumbha Karma
India hosts the biggest spectacle of faith.

  SCIENCE: BIOTECHNOLOGY
New Money Plant
India is all set for a biotechnology boom.

HEALTH: IMPOTENCE PILL
Man's Best Friend

Cheap and effective, the desi version of Viagra.
 

SPORTS: FOOTBALL
The Cup of Confusion
India's biggest soccer event produces embarrassment.


STATES: HIMACHAL
Blame it on the House
Inspite of rebellion, the BJP wins Panchayat elections.
 

STATES: ORISSA
Drum Struck
Giridhar Gamang is striking a chord of a different kind.


THE ARTS: MANJEET BAWA
Animal Passion
Bawa seems to be stuck with the flamboyant animal forms.
  ENTERTAINMENT
Shyamalan Unveiled

Q & A: Jackie Shroff
No Songs for Nandita

OFFTRACK: PUNJAB
Weed Wars
A military operation halts the march of the water hyacinth.
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Fifth Column - Tavleen Singh
Clean Up Officialdom
The anti-pollution drive should target the filths in the govt.
  Kautilya - Jairam Ramesh
Goldilocks Loses Sheen
After the economic expansion, America will slow down.
 

 
Flip Side - Dilip Bobb
The Year Ahead...Sort Of
Predictions of the year are usual stuff...only sort of.
  Right Angle - Swapan Dasgupta
End of The Durand Line
The ISI and the Taliban are one coordinated enterprise.
 
   
 
 
Centrestage by Ajit Ninan



VOICES
"A finance minister is like a domineering wife whom no prime minister can stand up to."
P.V. Narasimha Rao, former prime minister, at a book release function in Delhi

More...

TREMORS
Reforms and Some Sectors


CAPLOOKS
Border Pangs
A new bridge will reduce travel time for Noida residents.
  By Line
Dua wasn't part of the Vietnam and Indonesia tour team.
Promising To Debut
The BJP's dry spell in Kerala may soon end.
 

Power Point
When Oscar Fernandes calls, Chief Minister Krishna obliges.


Editorials

Genetic Disorder
Fernandes must check the wildness of his Samata colleagues.
Poverty Brokers
With NGOs playing politics, Orissa lacks development.

Books
Not a Perfect Murder
A weak link in a great crime series.
AuthorSpeak
Plastic Panache--Bharati Chaturvedi
Hey Ram
Thank heaven for the non-Delhi intellectual.
Apna OED
It's the manhunt of the dictionary's new edition.
New Releases
Louis E. Fenech, Banmali Tandan and Katha Stories


Letter
From the
Editor in Chief

 

Eyecatchers
Mona Singh
; Achala Sachdev ; Jhumpa Lahiri & K. V. Prakash


Top
   
 
 
     METRO TODAY
   
   

MetroScape
Off Court
A turbaned Paes sat imperially on the back of an elephant and was good south Indian exotica for the 25 foreign players at the 5th Gold Flake Open tennis tournament in Chennai ... but not enough.
more...

Looking Glass

Bangalore: Exhibition

Mumbai:Restaurant

Mumbai: Cafe

 
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