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April 09, 2001
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Despatches
 

The ambitious Anandgarh township proposal stirs another round of controversy as a high court order foils the Punjab Government's plans of acquiring land for the project. INDIA TODAY's Special Correspondent Ramesh Vinayak reports in
Despatches.

 

 
Specials


100 people who shaped India in the 20th century
 
 
COVER STORY: STOCKMARKET CRASH
Victims Of The Crash

With stockmarkets losing more
than Rs 4,000 crore a day in March, small investors like Girish Patel of Ahmedabad have lost much of their
life's savings in the stockmarket crash. A profile of some middle-class investors who burnt their fingers.
Full Story...

Villains Of The Crash

SEBI Chairman D.R. Mehta, along with bankers and brokers, must share the responsibility for allowing yet another scam by their acts of commission and omission.
Full Story...

What's Next For The Economy?

For the third time since 1997, a combination of sliding stockmarkets, political instability, and global slowdown threatens
to turn the hopes of an economic take-off into despair.
Full Story...


THE NATION: BJP  
Numbed By Disgrace  

The BJP, still in shock, begins life after the Tehelka expose with
a new president and a combination of hope and bluster. A
SWOT analysis.
Full Story..


BUSINESS: BALCO  
Official Obstacle  

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi eggs on workers to go on
a strike that is adversely the affecting production and profits of
the establishment.
Full Story..


 
LETTER  
From The Editor In Chief  

EDITORIALS
So now the Congress will wage war on Indira's biographer.

Undertrial And Error

Packed jails demand quick justice--not amnesty schemes.

INTERVIEW:
BENAZIR BHUTTO
"I'd choose Musharraf Any Day"
B. Bhutto in conversation with INDIA TODAY Editor
Prabhu Chawla.
Full Story...

 

DEFENCE: ARMS DEAL
Fire Fighting
As the Tehelka controversy slows defence deals, the Government takes steps to streamline the weapon procurement system.
Full Story..
.

 

SPACE: GSLV
Mission Aborted
The launch of GSLV was halted after an engine snag. What went wrong?
Full Story...
 

OFFTRACK: RAIPUR
Action Station
The future of urchins is on track, thanks to a visionary police officer.
Full Story...

 

THE ARTS: BHUKHAMB
Earth, Body
And Sky
The sensuality of Sharvani projects her as the future of Indian dance.
Full Story...

 

LIVING:
MONKEY MENACE
Rhesus Rage
Primates strike at humans in the Capital, but nobody seems to have a solution.
Full Story..

 

MUSIC: MUSINGS
Reverberations

Hot Track


Arrivals

 

CINEMA: FILM AWARDS
The Jury Is
Still Out
Two jury members quit after complaining of pressurisation.
Full Story...

 

FIFTH COLUMN:
Tavleen Singh
George Is
No Saint
His riches indicate how the doorkeepers of the Durbar can hit paydirt.

  KAUTILYA:
Jairam Ramesh

A Level
Paying Field
Financing the democracy surplus is as important as reducing the fiscal deficit.

 

RIGHT ANGLE:
Swapan Dasgupta
Two Wrongs
Isn't Right

Norms set by the secular
Taliban are governing the BJP's actions.

CENTRESTAGE By Ajit Ninan

VOICES
"Dirt should not be pushed under the carpet. It should be thrown out."
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,
former Rajasthan chief minister, asking his party, the BJP, to show Bangaru Laxman the door.
More...

CAPLOOKS

Not Out Yet
For a doghouse man, George is doing well.

 

Language Weapon
Sushma Swaraj will now campaign in West Bengal.

     

His Open Sky Policy
Badal's penchant for air travel costs Rs 11.66 cr.

  Business Holiday
Om Prakash Chautala turns business-savvy.


TREMORS

The Offshoots Of The Congress Party.

CONFESSIONAL
Congress leader A.K. ANTONY does not believe infighting in his party will affect the UDF's chances in the Kerala polls.


BOOKS

Garland Around My Neck: Patwant Singh & Harinder Kaur Sekhon
The singular humanism of Puran Singh.

Ecstasy: A Novel: Sudhir Kakar
S. Kakar's new novel puts the antique Hindu mind on the couch.

Ultimate Journey: Richard Bernstein

An American writer follows Hsuan Tsang, and reaches Red Ford.

New Releases


EYECATCHERS
Jacqueline & Samuel Lundquist
Sonali Bendre

Hari Kunzru

Rekha


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     METRO TODAY
   
   

MetroScape

Collaborative Class
Italian designer and architect Tarshito Nicola Stripoli has been busy rearranging world geography.
more...

Looking Glass

Delhi Salon:
Jacques Dessange

Mumbai Theatre:
IMAX dome


Mumbai Restaurant
Watering Hole

 



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