The Importance Of Being Brajesh
The Opposition and the Sangh Parivar launch an attack on the Prime Minister's Office by targeting the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Brajesh Mishra. The Vajpayee camp finds itself fighting a grim political battle to retain credibility even as the Establishment tries to discredit the Tehelka allegations. An analysis.

Supercrat In His Labyrinth
There are 240 secretaries to the Government, but N. K. Singh is always a cut above-in style, networking, and power. The economic policy wizard gets defensive.

The Ways And Means Of Ranjan
Ranjan Bhattacharya's role as nursemaid to Atal Bihari Vajpayee gives the fun-loving foster son-in-law
the image of one who dabbles in government decisions.

Congress' Coalition Flight Grounded
With sceptic constituents, Congress President Sonia Gandhi's
plan to form an alliance just before the assembly elections in five states, may backfire.

Desperately Seeking loopholes
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Samata Party find discrepancies
in the charges levelled against them by Tehelka. But it's just details.

Nursery Of Hate
The week-long violence in Kanpur has cooled down, but the spectre of the Students Islamic Movement of India still looms large. A look at the reach of India's in-house Taliban.

Vroom Service
The four-stroke motorcycle overtakes middle-class India's greatest icon since the valve radio set, as sales of the doughty old scooter stagnate in spite of a spirited fightback.

George Cross
The FIR against Sonia Gandhi's private secretary is a plain corruption issue says the CBI. But, an embarrassed Congress complains of vendetta.

Nothing Official About It
The payment crisis is temporarily stemmed, but clandestine financing ticks like a time bomb.

METROSCAPE

LOOKING GLASS

DELHI
Exhibition

In an unusual exhibition titled Unbuilt India-Vision 2001, there is an array of architectural projects through drawings and models, including ideas for experimental houses and earthquake buildings. It also has suggestions on what to do at the site of the razed Babri Masjid. On from March 28 to April 1 at vis-a-vis Art and Design Centre. Call (011) 668-2245.

Music

From March 30 to April 1 the cap-ital's Indian classical music enthusiasts can revel in the Shriram Shankarlal Music
Festival, 2001. Organised by the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra at Kamani Auditorium, the concert includes performances by maestros Hari Prasad Chaurasia (March 30), Shiv Kumar Sharma (March 31), vocalists Pandit Yeshwantbuva Joshi, Balasaheb Poochwale and Ajoy Chakrabarty (April 1) as well as vocalists Shanti Sharma, Meeta Pandit, Ashwini Bhide, sitarist Budhaditya Mukherjee and sarod player Partho Sarathy. For passes call (011) 3386428.

Showroom

Interiors Espania, not surprisingly, gets all its natural wood-veneer furniture from Spain and once you are inside the double-decker store you can choose from 12 functional bedrooms (all different), children's rooms and living rooms. For embellishments look elsewhere: these are minimal, no-nonsense designs with prices that begin from Rs 10,000. The store also has light fittings and wooden office accessories. At No 41, Sector 18, Udyog Vihar, Gurgaon. Call (011) 6398787.

-Contributed by S. Sahaya Ranjit, Anna M.M.Vetticad and Anshul Avijit

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Looking Glass


Delhi Exhibition: Unbuilt India-Vision 2001

Delhi Music:
Shriram Shankarlal Music Festival, 2001

Delhi: Showroom
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