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The raging corporate war over the introduction of limited mobility telephone services has turned political, with the Prime Minister's Office being charged with subverting the regulatory system and favouring a few business houses. An INDIA TODAY investigation looks at the conflict between the sanctimonious claims and the grim reality.

Ballot Boxwallahs
The approaching assembly elections have brought to life five states which are set to witness a stiff fight and whose results can have a big impact on all major parties. A profile of the prime contenders who could tilt the balance either way.

Fall From Grace
Despite a triple-digit growth in net profits of Infosys Technologies and Satyam Computers, the stock prices of the two companies have plunged. Is it the gloomy forecast for software companies that's hammering down the prices?

Unnatural Alliance
The CNG controversy has taken a new turn, with doubts being raised about the propriety of the Delhi Government's selection of Nugas as the sole supplier of the conversion kit.

The Doon Boom
The city that houses Doon School is now playing host to a whole array of new education barons--with big money and even bigger ambitions.

METROSCAPE

Wealth Of Art

Boys Do Sing

Rave And Roll

In One Word? Yes!

The Zen Of Art

That Fusion Twang

Glass Act

Q&A: K. J. Yesudas

Grin And Wear It

Tina Ambani with Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu

April 8 saw an unabashed get together of Mumbai's Who's Who when the annual Harmony Show, well known as "Tina Ambani's baby", celebrated its sixth showing at the Nehru Centre. So high was the evening's glam value that even as curator Vickram Sethi advised, "Try looking at this exhibition not only with your physical eye but also with your spiritual vision", attention was periodically focused on chief guests Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, event sponsors and hosts, the Ambanis, Jaya Bachchan and Parmeshwar Godrej, among others.

The theme of the massive 137-artist exhibition was "Human and the Divine" and the works worthy of a toast were those of installation artist Kayur Patel, whose creation fused glass, stone and steel. Also scoring well was the winner of the Harmony Excellence Award for the Emerging Artist in Sculptures, Ganesh Gohain, who carved a mammoth stone foot.

Slightly more conventional was Kahini Arte-Merchant's oil and acrylic on canvas and Samir Mondal's watercolours. But venturing into the unconventional was Bose Krishnamachari whose Country of God was a graphite pencil presentation on Kent paper. The winner of the award for painting, Rajeshree Thakker, placed a mirror at the centre of her art and urged people to ponder that eternally intriguing poser: "Are we up to divinity within ourselves and to what extent do we really use this self-knowledge?" Good question, but perhaps not the best time to ask it.

Gohain's foot and Thakker's painting

-Natasha Israni

Boys Do Sing

As 50 students from Dehradun's preppy Doon school presented an hour-long orchestration with Indian and western instruments at Mumbai's Nehru Centre last week, nobody forgot exactly why the out-of-towners had stopped by-to raise aid for the impoverished children of Maharashtra and Gujarat. "We've worked really hard for this," said a 'Dosco'. And it showed. The day's take was Rs 20 lakh, of which Rs 9 lakh was presented to charities cry, Happy Home School for the Blind, Aseema and Chetna. But it wasn't all about money. During their four-day visit the boys conducted two workshop-cum-performances at the charities, bringing in the crowds and the accolades. Music never sounded sweeter.

-Himanshi Dhawan

MetroScape

Wealth Of Art
April 8 saw an unabashed get together of Mumbai's Who's Who when the annual Harmony Show, well known as "Tina Ambani's baby", celebrated its sixth showing at the Nehru Centre.
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